Weird Skin Issue

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chrystel

chrystel

Boxer Insane
Well, I am on my way to the vet this morning.
Yesterday, I saw Oxy try to lick his back... I check.. EWWWWW GROSSNESS!!!! He has a round, sticky, puss looking sore on his back. I cleaned it up, the hair fell off, it has dried of this morning..

So as I inspect him everywhere, he has a patch of other kind of grossness at the base of his neck, between his shoulders. It looks like he was poked by millions of needles. It is bloody/crusty.
Oxford doesn't seem itchy at all.
I clean it up. The hair didin't fall off there ( i guess he can't lick this area, so it prevented infection?)

Anyway.. it is WEIRD! I have never ever seen that. He has other bumpy/crusts at other places on his body...

The only thing I can think off is that Sunday, I took the boys running in the field. The field has a pound/reservoire type of lake. Maybe he got a bacteria from that? - But our other boy, Snatch, is ok, no skin issue at all - and he is the first one going to jump in that nasty water.

I wish I could take picture, but he doesn't stay still and the pics come out all blury.. I hope the vet wont have to shave the area....

Poor Oxy...
 
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Tuff Love

Tuff Love

Boxer Insane
Hmmm, no idea. Hard to visualize as I haven't seen anything like that myself. My boy had a cyst on his back once. I thought it was another mct for a while because it was big and grew quickly.... well, I thought that until it popped. It was just a nasty puss-fllled cyst that deflated to nothing once I expelled all the fluid *gag* (sorry). Hope the vet can give you some answers!
 
x19er

x19er

Boxer Insane
It could be wet eczema, our Sophie had bouts of it, what your describing sounds very similar, I think she got antibiotics & a cream from the vets to clear it up.
 
chrystel

chrystel

Boxer Insane
Hi!

So.. the vet said bacterial skin infection. He got anti fungal cream and antibiotics.
She shaved the area.

Here is the back

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/431584_10150703035344276_1828809202_n.jpg

Here are the shoulders
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/422737_10150703037639276_709104275_11210895_271369715_n.jpg

It already is better, only 2 days after starting the cream and antibiotic.
She doesn't know where it could have come from. She said maybe Snatch scratched him a bit and the nasty water infected him? She also mentioned wet eczema...
I hope it will clear up fast!

Silly puppy is now wearing a shirt when we are not at home..
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/425856_10150700096974276_709104275_11200069_617334882_n.jpg

;)
 
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