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Basenji Health Issues & Questions
  • First thing I would do is find out for sure what is in the food you are using.. and if there is corn, change the food.

  • Chance has been itching the side of his neck lately and it has been giving him a really bad rash. He just won't stop itching. Low and behold….Alex took a closer look and we found a flea!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! GROSS

  • @Vanessa:

    Chance has been itching the side of his neck lately and it has been giving him a really bad rash. He just won't stop itching. Low and behold….Alex took a closer look and we found a flea!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! GROSS

    Exactly… and one flea will do it.... Be careful with your Tri Girl... it is so difficult to see/find fleas with their black and tan coats.... This hot weather that we have had over the last few days will bring out the fleas...

  • my basenji is having rashes also all over her body now she have a lot of bruiss because she keeps on scratching i brought her to the vet and they just told me its because of the matting i dont want them to do skin scraping because she's being campaigned now but maybe i'll ask them to do the test i'm being bothered by it.

  • @Lavenirhounds:

    my basenji is having rashes also all over her body now she have a lot of bruiss because she keeps on scratching i brought her to the vet and they just told me its because of the matting i dont want them to do skin scraping because she's being campaigned now but maybe i'll ask them to do the test i'm being bothered by it.

    What are you feeding her? If it has corn and/or wheat, that most likely is the problem…

    But I don't understand your comment from the vet "matting"... what does that mean?

    Also, you are not really being fair to your dog by not having the scraping done... showing should not be over the health of your girl... "and" they can scrape on the off show side....

  • yes agree, if you don't want your b to scraped. try changing the diet first. if it doesn't go away then you'll need to get scrapping done. it might be something else. when my vet scraping on her they though it could be tape worm or ring worm but it wasn't that.

  • well i the vet scraped her yesterday. its not serious like what you said she's alergic to her food so i changed her diet to solid gold now but the vet also told me to change her crate matting. thanks guys

  • Hello everyone,

    My name is Hotep and I am a 2 1/2 year old Basenji. Over the past four months, I have been getting these bumps under my coat that are very annoying and cause me to itch. I have gone to the vet, but they can't tell me what the cause is. They have prescribed Hydoxyzine and it takes the bumps and itching away, but every two days they reappear. I can’t’ live on these pills and was wondering has anyone else had this same problem?
    ps.
    I have had my thyroid checked, urinalysis and blood work, but no one has been able to help me

  • As noted in this thread, what is she eating?

  • Congo only gets rashes in the summer. Little tiny red bumps on the inside of his legs. Benadryl and oatmeal baths work for us and then they usually go away in the fall/winter. its usually sagebrush or the grasses and weeds we have around here. It is not his food like everybody says here. We've tried that and the vet says its just allergies to grasses.

  • Tillo also has a sort of allergie for grasses.. I wonder: is this more common in B's?

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    @hotrodruby: frankee my 3 year old has also recently developed a red rash and blistering on the left side of his groin area and was licking it constantly, not sure what it could be, we put a cone on to prevent him from licking it. will be taking him to the vet tomorrow. not sure if it is a yeast infection or rashe from something else. I would bet a yeast infection
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    If he still wears the same collar and it is the culprit, it will irritate already raw skin and prevent complete healing. I know the holidays are usually tight for everyone, but perhaps finding a (maybe no-so-stylish) collar made of a completely different material and without dyes would stop the cycle. That's what eventually worked for Elvira, my cat. If it is confined to one spot where there an item directly touches the skin on a regular basis, it sounds more like contact dermatitis to me. Any creams may exacerbate the situation. If it was a food allergy, I would expect a more widespread problem. I would suggest, if he wears a cloth or nylon collar, get a natural leather collar with stainless steel loops rather than coated brass. Since colorful nylon and cloth seem to be the rage right now, it may be a little more difficult to find. The payoff is the leather collar will last much longer than cloth or nylon. If it is felt a cream or ointment must be used, break open a Vitamin E capsule and rub the goo on his rash. It is odorless and if Kiya feels she must be Little Miss Nursemaid, the Vitamin E will benefit her as well.
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    Poor baby. Also from now on, in addition to the benadryl, I'd give the rabies separated out from the combo and skip the Lepto. Check with your vet and do your own homework about the Lepto though. (But no sense in overloading the immune system with a bunch of vac's at one time.)
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    Phoenix has had a rash like that before i went to the vet I figured a yeast infection is a yeast infection right weather in people or pets so i went and bought some "womans yeast infection meds" those bullet shaped things and just took it out of the wrapper and just rubbed it on his tummy alittle i rubbed it in and made sure he didnt lick at it the next morning the rash was just about gone went to the vet and she said that's what he had and to acaully just use what i did for a day or so and it should be gone it was a surface yeast infection and so as long as i just rubbed that stuff on like it was lotion he would be fine i applaied it 2 more times and it was gone he gets them from time to time and thats all i do it's a alot cheaper in the long run the stuff she said she was going to give me was going to cost me $67. plus the cost of the vet so i figured now i will just save the moeny and go spend 8 :) i would think there might be a problem using that if u have a dog that likes to try and lick it but phoenix could care less he just enjoyed his belly rub while i was rubbing it in :)