well, Harley started to get a place on his rump a few months ago where the hair started to fall out. Now it has lost all the hair in the area and there is another spot next to it starting. I decided to take him to the vet I work for and see if it was anything serious. He held him down and did a skin scrapping and found out that he has demodicosis. It is a mite that he got from his mother when he was born. He told me that hopefully it will clear up when he is about 9 months to a year old, but if not or if it gets worse then he will have to go through some sort of theropy treatment where he will have to take pills for 6 to 9 months and even then it may not go away. :(. He said that is if doesn't clear up then it can effect his immune system and cause more problems. He gave me a shampoo to apply at least every other day if not everyday to help clear up the spots where the mites are and also some pills to give him every 8 hours. I think it does the same thing and he gave me some drops to put on harleys nose because he has a bacterial infection there from where he digs outside then scratched his nose. The good news is that the mites are not contagious so I don't have to worry about shy getting it. I really hope they go away. I'm pritty worried him.
