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Sent to Dog Experts November 9 2005 at 3:50 PM
   

what would cause a 5 month old puppy to bite nub of her tail raw. Sometimes she cries. Taking her to the vet tomorrow but what can i put on it to stop her from licking and biting it. Vet says it could be fleas but she has none, a food allergy, or if her anal sacs are full. There is no sign of smell coming from her rectum and its the nub that she's biting not the rectum. I've tried 1/2 dosage of childrens benedryl and also a tiny bit of cultivate steroid cream hoping to ease the itch. she has no fleas, she is on frontline, but was diagnosed and TREATED WITH MEDS FOR TWO WEEKS for tapeworm,roundworm and whipworm. I just need to know what i can put on her to stop the scratching as its so raw. Thank you.

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Female; Breed: cockapoo( 5 months 16 lbs).

Already Tried:
childrens liquid benedryl 1 teaspoon. cultivate steroid cream (a tiny bit just on the nub)

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November 9 2005 at 3:58 PM (7 minutes and 4 seconds later)
         
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Sometimes the scar tissue, if it was an at home docking, will cause some irritation. To help aleve this, cutting out the scar tissue and resuturing the end is the solution. You will however, have to place an elizabethian collar on while it heals. You can try this until you have the vet check it also.

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November 9 2005 at 4:05 PM (7 minutes and 17 seconds later)
         
Reply to ZooCVT's Post: she is 5 months old,. I have taken her to the vet for everything. She is a well cared for dog. I got her in august. Her nub has no scar tissue it is as smoothe as silk...I even clipped the hair around her thinking that it was tickling and annoying her. But truly the nub has never ever bothered her before. This is new, only in the last week or two at the most. What else could it be?
Thank you so much.
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November 9 2005 at 4:10 PM (5 minutes and 25 seconds later)
         
Well a couple questions...anything new change in your house?? New carpet? Have it shampooed? Change her food? Any new construction or noises around the house...new baby...anything out of the ordinary?

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November 9 2005 at 4:21 PM (10 minutes and 52 seconds later)
         
I have no carpet whatsoever. I live in florida and I don't want fleas or dog odor whatsover. I two other dogs. A choc.lab and a maltipoo, I also have a completely declawed cat. They all love and wrestle with eachother in my huge fenced in yard(except the cat does not go outside) when they go out. They are not outside dogs,though, I treat them like they are my children. No new babies. I have a thirteen who adores her animals as well as my husband. No loud noises, we live in hobe sound(most people have never even heard of it its pretty quiet. Food.... I feed her puppy nutro a little wet and also dry. Lots of water.
Treats for training. different treats every week.
she is exhausted from going at the nub, poor thing.
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November 9 2005 at 4:30 PM (9 minutes and 19 seconds later)
         
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Well with all the obvious things ruled out, it may be a hormonal thing being she's about the age to have her first heat cycle. I would try breaking the cycle by placing a soft elizabethian collar on her and maybe talking to your vet about a cortisone injection once mites and other things have been ruled out. It a vicious cycle that they'll do...chew because of whatever reason (nerotic..bored) the more they chew the more it itches...the more it itches, the more they chew...and so on...so breaking the cycle by chemical therapy(cortisone) or physical(e. collar) is sometime the answer.



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