tail problem

[lucky 578]

one of my lurchers has been loosing a bit of fur from his tail mainly on the joints each one is becoming bald ?.he is'nt loosing any fur anywhere else just the joints on his tail so i was wondering if anyone here might be able to give me an idea whats causing this and what should i treat it with. his main diet is raw chicken and bone ? and he his flead and wormed regular and his bedding is also changed regular.

 

p.s my mate has a lurcher that has never had any fur on the joints of its tail in all the years he's had it but mine as just recently started going bald ?

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

one of my lurchers has been loosing a bit of fur from his tail mainly on the joints each one is becoming bald ?.he is'nt loosing any fur anywhere else just the joints on his tail so i was wondering if anyone here might be able to give me an idea whats causing this and what should i treat it with. his main diet is raw chicken and bone ? and he his flead and wormed regular and his bedding is also changed regular.

 

p.s my mate has a lurcher that has never had any fur on the joints of its tail in all the years he's had it but mine as just recently started going bald ?

 

When you say joints mate do you mean the join to the body.Tails have no joints,they are made up of bones ,36 in all,which get progressively smaller towards the end.If the baldness is at the join to the body then it probably started off as a flea problem.Even when defleaed regular this is where they irritate the dog most .Some dogs lick or bite this area out of habit after a flea attack.I take it the area is not red and inflamed or you would have said.

[lucky 578]

one of my lurchers has been loosing a bit of fur from his tail mainly on the joints each one is becoming bald ?.he is'nt loosing any fur anywhere else just the joints on his tail so i was wondering if anyone here might be able to give me an idea whats causing this and what should i treat it with. his main diet is raw chicken and bone ? and he his flead and wormed regular and his bedding is also changed regular.

 

p.s my mate has a lurcher that has never had any fur on the joints of its tail in all the years he's had it but mine as just recently started going bald ?

 

When you say joints mate do you mean the join to the body.Tails have no joints,they are made up of bones ,36 in all,which get progressively smaller towards the end.If the baldness is at the join to the body then it probably started off as a flea problem.Even when defleaed regular this is where they irritate the dog most .Some dogs lick or bite this area out of habit after a flea attack.I take it the area is not red and inflamed or you would have said.

i mean where the bones in the tail join each other (knuckles) there not red or imflamed just bald ?

[fr0gman4 0]

not sure its the same thing your on about Lucky but I have two Bull terriers here and both of em got a small bald patch about half an inch down the base of the tail near to where it joins onto the body. They werent biting or scraping at all from what I could see and it didnt seem to be causing eiter of em any discomfort but while I had one of em at the vets for another reason I got him to have a look at it. He reckoned it was something relating to the anal gland and he stuck his fingers up the dogs arse to which the dog started throwing us both round the room. Anyroad when he had finished and wiped all the shitty mess up I took the dog home and after about a week the fur had started to grow back and it was sorted. Took the bitch down shortly after he did the same thing with her and same result. Tail sorted.feed both of mine on raw meat,bones.veg,fish etc and vet reckoned might be a slight diet inbalance.

[shaun v 3]

one of my lurchers has been loosing a bit of fur from his tail mainly on the joints each one is becoming bald ?.he is'nt loosing any fur anywhere else just the joints on his tail so i was wondering if anyone here might be able to give me an idea whats causing this and what should i treat it with. his main diet is raw chicken and bone ? and he his flead and wormed regular and his bedding is also changed regular.

 

p.s my mate has a lurcher that has never had any fur on the joints of its tail in all the years he's had it but mine as just recently started going bald ?

 

When you say joints mate do you mean the join to the body.Tails have no joints,they are made up of bones ,36 in all,which get progressively smaller towards the end.If the baldness is at the join to the body then it probably started off as a flea problem.Even when defleaed regular this is where they irritate the dog most .Some dogs lick or bite this area out of habit after a flea attack.I take it the area is not red and inflamed or you would have said.

i mean where the bones in the tail join each other (knuckles) there not red or imflamed just bald ?

its a comon thing in that breed lucky get some stuff called camerosa

[lucky 578]

cheers mate, is this only available at the vets ?

[roybo 2,873]

cheers mate, is this only available at the vets ?

try www.camrosa.co.uk or 01892 783562

[rob reynolds uk 3]

it could also be down to the dog rubbing its tail on the way out of its run, can all so get it on the chest if it has to crawl out ,it happened to mine i just made there hole bigger ,its rubbing it id say ..

[Guest trev]

Got to agree its because the dog is constatnly on his tale, wether he is sleeping on it or sitting on it or a combination of both.

Plenty of vasaline rubbed into the tail will help the skin grow back, or if you can get some benzyly benzonate it works even better.

I get it alot in the greyhounds lucky and thats what i use.

[lucky 578]

thanks for the replies eveyrone, i'll put some benzo on and see if that helps as i've used it in the past with good results