puppy has sarcoptic mange and there’s other dog in the house. What to do?
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.
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I would check with your vet.
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Why aren’t you asking your VET these questions! Would you really rather rely on unqualified strangers’ opinions?!
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Revolution, have been approved product that will help prevent Sarcoptic mange. I would put it on your dog immediately and hopefully it will prevent him from getting it..
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Talk to your vet about it. Sarcoptic Mange is HIGHLY contagious. You are going to need to take your dog to the vet. He will most likely need to be treated as the puppy is. But all should be ok since you know it is probably coming, they maybe be able to take preventative steps now. Good Luck.
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You should treat your dog whether it is showing signs of mange or not. Does the vet have you coming back once a week for injections on the puppy? You could ask him for some dip also. The only problem with the dip is it has an odor and if the dogs are white, it will stain them. But it helps to control their itching and makes them feel much better! Yes, you do need to treat your other dog/dogs. I am not too sure about Revelution, seeing that I have never used it. Hope this helps!
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I would say go ahead and treat both dogs.A injection and antibiotics wont kill the mange,you will have to treat them for mange.Depending on how bad the mange is depends on what to use to treat it.If it is a small to medium problem you can use
sulfur and burnt motor oil.When you do this the dogs need to stay out side and out of the sun as the sun will burn them.This is a effective and easy application IT WILL NOT HARM YOUR DOGS.The other thing you can do is use a 10% bleach solution on them IF IT IS A BAD CASE.I have done this many times and saved many dogs from suffering.You will need to use a soft scrub brush and scrub him really good all over his body.After you do this the solution should sit on him for 10 minutes.Then you will need to bath him again with regular dog shampoo.If this dog has been out side you will need to spray the yard with this same bleach solution to kill the bacteria.If the yard is not treated they will get it again.I hope that this has helped.
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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.
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I can’t believe that noone mentioned that this is also contagious to humans. In humans it is called scabies. A couple of years ago, I had taken a dog to the vet and he picked it up there as did I because we bth came down with symptoms at the same time. I can tell you it makes you itch like mad and it is hard to get rid of on you and the dogs. You will need to get a dip to use on both dogs. You can get something from a farmer’s coop called Happy Jack kennel dip. I am sure it is available at other places as well. For yourself if you start having any symptoms which you probably will, you need to go to your doctor and he will prescribe lotion for it.
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