Scabs on cat not healing
We have three cats. One is 19, one is 5, and one is 1 years old. They are all neutered. The 5 year old, Leo and the one year old play and wrestle.
Leo has scabs under his neck and around his head. I think they began as play bites but now he keeps scratching at them. I clean them every so often and place neosporin on them so they won’t get infected. Everytime they heal he scratches them back open again. I have clipped his back nails rather short and he still manages to make more sores.
I am getting worried about him because they are not healing and I imagine he is in pain. He is eating and drinking and socializing with us and the others. The other two cats do not have the scabs so its isolated to Leo. I think he just can’t stop scratching. I know they give e-collars to dogs…do they cats as well? Would that help or there something else going on?
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Dog catching parvovirus from another dogs stool after vaccination
I have a 7 month old puppy (Staffy mix terrier, female neutered) that has survived parvo and is living with distemper. She has not recieved any shots due to the fact that the vet does not want to disturb the distemper. I have a 16 month old dog that needs his 1 year booster shots. Is there any way that if he receives his booster shots he may pass something to the 7 month old through his stool?
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Dog exposed to parvovirus in showgrounds
I recently learned that over this past weekend there was Parvo on the show grounds that we were just at. The individual that had puppies there with Parvo was an exhibitor and walked all around our set-up, in the same rings etc. May have petted or let my dog(17mo male Borzoi) jump up on her.
I had given my now 17 month old dog the first set of puppy shots up to 16 weeks, but have not given anything at 12 months.
I was also at the show the previous weekend where we believe the exhibitor picked up Parvo and brought it home to her puppies.
Currently there are no signs of Parvo from the very first weekend that was approximately 11 days ago.
The most recent possible exposure was this past Sunday so that would be three days as of today.
Some people have told me not to do the booster shot right now because if my dog were to come down with Parvo within the next week that they would get a worse case.
So my question is: Should I immediately give the booster so that within 3-4 days the puppy could build up additional immunity before the incubation period is over?
If so, what type? Modified live, live? If not, how long after this most recent exposure should I wait to give the booster.
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