Tips For Treating Hot Spots On Dogs
A major canine skin problem, hot spots on dogs represent a significant challenge to the dog owner.
Mutilation may be self inflicted by scratching due to the intense itch.
As the rubbing and itching and scratching continues, the skin is traumatized. If the skin is traumatized from repeated scratching, it weeps.
As the skin weeps, it sticks to the hair of the itchy dog. Hot spots in dogs develop under this wet matting of hair that forms a covering to the infection.
The crust of pus and hair hides an infection that spreads rapidly underneath. Hot spots on dogs develop suddenly and are intensely itchy. The poor itchy dog won't stop scratching the area and it will become red and raw.
It is important to clean the site and bathe away the pus. This can be achieved by bathing. You must clean away all the sticky pus and debris that are sticking the hair to the skin over the infection. Bathe this away with an antiseptic soap.
You can clip the hair away from the skin once the infection has been bathed and the muck removed.
Cutting or shaving away the hair from the skin is difficult, if the sore is painful. It can be difficult to cut or clip the hair from the skin because the infection has caused so much inflammation. The sore can be very painful.
In an ideal world you would use clippers to shave the hair from the skin as closely as possible. If the infection is on the face of your pet, clipping the hair away may be difficult. It may also be painful for your dog.
If it is difficult to clip the hair away and your pet is experiencing pain, it might be necessary to visit your vet.
If you succeed in clipping the hair away from the site of the infection, you will be amazed at the redness and swelling. The size of the sore is quite shocking once the hair is removed.
The pus should be removed gently from the red, painful sore by bathing. An ideal solution for bathing this weeping sore is a dilute solution of either betadine or chlohexidine.
When you use betadine, only use a few drops so that the solution looks like weak tea. Just add only a few drops.
An antiseptic solution will help kill surface bacteria and clean the infection.
You have to stop your dog scratching to prevent this becoming rapidly worse. This can be difficult. If you cover the feet of your dog with bandages of socks or even glad wrap, you can prevent the nails of the paws from damaging the skin.
It is one thing to treat hot spots on dogs. Preventing the intense itching and scratching that causes such terrible infection would be desirable.
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