[nagdu] DIY hot spot treatment

[Sherri]

Hey whatever works. I hate hot spots. Bailey is prone to them.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:27 AM
Subject: [nagdu] DIY hot spot treatment


>I recently had to treat a hot spot on Echo, and it seems to have worked,
> so I thought I'd share.  I remember people asking about it before.
> I discovered a sore on Echo's face a few days ago.  Usually, I'd take a
> dog to the vet for treatment, but the old gal gets totally stressed
> getting into a car, and even worse at the vet, so I decided to try
> treating it myself first.  First, I cut the fur away from the sore as best
> I could.  I only have scissors, so this was the hardest part.  I put Echo
> on tie-down, so she wouldn't wander off.  Then I had to be careful with my
> scissors, so as not to poke her eye, ear, or the sore.  It wasn't anywhere
> near as neat as the vet's shaving, but it was good enough to get the fur
> out of the way. Then I cleaned the sore with some peroxide on a bit of
> paper towel, and put on a dab of Neosporin, same as I would if I had a
> cut.  I repeated the cleaning and antibiotic morning and evening for a
> couple days, until the sore felt like it was well-scabbed over and was
> healing up.
> When I had a dog with flea allergies, I always had a tube of Panalog on
> hand, but not anymore.  But the Neosporin seemed to work OK.
> Of course, if the sore hadn't healed up, I'd have taken the old lady to
> the vet. Wish I had some doggie valium or something. But happily my home
> nursing did the trick.
> Tracy
>
>
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