pepina
05-06-2021, 08:49 AM
Hello friends,
Pepina has been in great health for a long time but recently we've found patches of hair loss-around 5 in all different places of varying sizes. Unfortunately we don't know how long he's had them because the surrounding fur did a good job covering up the bald patches. These patches have areas that are completely bald (not just hair broken at the skin) and bigger patches have parts that look like hair regrowing. They also had redness and broken skin.
I'm almost positive it's not mange (doesn't look like it to me, plus he's never in contact with other animals). I wonder if it is a fungal infection like dermatophytosis, though symptoms differ a bit from what I've found online (usually no fully bald spots as hair should break at the skin, usually not associated with any irritation). He did develop a patch like this last year and at the time someone suggested it could be a spider bite. But it seems doubtful that he suddenly has 5 spider bites!
For now we are applying betadine to the patches.
Please take a look at the pictures and let me know if this is anything familiar to you. The larger one seems older while the small one is redder and seems more recent. The fur has been pushed away from the patches to make them easier to see; normally you can actually barely notice any missing fur. Thanks so much!
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Pepina has been in great health for a long time but recently we've found patches of hair loss-around 5 in all different places of varying sizes. Unfortunately we don't know how long he's had them because the surrounding fur did a good job covering up the bald patches. These patches have areas that are completely bald (not just hair broken at the skin) and bigger patches have parts that look like hair regrowing. They also had redness and broken skin.
I'm almost positive it's not mange (doesn't look like it to me, plus he's never in contact with other animals). I wonder if it is a fungal infection like dermatophytosis, though symptoms differ a bit from what I've found online (usually no fully bald spots as hair should break at the skin, usually not associated with any irritation). He did develop a patch like this last year and at the time someone suggested it could be a spider bite. But it seems doubtful that he suddenly has 5 spider bites!
For now we are applying betadine to the patches.
Please take a look at the pictures and let me know if this is anything familiar to you. The larger one seems older while the small one is redder and seems more recent. The fur has been pushed away from the patches to make them easier to see; normally you can actually barely notice any missing fur. Thanks so much!
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