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I would like to know what Sarcoptic Mange Mites look like

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Okay I’ve been scouring the internet looking for some insight on this or for other people with the same problem but have turned up nothing. Okay I have a puppy that I rescued off of highway and she has Sarcoptic Mange, my older dog has also now contracted it. They are both inside dogs and I was wondering how I should go about treating my home for the mites after I bring them back from the vet. Im hoping to get them both shots of Ivermetcin (sp) and was wondering would that protect them while I clean and do laundry and stuff or should I find a way to keep them outside? Also has anyone ever tried that revolution products? Its relatively new and I was just trying to decide between the two because my puppy is small and Im afraid it could hurt her. Anyway, Would head lice spray be good to treat the environment. How long do mites live off the host. And will the mites on my husband and I go away once we have treated the dogs??? Please someone help. Im really at a loss here.

Hi, buy a product called Permethrin(Permethryn?) its a powder used to kill mites on roses and other plants:go to gardening centre!
This is only to treat the floors.The bedding and other clothing that you were wearing:hot water and soap(detergent)
Check Google:scabies treatment(yes people get it too!)
Are you getting any itchy spots anywhere (usually people get it on the waist, upper body)

These are the 7 Wonders of the World…Wonder mom & her puppies. They were rescued from the shelter after having been separated from their mom upon intake. We reunited them upon rescue! YEA! They all had Sarcoptic Mange, but now in perfect health & mange free. They were born 1/1/01 & are available for adoption with www.thebarkinglot.net.

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We recently rescued a stray puppy without realizing that she had Sarcoptic Mange. She did had several interactions with my dog for the 2 days before we brought her in to the vet. The vet gave the infected puppy injection and antibiotics and we’ve since confined the puppy to her crate away from our dog, making sure they have no direct contact. Now i’m worried that my dog would be infected as well. Could i use revolution on my dog now? Would it help eliminate the chances of my dog getting mange?? Or we would have to wait for 3-4weeks before bringing my dog for scrap test??
The vet simply told me to monitor my dog for 3 weeks to see she has symptoms of mange and told me to bring the infected puppy in after 2 wks for review again. Unfortunately, the vet did not give us any bathing solution or ivermectin for the infected puppy.

As for the whole family, we take extra caution when handling the infected puppy, washing our hands with disinfectant after every contact with her. So far, no one suffering from terrible skin itchiness.

She has to have more than antibiotics to kill the mites. Did he give you a bathing solution or ivermectin for the dog? Antibiotics are simply for the infection caused by scratching.

The answer is simply to treat both dogs. It’s just like when dogs get fleas in a family. You treat them all. If one dog in the home has worms, you treat them all. You just do it all at once so it doesn’t pass back and forth.

Hi Everyone, I have been on the internet for about four hours now reading about this condition. After weeks of trying to figure out what was causing his itching with my vet, I finally called the rescue league where I had adopted him from. I knew this puppy’s mom, dad and littermates were all surrendered and they were all adopted prior to us adopting Milo (he was the last one and oh so cute)!! The shelter had him as a German Shepherd,Rottweiller, Collie mix, however, he does look a lot like an Aussie, so either way he is a herding dog. Anyway, when I called the rescue league they had gotten one of the puppies back a couple of weeks ago with a skin condition and the people who had adopted him couldn’t afford him. Since then, the shelter had done skin scrapings on him and couldn’t find anything but had given him Ivermectin injections and is doing considerably better. With this new information and talking to my vet and a dog dermatologist we are going to treat my pup with Revolution. My vet and the other doctor do not feel comfortable as do I to give him Ivermectin as he is a herding dog of some sort. I know the shelter had used it on the other pup, but I don’t want to take that chance. I have found comments both ways on the effectiveness of Revolution. Since this to me seems like the most obvious choice at this point, I have given both of my dogs the first treatment of Revolution this evening. (I have an eight year old beagle I had adopted six years ago and has never even had so much as a flea so this is all new for me). Has anyone had success using Revolution for treating Sarcoptic Mange? And if so, how long did it take for the itching to somewhat subside? Also, my beagle who just appeared with symptoms two days ago seems really out of sorts and is yelping when you touch her, is there anything anyone has used that I could mention to my vet to help relieve them? My vet hasn’t had many cases of this and I just want to be as informed as possible. Also, any suggestions on when I should disinfect my home? Both myself and my husband have broken out with a severe rash as well. As I had mentioned we were dealing with his itching for a few weeks and were treating him for dry skin. We had done skin scrapings and had found nothing. Once I had talked to the shelter and from the information I had gotten from them yesterday have we put the entire puzzle together. I had started with a rash roughly two weeks ago but I had started some new medication and I had also used some new fabric softener so I was in the process of ruling those things out as well, which now I know was not the issue as it didn’t clear up anyway. As soon as I found out yesterday, I got the premetherin cream and myself, husband and child have used it. I was able to get the Revolution for the dogs today and have applied it. For the humans, we have been more itchy today too, so if anyone had to be treated themselves, I would love to know how they made out on the premetherin and how quickly they felt relief. Funny thing, my son has not presented any symptoms at all, but he is being treated as a precaution. Thank you all for any input you will be able to provide.

This is my first post ever to any discussion forum. Found this one with the most intelligent responses, so thank you!
I just want to say thank you all for your input! Is there a way I can respond to your answers?

Long story…
Short answer…
There’s a test your vet can do for the MDR1 gene to see if your dog can safely be given ivermectin.

My Aussie is a "collie breed" and I didn’t know that when I gave him Ivermectin. Since it didn’t kill him when I first gave it to him, he’s safe to receive Ivermectin as he doesn’t have the gene that would cause him to die from the Ivermectin.

Since your dog’s sibling tolerated Ivermectin, your dog probably can be treated with it as well, but the test from healthgene will prove if your dog can be given Ivermectin. Good Luck with your challenges.

oh… if your dog can tolerate Ivermectin, then you can use that to treat it monthly to prevent heartworms. I can tell you how and it saves lots of money. -!-

I am not sure if my Bernese mountain dog, STARDUST, has fleas or sarcoptic mange. So I was going to treat her sudden constant scratching at her elbows, ears and neck with FRONTLINE COMBO. But I can’t find any information on pack about whether it is any good for the treatment of Sarcoptic Mange. Anyone out there know if it is? Of course I will go to the vet but just wanted to try to immediately ease her obvious itching. Any help gratefully received. Love Robbie and itchy Stardust x x

take your dog to the vet to get a proper diagnosis and proper treatment

This video answers questions commonly asked at www.petsbestrx.com/mange . It also tells about Sarcoptic Mange mites.

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My dogs have been treated for Sarcoptic Mange recently, and we are being treated as if they have the plague, even though we are keeping our guys quarantined and we wouldn’t dream of putting anyone’s dog at risk. How long after treatment can our dog’s be around other dogs, and how long does it take for someone to find out that their dog has contracted it (one of our friends has dogs, and although our dogs have not been around their dogs, they are concerned that my husband, who visited them outside of their home and away from their dogs twice before our dogs were diagnosed, may have put their dogs at risk).

I noticed when responding about gloves that this is causing you a lot grief so I hope this helps:

This can take a while to resolve so you are going to have to be patient. This can be a lingering problem (possibly months) where you need to give your pet many treatments and even after there isn’t evidence of the mites you may want to follow up with a few more treatments to make sure. The best way to diagnose/see if your pet still has mites is a skin scraping. However, it is possible to have false negatives – your pet has these mites, but the test comes back negative. The most safe and effective treatment is Revolution and Lyme-sulfur dips. The protocol for these treatments are as follows: Revolution – apply every 2 weeks for 3 treatments. Lyme-sulfur – dip once weekly for 6 weeks. Some vets also prescribe prednisone, a steroid which can compromise the immune system, to alleviate the intense itching. In addition to a protocol such as it is recommended that you disinfect the environment which these pets have lived because these mites can survive in the environment for up to 21 days. You would want to use an environmental pesticide. You must treat all animals in the household and check yourselves for any itchy rashes. This may sound exterme and most cases don’t necessarily need this intense of a work-up, but it is better to cover everything than allow a more serious situation to arise. I hope this information is helpful and I would discuss this more with your vet because every mange case is handled differently. Also, I know you were hesitant to use ivermectin, but it is very effective and is usually given every 2 weeks for 3-6 treatments – just in case you would like to know. This can happen to anyone and by just trying to be informed you are doing more than many who encounter this problem. Since these pests can cause such discomfort for pets and humans there tends to be an increased concern. While it is possible that your husband put your friend’s dogs at risk, it more than likely didn’t happen. These mites do not reproduce on humans as they do on animals therefore you and your husband could possibly get a rash from those moving from your dogs to you, but they wouldn’t multiply. Since humans can be carry these mites it is best to isolate your pets, as you are and i know it is hard, until the problem has subsided. I know that it isn’t realistic to not touch your pets while this problem is lingering, but try to just pet them and make sure to wash your hands throughly when done. Best of luck, things should begin to look better soon.

Hi my jack russell puppy of 8 weeks has a bad case of Sarcoptic Mange…i rescued him from living outside in a area with alot of bigger dogs so he has had a rough start to life, i took him in 5 days ago and notcied his skin, someone suggested it be stress related, it didnt clear up so he was at the vets today and we had it confirmed with a skin scraping….he is to start treatment 2morrow by being "bathed" the vet says he needs this 3-4 times….what else will he need?? He mentioned anti bs?? Also how long before he starts to feel better as it breaks my heart to see him in pain the poor little thing…Because hes had it once will he have it again??
His name is patch
I will ask my vet 2morrow any questions i have, unfortuanetly he is a foreign gentleman and he found some of the language barrier a little hard trying to explain the answers to questions i had…..

My daughters Pug had this and it cleared up with the treatments.Stress can be a big factor if it was to come back so keep your baby as calm as possible.Also feed a good quality food with no by-products or grains

Mange comes in two different forms, and the most common form of mange cannot be transmitted to humans. Find out how humans can contract Sarcoptic Mange from an itchy mite with help from a veterinarian in this free video on mange.

Expert: James Talbott
Bio: Dr. James R. Talbott is a staff veterinarian at Belle Forest Animal Hospital and Kennel in Nashville, Tenn.
Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge

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