So far she is actually doing better, with little treatment other than Antibiotics and still the goodwinol ointment.

So far the Mitaban has been difficult to get ahold of because the place we order most of our supplies for the clinic, doesn't carry mitaban and said we would have to talk directly to Pfizer.

So anyway she is doing better.... the scabs and crusty area are no longer there.... and surprisingly not a lot of fur came off when the scabs did.... she still has more antibiotics, but already the skin is nice and normal pink color, not red or irritated, and just looking so much better.... hopefully it continues in that direction...

I'm glad your boy is doing good now!!!! Poor boy, that must have been horrible to go thru. I have NEVER had to deal with this stuff before, and I'm not happy about it.... hopefully I never have to again....

TTYL
Janna


Originally posted by shutterbug0303
Hi Janna. When I saw the title of this thread I had to look immediately. Although I am not an expert on the subject, I have almost a year's worth of full-time experience with it. We rescued our first dane and a full-fledged case of demodex. Most of the little was going to be PTS because people did not want them and weren't willing to invest the time and money. It seems as though your case is localized - ours was all over!

Although this image is a little fuzzy, you get the idea. We started with the mitoban dips, twice a week for what I think was 6-8 weeks. She cleared up wonderfully and seemed to be doing great. Her whole body was covered in a secondary skin infection so we were treating with antibiotics as well. After the treatments were over we took home what we thought was a happy, healthy pup. Until the night I tried to clip the poor girls toe nails. The very next day, her feet were covered in bumps and blisters. So much that she couldn't walk. It spread from there and turned into another full battle with demodex! We changed vets and started with Ivermectin. She was on that drug from Oct/Nov 2004 to I think Feb/March 2005. We slowly increased doses and then slowly decrease when she was "better". I know you said you can't use Ivermectin or Interceptor but that is really what worked out the best for us. It is what cured it, not just made it subside. However, because your case is localized, talk more with your vet about the dips. We had no side effects from it at all...but everybody's experience is always different.

Best of luck!