PLS. HELP: My dog wont stop scratching yet she has no fleas

My dog gets really really dry skin in the winter. Last year, he scratched so much that he was gouging his skin and getting infections. The vet gave him a steroid to help with the itching, and said to give him an egg white or pour a bit of vegetable oil on his food and that it would help with the skin dryness.

We had a terrible time with fox mites. These mites are tiny and get right into the skin and drive the dog mad. Initially, we thought it was fleas or a skin problem and spent a fortune on vet bills and muti while the poor dog scratched himself into a bleeding mess. Once a specialist had taken samples and diagnosed the problem correctly his recovery took only a month or two. What a relief! I do hope you get a good result soon. Happy Christmas.

did she have fleas before? could be an after effect. That happened to my cat. If not, dunno, see your vet. Sorry.

Animals, like people, can become allergic to anything at any time. It may be something she just developed an allergy to, or it could be mites or mange as was suggested by someone else. Take her to the vet, explain the situation, and see what happens.

I was just wondering if maybe she is scratching so much because she is nervous. Things can upset animals and cause them problems, just like it does with humans if we are stressed or upset about something. One of my cats had started to put his hair out on his back along his back bone. It got really bad so we took him to the vet and he asked if anything in his life had changed lately. We said I had been gone for a few weeks, but my husband was home. We got to thinking every time I would be gone for awhile our cat would start pulling his hair out again. The vet said that was the problem, he had separation anxiety! Poor little guy, he missed me not being at home with him! So I gave him lots of extra love & attention, he quit pulling his hair out and it has grown back in. So maybe there is something in her life that has changed or something has upset her and so she is nervous and maybe then that makes her feel itchy so she scratches. I've seen some people who get stressed or nervous have some different reactions to skin or even their hair falling out. You could ask the vet if it might be stress related. Maybe just pick her up and love on her a bit more through out the day. If you have other pets, maybe she feels left out more than she use too. Hope she gets better soon! :)

Try to take the dog to see the vertinarian doctor to know what is actually wrong with the dog before you think of taking another step

Is your dog overweight? If he is obese he will scratch. If hes too fat feed him all he will eat once a day and then remove his dish until his next feeding time. This might sound cruel to you but dogs evolved as hunters who made a kill once a day, and then ate all they could. Perhaps his ration is lacking protein. Change his feed.

Well I can think of two things. One she has dry skin. Try adding a tablespoon of olive oil to her food each day to help soften the skin internally. If there is a spot or two she really goes at rub some oil directly to the spot to condition it. This is safe a good becasue there is no sickness if she licks it off. The other would be allergies. They can be allergic to things in the house as well as foods. Our little guy used to be allergic to dust mites and since you really cannot get rid if them completely we had to give him allergy meds. Our Cat has a dust allergy as well and we get her quarterly shots at the vet to combat them.

I dont know if this is what it is but my dog has dry skin in the winter time so she scratches a lot. It could just be dry skin and for that you can try giving her fish oil or the vet can give you some medicine for it as well... Hope this helped a little! =)

I think you should talk to the vet. It could be dry skin or anxiety or something. It could be hot spots. If your dog scratches and chews at himself it could be hot spots. Something like an oatmeal shampoo might help but it might need veterinary care. It could also be mites like mange or something. Imagine going crazy itching. When Ivan was alive I used oatmeal shampoo on him because he had itchy skin sometimes.