Scratching sores open, help!!!

**frawri** · 10-23-2006, 10:20 AM

My poor Pip has gotten hurt. Chihuahuas love to be where you are at all times. Well one day I was cooking a stew, and some of the hot juices got spilt. Pippen of course was in the way when the juices got spilt. He got scalded; I caught him and put him under cold water as fast as I could. It helped a great deal; he only had a small spot on him that got swollen. And by the next day it was gone, and he had no real tenderness at all. So I forgot about it, well on the day of our vacation. I found a small scab on Pip. I thought Belle had bitten him. So I told my brother to watch him. (He was the person who took care of our animals when we went on our vacation.) Any ways I get a call on Sat, he left a message that Pippen had scratched himself bald in the spot where the scab was. It turns out the whole area where he had gotten scalded, is healing and of course itching. So Pip has been scratching it, and has caused a huge patch of sores to open up. Now I have to find some way to afford to bring him in. So far I have been using some Aloe Vera to sooth the itching and help aid the healing. But I can’t get him to stop scratching it. Is there anything else that I can put on it, to stop the itching? I figure if I can get something like that, he will stop scratching it and there for let it heal. I have a shirt I put on him, because the bandage I wrapped around him wouldn’t stay on him. It stopped him from being able to scratch the area. But I am worried about leaving it on him all day while I am at work. What if he try’s to get it off and gets caught up in the shirt? I know they have been made with Chi’s in mind, but I worry it would do more harm then good. What do you all think? Any helpful ideas would be greatly appreciated. God bless

Francine

**JuniorxMyxLove** · 10-23-2006, 02:22 PM

Is it on his back or stomach? Becauseonce my cat had something goinon her stomach so we put a baby one piece outfit thingon her and cut holes where they needed to be, maybe that would work, they're pretty small...

hope i helped.

**frawri** · 10-23-2006, 03:55 PM

Thanks for trying to help, but Pippen is a Chi. He only weighs 4.5 lbs, I don't think they make onzies small enough.

**borzoimom** · 10-23-2006, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by frawri

Thanks for trying to help, but Pippen is a Chi. He only weighs 4.5 lbs, I don't think they make onzies small enough.

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**frawri** · 10-24-2006, 12:20 PM

Does this hair of the dog have any type of protein in it? Pippen can't really handle too much of the stuff. His poo starts to smell real bad. That leads me to believe his system can't handle it. I give him Lambs meal, and it seems to have helped with his food allergies. But I worry about giving him things I don't know much about. I tried him on this product called Missing Link. It was said to be great for hair and skin problems. His system didn’t get along with it. Nor did our cats and our other dog. So I have stopped using said product. Some one mentioned on another site to use bicarbonate of soda. But I don't know what that is, or where to get it. Or if it really works, this person said it would help it heal fast.

**areias** · 10-24-2006, 02:07 PM

Honestly I would take him to the vet at least for just a visit. Get some gentocin spray and put an e-collar on him. It should heal up quickly.

**borzoimom** · 10-24-2006, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by frawri

Does this hair of the dog have any type of protein in it? Pippen can't really handle too much of the stuff. His poo starts to smell real bad. That leads me to believe his system can't handle it. I give him Lambs meal, and it seems to have helped with his food allergies. But I worry about giving him things I don't know much about. I tried him on this product called Missing Link. It was said to be great for hair and skin problems. His system didn’t get along with it. Nor did our cats and our other dog. So I have stopped using said product. Some one mentioned on another site to use bicarbonate of soda. But I don't know what that is, or where to get it. Or if it really works, this person said it would help it heal fast.

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**frawri** · 10-31-2006, 08:05 AM

Update: Pippen is doing so much better. The wound he had from the burn is healing very well. It isn't angry red any more either. He is on some antibiotics and an ointment to take care of the wound it's self. He is much happier now. I think he will be even more excited when he is able to stop having me fuss over him every morning and night. He hates the bandages I have to leave on him. The vet said that his hair may never come back. But some one told me of a product called Hair of the dog, or at least I think that was the name. Dose any one know of a product called that, and if it really works? The person who told me about this product, said it would help with making the wound have less scar tissue. And help grow back the hair in the area where the wound was. I just want to find out if there is any such product out there that works that well? Thanks for all the help you have been, and any more help I may receive. God bless.

**borzoimom** · 10-31-2006, 08:39 AM

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**frawri** · 10-31-2006, 01:29 PM

Borziomom, I have a few more questions on (hair of the dog) I use to give my two Chihuahua's and my two cats Missing Link. It is said to help with the hair and skin just like your Hair of the Dog does. I used it, and for a bit it worked. But after about 2 weeks on the stuff, both my dogs and cats had real bad smelling bowl and pee movements. I took them off the ML, and the bad smell stopped. I don't know why my pets reacted this way. Nor does my vet. I know that Pippen had that same bad smelling pee when I fed him Greenies. So of course I stopped feeding it to him. I just want to make certain I wont get that same reaction from this Hair of the Dog. Do you know if the Missing Link has the same ingredients as your Hair of the dog? I was thinking it might have had something to do with the high protein that the ML had in it. My dogs and cats are good at drinking a good amount of water. So I know it had nothing to do with not getting enough water. Does Hair of the Dog have a lot of protein in it? I also was told by another person who breeds Chi's. That Pippen more then likely wont get his hair to grow back. No matter what you put on it. Does this stuff work for deep burns? Sorry for the 20/20 questions, I just want to make certain I am giving them a good product.