| If you still don't know what worse skin disease can | | | | disease. They will provide them with the necessary |
| hit your dog, try to look up the one called mange in | | | | antibiotics, dips, and diet to make sure that your dog |
| every pet book you know. Mange is a type of a skin | | | | gets cured in no time. Self-medication for mange is |
| disease that can be highly contagious both for you | | | | strongly discouraged. Veterinarians need to examine |
| and your other pets. Mange is caused by parasites | | | | your dog fully to determine what type of mange it |
| that live on the skin of your dog, causing wounds, | | | | has acquired. Only then will the necessary treatment |
| hair loss, blisters, and scabs. Mange could make your | | | | procedure can be given. Note that the three different |
| dog become not so desirable. With walking dandruff | | | | types of mange call for different methods of |
| and a skin disease apparent on its fur, you'll even | | | | treatment. |
| have second thoughts about letting your dog inside | | | | Cheyletiella mange is the type that is most visible. |
| the house again. | | | | This is the one commonly referred to as the walking |
| And so you should make sure that your dogs don't | | | | dandruff. Like the others, the parasites that cause |
| acquire this disease at all. There are three types of | | | | this disease reproduce massively on the skin, causing |
| mange that could develop in dogs - Sarcoptic Mange, | | | | severe damage in the process. The mites burrow |
| Demodectic Mange, and the Cheyletiella Mange. | | | | themselves into the skin of the dog to feed on the |
| These diseases are very similar to each other, with | | | | nutrients and then reproduce. A single mite on your |
| each of them having varying effects on your pets. | | | | dog's skin is enough to inflict it with the disease as it |
| Of these three, demodectic mange can be | | | | will multiply in number in a matter of a week. |
| considered as the mildest type. There are instances | | | | However, that will only happen if your dog's immune |
| that dogs recover from it on their own, even | | | | system is weak. Dogs with strong antibodies can |
| without medical intervention. However, it is almost | | | | easily fight off the parasites that cause mange. Also, |
| impossible to tell demodectic mange from sarcoptic | | | | dogs that don't practice good hygiene are more |
| mange, which is a lot more severe. If left untreated, | | | | prone to mange than any other pets. And so the |
| sarcoptic mange can become generalized, which | | | | best way to prevent mange is to make sure that |
| means that the entire skin surface of your dog gets | | | | your pet gets the best attention both in its hygiene |
| affected. In its early stages, sarcoptic mange is | | | | and eating habits. Give your dog the most nutritious |
| localized. Here, the foot, the ears, or the mouth of | | | | food around so its body defense system gets |
| your dog is affected. Without the proper | | | | stronger by the day. And make sure that your dog |
| medications, the disease can easily spread throughout | | | | gets its daily bath and regular grooming too in order |
| the body. | | | | to make sure that no mites or parasites would even |
| This only goes to tell you that you should take your | | | | attempt to come close to it. |
| pet to the veterinarian on the first signs of the | | | | |
