Dog Diseases: When Ring Worm is Really Dandruff
It does sound like ringworm! I’ve had excellent results using Tinactin, actually the generic. Active ingredient is Tolnaftate 1%. I’ve heard other people have had success using Monostat but my pharmacist said the ringworm fungus is the same as the jock itch fungus. Nice huh!
I had 2 ‘ringworm’ puppies and treated both with tinactin (generic) and both cured quickly.
I supplement my dogs with Emu Oil. I originally got it for my Rottweiler with hip dysplasia but the other dogs wanted it too so they all get a little on a spoon and they just lick it off. I have a Boston Terrier, Buddy, who had thinning hair on his sides, after about a month of emu oil, I noticed his hair had filled in and looked very good.
I just got in Boston Terrier foster who was in pretty bad shape, very thin, extremely dull coat and tons of dandruff. After 2 weeks of raw and emu oil he’s filling out nicely and dandruff is now gone and his coat is shiney. No bath.
I rarely bathe my dogs. Only after they’ve rolled in something fragrant…
I get my Emu Oil by the gallon from L&B Processors. I get grade B, it’s way cheaper and properties are the same. Grade B just means it is more yellow in color. Grade A is used for cosmetics, etc.
Have you tried Neem ? If you haven’t, grind neem leaves, make a smooth paste, mix it with Vaseline ( white petroleum jelly) and apply to the infected area. Neem works wonder. I also think that a supplement of Vitamin A and Vitamin E will do good, but that is for your Vet to prescribe. I use a supplement named Nutricoat which gives me very good result. But I don’t know whether it is available at the other side of the border. But you’ll find a neem tree, I think.
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never really occured to me how a simple thing like dandruff can be mistaken for ring worm.