Why are my dogs still itchy and losing fur after flea treatment?

Question

My two dogs are recovering from a major flea infestation that caused them both to lose a lot of fur on their behinds. We've been treating them with Seresto flea collars (as reccomended by our vet) and the fleas seem to be gone, but the dogs are still itchy and their fur doesn't seem to be growing back yet. Is their any way I can help them with fur growth and relieve their itching?

Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS · Accepted Answer

When you have a heavy flea infestation, you also have to disinfect the environment as well. Wash theirs bedding in hot soapy water, and vacuum the furniture and carpet surfaces. You can use a spray to kill fleas in the house, such as Indorex, or a flea bomb would work well to kill the fleas in the home. Dogs who have heavy flea infestations can also develop flea allergies, which would lead them to continue to be itchy and may affect the fur growing back. I would take them both back into the vet, and the vet can discuss if they do have flea allergies and how to treat them. Tonight, give them baths in Epsom salts or oatmeal, as it may help temporarily with the itching. Tomorrow, I'd take them into the vet. Good luck, I hope this helps!

Why are my dogs still itchy and losing fur after flea treatment?

Most Helpful Answer

Related Questions

My 8month old girls have been loosing hair recently they never had fleas and got a few recently gladly I was able to treat them and remove them. But I don’t know what to do next to regrow the hair and treat this. What might this be? They are updated

My dog has a problem with itching and scratchi g due to fleas. I have tried numerous products and even the pills. Nothing is helping. Now her hair is falling out she gets baths and I use the calming kotions and shampoos etc. What should I do about th

Our dogs have had fleas, still have the very small kind. They've had lots of treatments. Now they have dry almost dead/flaky wrinkled skin on their underside. They itch even after treatments or flea baths. One dog is getting so bad she has open sores

Hello! How do I get my dog to stop scratching and itching. My vet gave him a chew to help get rid of fleas and prescribed an allergy med for 20 day’s but he’s still very itchy. And I am now getting itchy but don’t find any fleas on him. Please help :

My dogs had fleas, we treated them with a flea bath as well as some topical treatments. We also cleaned the house and bedding and put down flea dust. Both dogs are still very itchy week later. I have no physically seen any more fleas however I do no

My dog is 4 years oldm we had him castrated at 1 month old. the past 2 days he has been licking where his wound was, it has only just come on suddenly and he is also scratching himself a lot more. have checked him and my other dog and they have no fl

Hey my dogs have Flaking skin Dry patches Bad odor Scratching Biting Red skin Hair loss And they might have fleas, however I wash them with dawn soap weekly and little to no fleas are seen in the water. I also clean their sleeping area weekly wi

My rescuer keeps scratching and we bought flea and tick medication you put down the middle of her back. But it seems like it's getting worse. She's also timid and hard to walk , any suggestions

We're struggling to get rid fleas he picked up at a clinic. Our dog is losing his hair. We don't know if the flea treatment medicine caused this.

So my dog had fleas and my mom put a flea collar on her 2 days ago, she had the flea collar on her for 10 mins before my dog ripped it off. Now under her neck area she has been scratching non stop and her fur is coming off. I'm also seeing a good amo

Related Searches

Share