my pug and rottie had similar wounds come up on thier heads. it was some sort of spider. tried to treat pugs "hotspot" for a day or so. nearly lost her ear, but just so your know after a couple weeks and some antibiotics, all of her hair grew back. no scar. and where i work we give metacam after surgery for pain.
HOLY Hot Spot!! HELP!!
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Originally posted by DBT View Postwas that area 'under wraps' before this occurred??
i have a dog that breaks out just like that under wraps. if the skin or coat was slightly damp.or the wraps were pulling a bit of hair tight,or golly forbid the wrap was too tight etc
anything to do with wraps sets him off ,and then rapidly escalates to that sort of disaster
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Originally posted by lexapurple View PostLooks like poison oak or ivy. My BIL got it recently and it looked exactly like that.
It does not look like a brown recluse bite to me. you could tell BR bite by Bull's eye pattern. The bite itself is where the flesh is starts to dye from. It takes about 2-3 days to get to that point.
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Originally posted by LexPauline View PostShe has not left my house, no poison anything here :/ Keep in mind it's on a full coated poodle so whatever it was penetrated the coat and in an isolated area -the inner hock. We do have scorpions here though. I found this one under my kitchen sink a few weeks back.
I hope she gets better soon the poor gal
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Lex, that there looks like a male centruroides gracilis gracilis, or the Florida Bark Scorpion. It can inflict a very painful sting, but is not considered to be dangerous unlike its South American cousins (or the often-deadly variety found in the American southwest. In fact, my mom gets migrations of those nasty little devils through her yard every year). They're fairly docile (as scorpions go) and can make interesting pets. Because they aren't cannibalistic you can usually keep a male and female together. I have been "gramma" to more scorpion & insect babies than I care to count.Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.
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My old Standard used to just start chewing his back leg or foot out of no where, and it looked JUST like that! I would have to give him antibiotics and keep a cone on him until it was completely healed. His hair would always grow back, and it never scarred. BUT-you can kiss using her in Atlanta goodbye, sorry to tell you . I would be absolutely shocked if she grew enough hair on that by then. Yeah, my old guy would always start a big spot like that right before a dang competition.
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Originally posted by LexPauline View Post110.00 later and we have no idea what happened. I got some ointment antibiotics and directions on how to do hot and cold compresses three times a day. We are leaning towards some kind of bite. Ooand she got a Metacam injection, anyone heard of it? If it is a brown recluse it will get a lot worse :.( I am so scared, she said it will turn black and become a gaping wound and the affected flesh will likely die and fall off! I might have to shave her whole lower leg which means I more than likely will not be able to compete with her at APF. I'm so upset right now I can hardly type ..I'm gonna go sulk now.
For the record, I had a cat on Metacam for about 6 months without a problem.
Scott
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Originally posted by BengalCatGuy View PostJust don't look at the website www.metacamkills.com.....but you should be ok since your pet is a dog and not a cat.
For the record, I had a cat on Metacam for about 6 months without a problem.
Scott
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Originally posted by PuppyFluffer View PostLex, that there looks like a male centruroides gracilis gracilis, or the Florida Bark Scorpion. It can inflict a very painful sting, but is not considered to be dangerous unlike its South American cousins (or the often-deadly variety found in the American southwest. In fact, my mom gets migrations of those nasty little devils through her yard every year). They're fairly docile (as scorpions go) and can make interesting pets. Because they aren't cannibalistic you can usually keep a male and female together. I have been "gramma" to more scorpion & insect babies than I care to count.
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