EphemeralDream
Member
For the past month or so, my six-year old "retriever mix" has been having skin issues around his crotch and butt. He licks constantly to the point where his crotch is now all red with very little skin left. There are other spots too like small raw patches on his hind legs. Sometimes his mouth will even start looking red from all the licking.
We took him to the vet a few weeks back. He said "allergies," and gave him a little more than a week's worth of steroids. The problem started going away but once the dosage ran out, his skin started going to shit again and now it's probably worse than ever. We tried putting on one of those head cones that we had from before but couldn't manage to get it on him since he made a big fuss.
I know everyone will say to take him to the vet again, but is there anything we can do to discourage him from licking at least?
We took him to the vet a few weeks back. He said "allergies," and gave him a little more than a week's worth of steroids. The problem started going away but once the dosage ran out, his skin started going to shit again and now it's probably worse than ever. We tried putting on one of those head cones that we had from before but couldn't manage to get it on him since he made a big fuss.
I know everyone will say to take him to the vet again, but is there anything we can do to discourage him from licking at least?