Help with dog scabies?

Question

I have a new puppies and she has scabies. How long so they last?

Answer 1

I hate to tell you that the scabies are contagious to humans...so please treat them before you and family members come down with the stuff....


How is scabies spread?


Scabies is spread by direct skin-to-skin or close bodily contact.
Even the cleanest person can become infested when there is direct, skin-to-skin contact with a person who has scabies.
Due to the frequency of infestations on the hands, contact with hands, i.e. shaking or holding hands, can spread scabies.
Pets (dogs, cats and rabbits) and some farm animals (goats, horses, cattle and pigs) can be infected with scabies mites, but these are of a different type than human scabies mites. If you have close contact with an animal that has scabies, the mites could get under your skin and cause temporary skin irritation and itching. However, the mites die in a couple of days, and you do not need to be treated with special medication to kill the mites. If a pet or farm animal has scabies, it is important to have the disease treated by a veterinarian or you could continue to get reinfected from the animal.

So I guess you can catch them from dogs and since it is your pet..you could continue to reinfect yourself...

Answer 2

EDITED: They are NOT contigagious to humans. They are an entirelly different type of mite to the scabies a human gets.


This may seem like a strange treatment, but from experience it works! It is also safe for the dog you have my word. Mites that live in the dog's or puppy's skin need to be able to breath. Their typical life span is about 7 days to 14 days. They grow from larva to adult in a very short amount of time. You can take the animal to a vet, however there is a much more effective and cheaper technique which I use. What you want to do is cut off air to the mites. As we know kerosine is oil based therefore cutting off the air supply to the mites. What you do is take a jar that you can keep the kerosine in. Once you have this the length of treatment varies on the stage of the infestation. I again reassure you that this is completely effective and does not put your pet at any risk. You will want to take a sponge or rag. Be sure it is one you are willing to toss out after the treatment is over. You will put an even coat over the entire body of the dog avoiding contact with the eyes. Do not saturate the sponge when applying to the dogs head to prevent any run off getting in the dog's eyes. You want to do this twice daily outside and with help from someone who can hold the leash. The oil base in the kerosine will be absorbed to a point into the dogs skin to where it cuts the air off to the mites. The way to tell the treatment has been effective is your dog's hair will begin to re grow where it has thinned or fallen out completely and the sores have healed if there are any. You will want to wait one week before you bathe the dog to ensure that all of the mite larva are dead as well.
Basically you can either take the dog to the vet for a long series of dip treatments that may not work( have a friend who did not take my kerosine advice and lost her dog due to this because the vet treatments were not effective.) or use the kerosine treatment which is extremely cheap. You are looking at a cost of less than $2 and in most cases a mason size jar is more than enough. That equals out to less than $1.
Trust me it works and once more I assure you there is no risk of the dog being harmed. The only drawback to this treatment is the smell, but in my opinion a guaranteed treatment is worth dealing with the odor. Also I am sure you are aware do net allow your dog to be near open flames of any kind. We all are aware kerosine like gas is flammable.
I hope this helps you out and do a repost if you try this to let us all know how things went.
Andrea

Answer 3

U can get scabies from your dog. Yes the scabies from your dog would heal on their own but more than likely they will come back. U all need to get to a doctor immediately and get the cream right away. This is highly infectious. I know cause my husband has had this before and is going to the doctor in the morning for it again. More than likely u probably did not get this from your dog. U really probably did get it from an infected person. U pass it by contact such as touching hands and occassionaly clothing and bedding. Take care of this now before u infect others. Another word of advice, don't share gloves with people.

Answer 4

scabies..they're also called sarcoptic mange...is a mite..and it IS communicable to humans, so make sure you wash well each time you handle your dog. If you KNOW it's scabies i have to assume you have seen a vet already, because they only way it's diagnosed is with a microscope...

Your vet has probably prescribed dips for your dog, and has advised you on handling cautions and so on. So i am guessing they haven't told you exactly how many dips it will take to clear it up, or how long that'll take.

good question. They aren't telling you because they don't know either. it can take as few as two or three treatments, or as many as eight...ad it depends on a variety of things.

If you do exactly what they tell you it should take fewer, but it's tough to keep the dog dry all the time, and it's a pain to keep him off furniture and so on...but try to do it!

Answer 5

Scabies is a mite. This will go on forever unless you get her treated by a vet.

Answer 6

dog scabies

Answer 7

go to the vet for medication immediately follow his directions