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  1. Health & Nutrition
    Hi everyone, I have a red nose of one year old diagnosed with demodactic mange, since October 2016 this is in crisis, I have used some medications, but nothing has taken effect, please help me ... I speak from Brazil ... sorry my English Enviado de meu XT1033 usando Tapatalk
  2. Health & Nutrition
    Hi there, I am new to this site and I've been reading quite a bit on here before posting to see if I could figure out what is going on with my poor 13 week old pit bull puppy, Remy. Sorry it may be long but trying to give you all the info I can. For the past month or so id say, he has been...
  3. New Member Introductions
    Hello everyone. I was searching the internet for information for Pitbull's with mange and stumbled across this site, and boy am I glad I did. I have a 4 1/2 month old pitbull, his name is Apollo. I rescued him from a flea infested home where he was not taken care of, fed, vaccinated, etc. About...
  4. Health & Nutrition
    My 16 week old pitty has puppy mange. The vet dipped her one time and she was too lethargic so now he's trying "Nextguard" Flea and Tic pill. He said that vets are learning that Nextguard has been curing puppy mange. Any suggestions? What has worked for your dog? Thank you! Cathy~
  5. General Discussion
    My dog is a year and 4 months old and he is getting patches of bald spots along his spine and it has spread on his side. You have to kind of catch it at an angle to see them but it is noticeable. I did research and it looks like demodectic mange. Any advice as to what I can do? He has a vet...
  6. Pitbull Articles
    Hello everybody!:) My name is Gwen and I have a female pit-bull 3 yrs. old that has been diagnosed with sarcoptic mange. The Vet bill has became ridiculous over the last 3 years, ranging to about 4, 000 dollars! I need help! It's back again and so far this summer it has cost me about 1,000...
  7. Health & Nutrition
    I have a one year old Pitbull that is having some issues with his coat. He has lots of dry skins showing up on top of his coat and it seems to be thinning out alot. We have be giving him Fish Oil to help for the past week but haven't seen any reduction in the dry skin. He is a licensed service...
  8. Health & Nutrition
    Hello, all. I am in the desperate need of a second opinion and/or suggestions. So, my 6mo. old pup, Aero, was diagnosed with demodectic, or red, mange by her regular vet. He has told me to put her on a low ingredient diet and use a lot of fish oil and omega supplements, he also prescribed...
  9. General Discussion
    I AM A NEWBIE SO SORRY IF THIS HAS BEEN ANSWERED. I HAVE 3 WEEK OLD PUPS SOME HAVE A PATCH OF HAIRLOSS..FIRST I THOUGHT MAYBE FROM RUBBING...NOW THE INTERNET HAS ME CONCERNED. NOT RED NOT INFLAMMED JUST LOOKS LIKE THE HAIR IS MISSING LAYERS??? ON ANOTHER I FELT A BUMP ON HER NECK FELT LIKE THE...
  10. Health & Nutrition
    Hello everyone my 4 month old Harley Quinn was diagnosed with Demodectic mange after a skin test at her vet visit Friday. Vet said its localized and only on a spot on her head and they want to "monitor it" before the do anything with meds. My question is should i be worried or really wait on...
  11. Health & Nutrition
    Has anybody tried this treatment, and did you see good results? My pup Bam Bam is now 11mo old - he had mange when he was 8 weeks old and a whole host of other issues, but the last few months have been relatively event-free and he got his fur back. Now he has started to lose hair again and the...
  12. Health & Nutrition
    Hey, just looking for some other folks' advice before I take my baby to the vet. I have a 3 month old american bulldog/pitbull mix. My boyfriend and I recently noticed that she has bumps on the top of her head. I started to do some research and came across the fact that many puppies have...
  13. Health & Nutrition
    My friend and I both got pups from the same litter. I got my boy end of June, hers end of July. I just got a text from her bf asking if I noticed any pimples, scabes or if my boy intensely scratches. I said the ONLY time my boy has had pimples on his stomach is when she got her boy(Loki). In...
  14. Health & Nutrition
    My staffordshire bull terrier pup , 16 weeks, has a case of demodectic mange. Vet did a skin scrape and confirmed it. She gave me a shampoo to use once a week, as well as oral Ivermectin liquid. My question is... the dosage the vet said to give the pup seems high. He is 20 lbs. Her...
  15. Health & Nutrition
    Hello all, I am new to the forums and this is my first post. I rescued a 5.5 week old female blue pit, Ruca, who is now 7.5 weeks. I rescued her from a meth house that I came across during my police job. It wasn't my optimal pup to rescue mainly because I was uneasy about her having development...
  16. Health & Nutrition
    When I first rescued my blue girl (at 6 months) she had the runs, had patches of fur increasingly missing, and was shedding like crazy. I did a lot of research on this forum and picked a little from a few different sources to try. 1. Put her on TOTW - Salmon food (Salmon for the additional...
  17. Health & Nutrition
    you rinse this stuff off after the dip right?
  18. Health & Nutrition
    Demodex is not a genetic disease. Demodex mites feed on systemic yeast in the body, and the systemic yeast feed on the dietary yeast and/or sugar in the system (blood sugar). As you will see, my method of dealing with demodex is to starve the mite by taking away it's food source, which is the...
  19. Health & Nutrition
    THE ORGANISM AND HOW IT LIVES Sarcoptic mange is the name for the skin disease caused by infection with the Sarcoptes scabei mite. Mites are not insects; instead they are more closely related to spiders. They are microscopic and cannot be seen with the naked eye. Adult Sarcoptes scabei mites...
  20. Health & Nutrition
    I "inherited" my Kitana, who is an approx. 1.5 year old pitbull. My son rescued her from an animal shelter but couldn't afford to take her to the vet. Needless to say, since I already have many animals, I had to take her. She has demodectic mange and the vet has put her on ivermectin and...
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