Not exact matches
Izzy and her best friend Mackenzie have spent all their summers together
at camp, until this year, when their parents break tradition and send them to Camp
Foxtail instead, where they aren't even in the same cabin!
This line of thinking will cause your pet much grief and pain in the form of possible hot spots, bad mats that pinch and pull
at the skin, sores from stickers like
foxtails and burrs, and a myriad other skin conditions that will have gone unnoticed all winter.
At that time,
foxtails...
When he was 6 months old, a
foxtail burrowed into his thigh, migrated to his knee, causing a bad infection which ultimately required 3 surgeries and extensive rehab
at a boarding facility.
Dogs who spend a lot of time outdoors and are lucky enough to run in the woods or other grassy open spaces, are
at slightly more risk of a
foxtail or other type of grass seed working its way into the ears.
These are hard seed - bearing structures of grasses that have sharp points
at one end, which can easily get imbedded in the fur, paws, ears, eyes, nostrils, and we have even seen cases with
foxtails inside the mouth!
We took her first to a walk in vet clinic where the vet recommended that our dog have an endoscopy, to determine where exactly the
foxtail was
at.
If your pet is suffering from allergies caused by
foxtail plants or other allergens, our veterinary professionals here
at Arroyo Animal Clinic can help.
At the skin level,
foxtails can cause unwelcome irritation and redness, which lead to itching and further skin damage.
Foxtails are a general set of grass - like plant species characterized by poky seed clusters («foxtails») that grow at the
Foxtails are a general set of grass - like plant species characterized by poky seed clusters («
foxtails») that grow at the
foxtails») that grow
at their ends.
A dog with a
foxtail in its ear will hold his head to the side, shake his head, act painful and scratch
at the affected ear.
Foxtails embedded in the skin can burrow underneath and leave draining areas of infection — we see these commonly in between the toes, and owners usually notice dogs licking
at their feet and discharge from the affected area.