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Why does my puppy have worsening skin lesions spreading on his body?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Pit Bull Terrier | Male | unneutered | 1lb

I have a rescued pitball puppy that has started to develop these lesions everywhere on his body. He doesn't really scratch horribly bad, but they keep popping up in new spots. We have changed his food, and tried giving him oatmeal baths, but they are getting progressively worse pretty quickly. What could this be?

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Answered By Jeffrey Milner

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Published on November 5th, 2017

The lesion in the second image appears to be infected. The area will need to be shaved of all surrounding hair, scrubbed with an antiseptic such as dilute betadine or chlorhexidine, and then an antibiotic will be required (most likely a systemic one). George will also have to wear a cone to prevent him from continuing to cause any self-inflicted trauma to the area. Your vet will be able to get a better look at the lesions to see if he can figure out what may have started everything to begin with. He may want to obtain some skin scrapings to take a look at under the microscope. Hope this makes sense.

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    Answered By Dr. Strydom, DVM

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    Published on May 6th, 2019

    I don't think that I would be overly worried about these at this time. I highly doubt these lesions are related to the Revolution. I suggest you just monitor these for now and if they don't resolve or worsen then get her back to your vet for an exam. They could just be scrapes. If you want to apply a thin layer of Neosporin to them for the next few days you can do that. Hope this helps. Best wishes.

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