any home remedies for pet dry skin?

Answer 1

Keri oil purchased from a chemist
Add omega 3 & 6's to diet
Add egg or oil to diet

Answer 2

High quality food, and only bathing the dog as necessary. Dogs should be bathed once every six months unless obviously dirty.

Nothing you find at a grocery store is going to be a good food. High quality foods can be found at large pet store chains, or online. A couple of foods I like are Nutro Natural, Innova, Innova Evo and Cannidae.

There are other high quality dog foods. Here's how to spot them:

A high quality food will have little or no fillers such as corn, wheat or soy. These aren't very digestable for dogs, and are common food related allergens. Since you were seeing corn meal in the first few ingredients, those are not high quality foods. Foods list ingredients by content, with the ingredient it contains most of at the top.

A high quality food will not contain BHT, BHA or Ethoxyquin, these are all chemical preservatives that have been linked to cancer.

A high quality food will not contain by-products of any kind. Meat meals are ok as long as the source of the meat is listed, such as Chicken Meal.

A high quality diet should have meat as at least the first ingredient., and be made from human grade ingredients. Foods that don't use human grade ingredients often get their ingredients from less than desirable sources, such as meat from animals that were diseased, or euthanized.

There is another diet option other than dog food. Some people choose to feed a raw diet. This involves feeding the dog raw meaty bones and organ meat. However it is not as simple as throwing a couple chicken bones in a bowl everyday. If you wish to feed this type of diet, do lots and lots of research first. Switching to this diet without knowing what your doing can lead to nutritional problems for your dog. I'll give you some links as a starting point in research if you are interested in this type of diet.

http://www.willowglen.com/barf.htm.........

http://www.bestfrisbeedogs.com/diets.htm...

http://www.rawlearning.com/rawfaq.html.....

http://www.rawfed.com/myths/index.html.....

http://www.rawdogranch.com

What's Really In Pet Food
http://www.api4animals.org/facts?p=359&m...

Answer 3

Oatmeal soap bath cleans the dog and puts oil into the skin, daily brushing distributes natural oils, and bathing only once a month helps to not deplete the coat of its natural oils. Also, don't leave the dog out in the cold.

Answer 4

If you give your pet a bath every week it will dry its' skin out. I did this to my dog and the vet suggested, lotion from bath and body works. It helps the pets skin and gives it a pleasant smell so you don't have to give it a bath as often.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

if you wash your dog to often then it will have dry skin...only wash your dog once a month...if you do bath it once a month try going to the store and ask on of the employees if they have any medicine or dog lotion for dry skin

Answer 7

Baby oil, but only use a little, you don't want the hair getting nasty. Try to use as little as possible and get as much as possible on the skin instead of the hair.

Answer 8

blend up flax seed in the blender and ad 1 tsp to food ( PUT LEFTOVERS IN A SEALED CONTAINER AND STORE IN THE FRIDGE TILL NEXT MEAL)also try 1 tsp canola oil on food,SHOULD SEE A DIFFERENCE IN ABOUT 2 WEEKS

Answer 9

I have never tried this but it seems like a little vaseline or alberto vo5.or you could put some conditioner in a bottle and dilute it a little.pour it in your hand and rub hands together and then stroke your cat or dog like you are petting them.maybe it will work.just a guess.

Answer 10

if its a dog you mite be bathing it to much so remember to bath it at least 2 weeks apart