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.
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