Jenova
Wise Old Thumper
Have you ever had a bun with a flea allergy? What were their symptoms and how did you deal with it? :wave:
I think Smoo might have an allergy to fleas. I have a pretty good idea where they got the fleas from, but everyone and the house have been treated. The reason I noticed that they had them was because I was ruffling up Smoo's fur and I noticed a bald patch with red flaky skin about a centimetre wide by two centimetres long. Her fur is really thick so it was just a chance spot and when I tried to find it again later I couldn't remember where it was. It took me about fifteen minutes to find it again. I put Vaseline on it as it looked quite dry and that really helped. Anyway I noticed the flea dirt after that and then went looking for fleas. Over the course of a week the patch of missing fur grew to about five centimetres long and three centimetres wide. It was really flaky and all over her fur was coming out with flakes of skin on.
Now Smoo moults quite badly and sometimes when she moults she looses hair and gets flaky skin so I don't know if it's related or something that needs further investigation. I also don't know how long flea stuff takes to work. I put it on tonight so I need to see if the skin issue clears up with the fleas. Obviously if it doesn't I need to go back to the vet but I just wondered if anyone else had come across this.
I think Smoo might have an allergy to fleas. I have a pretty good idea where they got the fleas from, but everyone and the house have been treated. The reason I noticed that they had them was because I was ruffling up Smoo's fur and I noticed a bald patch with red flaky skin about a centimetre wide by two centimetres long. Her fur is really thick so it was just a chance spot and when I tried to find it again later I couldn't remember where it was. It took me about fifteen minutes to find it again. I put Vaseline on it as it looked quite dry and that really helped. Anyway I noticed the flea dirt after that and then went looking for fleas. Over the course of a week the patch of missing fur grew to about five centimetres long and three centimetres wide. It was really flaky and all over her fur was coming out with flakes of skin on.
Now Smoo moults quite badly and sometimes when she moults she looses hair and gets flaky skin so I don't know if it's related or something that needs further investigation. I also don't know how long flea stuff takes to work. I put it on tonight so I need to see if the skin issue clears up with the fleas. Obviously if it doesn't I need to go back to the vet but I just wondered if anyone else had come across this.