OTC medications - skin irritations?

**Glacier** · 11-30-2005, 10:49 AM

Too late to help you this time, but I use Bag Balm on minor skin irritations. It's actually for cow udders, but it works great!

Hope your pupper is healed up quickly.

**JenBKR** · 11-30-2005, 10:54 AM

Thanks guys. I feel so bad...I made an appointment for tomorrow at 1:30 - it was the soonest I could get him in. Poor guy. Glacier I will keep that in mind in case we have this problem again, maybe I can catch it sooner.

**lv4dogs** · 11-30-2005, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by Glacier

Too late to help you this time, but I use Bag Balm on minor skin irritations. It's actually for cow udders, but it works great!

Hope your pupper is healed up quickly.

I forgot about that. Bag Balm is awesome stuff, you can use it for so many things.
I also forgot about tee tree oil but it should only be used in VERY TINY amounts.

**poofy** · 11-30-2005, 02:35 PM

Hope hes is better soon..

**Glacier** · 11-30-2005, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by lv4dogs

I forgot about that. Bag Balm is awesome stuff, you can use it for so many things.

You can even use it on yourself. I use it on my hands in the winter when I am exposing them to alot of cold.

**RoseyRose** · 11-30-2005, 02:59 PM

Hi, I'm new to Pet Talk. Sorry to hear about your Rosco. My vet has me use Mentholatum around the area, but not to close to the sore. Just to keep them from licking it and making it worse. They don't like the smell, but it's not harmful. Hope everything works out ok.

**JenBKR** · 11-30-2005, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by RoseyRose

Hi, I'm new to Pet Talk. Sorry to hear about your Rosco. My vet has me use Mentholatum around the area, but not to close to the sore. Just to keep them from licking it and making it worse. They don't like the smell, but it's not harmful. Hope everything works out ok.

Thanks for the idea, and welcome to Pet Talk!