My puppy has mange. How often should I bathe him for skin relief?

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My puppy has mange all over his body. Should I bathe him two times a week? Or..? Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Small (up to 22lb) | Male | 3 months and 12 days old | 23 lbs

Dr. Massimo Orioles, DVM, Cert AVP, MRCVS · Accepted Answer

Although a picture of it would help to give you more specific advice and suggest a list of differentials. Generally speaking this is could be due to an allergy, an infection or mites. The underlying cause needs to be determined first to give appropriate treatment. First of all, in order to rule out skin parasites, you will need to treat with a high quality flea treatment, then ask the vet to perform a skin scrape - this might reveal an infection or a mite infestation. If all of those came back negative, the next step is to treat the allergy symptomatically and try to discover the cause of the allergy. Three main type of allergies are usually affecting pets: food allergies, flea and parasite related ones and environmental type (allergens coming from trees, pollens, dust etc etc). Hope this answer was helpful, but please do not hesitate to contact us again on the forum or by requesting a consultation if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further.

My puppy has mange. How often should I bathe him for skin relief?

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