Hair loss, skin irritations, scratching and chewing
Hi all!
I had originally posted about mucus in the poop, but it seems that it has only happened about twice and stopped. Took Peanut to the vet and he said his stool and urine were fine.
The major concern is the scratching, chewing, hair loss, scabs he's got now. We started noticing this behavior the middle-end of July-ish. At first we could not see any wounds, just his excessive grooming. And excessive grooming of US as well. I posted on July 29th about that, but there wasn't much to show. Below I am going to include pics of the progression since then, and hope y'all will have some extra insights for us.
Peanut (almost 3 yr old, Fox, 2 lbs/900 grams)
Diet - 2 Henry's blocks a day, Pureem primate blocks freely, fresh veggies and a blueberry daily. A small piece of nut daily, Whole nuts semi-regulary (2-3x a week maybe). He has apple sticks, bamboo sticks, antlers, cuttle bones, branches, rocks and whatnot to chew on and sharpen his teeth.
Habitat - Indoor/Outdoor. Lots of sun outside and comes inside at night to sleep.
July 29th - noticed some small scabs, but had to really search for them. Mainly on his thighs.
July 30th - Went to vet who agreed to start with Revolution for mites.
July 30th - applied 2 drops of <5 lb Revolution (NOT Revolution Plus, for the record)
Then things got worse.
Did some research on the Squirrel Board (thank you previous posters with similar issues) and started the following daily treatments as well.
August 5th - started Septra 2x/day, infant Ibprophen 1-2x/day as needed, wash wounds with Betadine solution 2x/day
He is still playful and has energy. But goes after himself so intently sometimes and cries in pain as he chews on himself.
On August 9th, it will have been 10 days since Revolution and we understand we can then treat again. This is the plan so far…please let us know if you have any insights, suspicions or other info you could lend. He is very special and we hate to see him in pain.
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