Sentences with phrase «lick at affected areas»

If you still have trouble keeping your pet from licking the medication, contact your veterinarian and they can supply you with an Elizabethan collar, such as the one shown in the photo, to prevent the dog from licking at the affected area.

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• Some rabbits lick and groom their painful joints, so you may notice fur loss and inflamed and raw skin at the affected area.

They may be required to wear a hard plastic cone called an Elizabethan Collar around their neck to prevent further licking and scratching at the affected area while healing occurs.

Once the allergic reaction begins, a dog will lick, bite, and scratch at the affected area, breaking the outer skin and allowing bacteria and / or fungi the chance to come in and increase the trauma to the area.Dog food allergies are on the increase, evidenced by the special canine diets sold in so many veterinary offices.

These can be annoying to the dog and cause it to lick and chew at the affected area, which can lead to bleeding, pain and lameness and set the stage for skin infections.

Affected dogs may scratch, lick or bite at irritated skin areas, creating sores that can become infected.

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.

This almost always causes the dogs to lick, rub, scratch, chew and bite at affected areas.