wolf_Q
05-20-2003, 09:08 PM
This morning Nebo was biting at a spot on his back and got a mouthful of fur from it...I mean, I guess that's normal, he *is* a husky...but it wasn't undercoat, it was guardhairs. I know they shed those too, but not in clumps like that usually, do they? I started feeling around there and pulled a bunch of clumps of white guard hairs out...I mean, a lot...
And then later on this evening he was biting there again and I looked over and he's got another clump of fur hanging from his mouth. I took him outside and brushed him and just got.....:eek: an amazing amount of fur out of him! The thing is, I just took him to work and blew out his coat/bathed him/brushed him *really* well last friday.
And now I'm feeling him, and that spot where he was biting (about the middle of his back, a little closer to the shoulder blades then the tail) feels really weird. The fur is so thin just right there...it's noticable...
So I held him down and looked through his fur seeing if his skin looked different, and I found something. He had 3 (possibly more?) small scabs around that area.
I'm not sure what it could be from. :confused: What I've thought of so far is the scabs could be from him biting himself...which there should be a reason he'd be itching there though...my mom mentioned maybe he layed some ants in our backyard and they bit him.
If it's the first thing, I've been trying to think of a reason he's itchy. I recently changed dog food (from Nutro Lg Breed Puppy to Lg Breed adult) and of course, I recently bathed him too (but it was the same stuff I use every time) and he was also recently at Strut Your Mutt and around a bunch of dogs.
Also I swear he's lost weight. My mom won't stop saying he looks skinny....he feels somewhat thinner to me too. I know that it's normal for huskies to not eat much, and he doesn't eat much. I feed him and he just kind of sniffs it and walks away. He acts fine, he has plenty of energy and acts like his same old self. Besides that spot being so thin, his coat overall feels really soft and shiney.
Also, I discovered we carry this (http://www.naturalblend.com/) dog food at Petco, and I was thinking maybe it would be better because it doesn't have chemical preservatives and crap in it that could be bothering him. I've also wondered about some of those pills, etc. that are supposed to be good for the coat.
I'm probably just being paranoid :rolleyes: but I'm going to keep an eye on that spot.
And then later on this evening he was biting there again and I looked over and he's got another clump of fur hanging from his mouth. I took him outside and brushed him and just got.....:eek: an amazing amount of fur out of him! The thing is, I just took him to work and blew out his coat/bathed him/brushed him *really* well last friday.
And now I'm feeling him, and that spot where he was biting (about the middle of his back, a little closer to the shoulder blades then the tail) feels really weird. The fur is so thin just right there...it's noticable...
So I held him down and looked through his fur seeing if his skin looked different, and I found something. He had 3 (possibly more?) small scabs around that area.
I'm not sure what it could be from. :confused: What I've thought of so far is the scabs could be from him biting himself...which there should be a reason he'd be itching there though...my mom mentioned maybe he layed some ants in our backyard and they bit him.
If it's the first thing, I've been trying to think of a reason he's itchy. I recently changed dog food (from Nutro Lg Breed Puppy to Lg Breed adult) and of course, I recently bathed him too (but it was the same stuff I use every time) and he was also recently at Strut Your Mutt and around a bunch of dogs.
Also I swear he's lost weight. My mom won't stop saying he looks skinny....he feels somewhat thinner to me too. I know that it's normal for huskies to not eat much, and he doesn't eat much. I feed him and he just kind of sniffs it and walks away. He acts fine, he has plenty of energy and acts like his same old self. Besides that spot being so thin, his coat overall feels really soft and shiney.
Also, I discovered we carry this (http://www.naturalblend.com/) dog food at Petco, and I was thinking maybe it would be better because it doesn't have chemical preservatives and crap in it that could be bothering him. I've also wondered about some of those pills, etc. that are supposed to be good for the coat.
I'm probably just being paranoid :rolleyes: but I'm going to keep an eye on that spot.