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Allergy or scabies

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Question
I have I little maltipoo  who's alway scraching all over. Also he leaking his legs and feet. I have took him to the vet  and he said it's some kind of allergy but no medicatin has worked.. Now members of my house are having skin rash all over. I went to the doctor and it came out to be scabies and I was prescribe with elimite 5%cream... Do you thinks my puppy can be affected with the same? Should my puppy get medication too?

Answer
Hello;
The only way to confirm that would be to take the dog back to the Vet, and have him scrape his affected areas, and they will look at the skin under the microscope.

You can try the cream in the meantime, it should not hurt the dog, and if he is better, that would be a good possibility.

The 5% in the cream is going to stop itching either way.

Let me know how it goes.
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Best regards,
Melissa