What do you think these are?

[kalami]

Not a trick question, they are on bellas neck - probably were her collar buckle sits. On thursday they were actual sores now they seem to be scabs, the reason i'm mentioning it now is because we thought there were only about 5 of them but now they're more scabby there looks to be about ten of them.

[Helen]

I'm not sure.....bites or stings of some sort?  My SIL's dog had a very similar thing recently, but on the back of her neck.  It's all cleared up now but we still don't know what caused it 

Sorry, not much help - they seem to be clearing up nicely though!  If she gets any more or it gets any worse I would take her to the vet.

[Karma]

Another option is that she could be allergic to something in the collar buckle - is it a metal one??
I get little scabby sores on my temples where the paint has rubbed off my glassess frames (I'm allergic to nickel).  If they don't clear up, could try painting clear nail varnish on the collar buckle (or getting a plastic catch one) to see if that helps.....

[Lynne L]

Oooh I am so glad you posted on this as Paddy has the same thing in the same place - they have come up in last 2 months. I wondered whether it was 'collar rub'. I spoke to the vet about it at a recent appt as one of the bumps looked raised and red - he did not seem concerned and said just keep an eye on it but offered no explanation. I have been putting sudocream on and the bumps have gone down but still can feel them. Any advice/suggestions welcome here as well
Lynne

[Helen]

could well be an allergy too, good point Karma! What collars are both of you using?

[joanne_v]

Krum sometimes gets those on his armpits and for him its an allergy/skin infection that he's prone to.

[skyesmum]

How bizarre!

Skye has got 2 of these wee scabby things too!  One on her chin and one on her back.

Like the rest of you, I have just been keeping them clean and then applying antiseptic to them.  They are still there, but don't seem to bother her at all.

[Saffi]

Is it possible that they were from ticks (which have fallen off)? I say this because my cats often have scabs from where the ticks have been, esp. around the collar area. Dogs don't get any as they have the tick collars. Just a thought!

[Xensgirl]

Mmmmmm I agree, looks like an allergy to me......

[LucyJ]

These look very similar to the lumps Daisy had a while ago, I checked with the vet and she said it was most likely an allergic reaction to the metal in her collar. 

It was right where the D-ring sat when the collar was loose on her neck, and the silver metal coating had worn away so there was something in the metal underneath that was irritating her skin.

The lumps cleared up as soon as I stopped the contact with her skin.

I leave her collar off as much as possible now, and replace the collar as soon as the metal coating starts to wear down.  I did put a thread on here about it (looking for hypo-allergenic collars), and someone suggested coating the metal with clear nail varnish.

[Lynne L]

Thank you will try changing collar - Paddy's has a plastic fastening but there is a metal D ring where his ID disc goes so could be that. I thought about tick bites as that is a very juicy part of the throat but tbh I think I would have seen the ticks if they were there and as there are so many bumps I'd ruled that out. Will see what happens if we remove the metal contact.
Lynne

[Helen]

Thank you will try changing collar - Paddy's has a plastic fastening but there is a metal D ring where his ID disc goes so could be that. I thought about tick bites as that is a very juicy part of the throat but tbh I think I would have seen the ticks if they were there and as there are so many bumps I'd ruled that out. Will see what happens if we remove the metal contact.
Lynne

what's the i.d tag made out of?

[*AmandaB*]

I have seen these before, changed her flea treatment and have not seen them since, I can only assume it was a reaction to the flea stuff so looks like allergy reaction, go with new plastic collar.

[Lynne L]

Thank you will try changing collar - Paddy's has a plastic fastening but there is a metal D ring where his ID disc goes so could be that. I thought about tick bites as that is a very juicy part of the throat but tbh I think I would have seen the ticks if they were there and as there are so many bumps I'd ruled that out. Will see what happens if we remove the metal contact.
Lynne

what's the i.d tag made out of?

Metal! So will change this as well - will have to look for plastic I guess - unless anyone knows any other allergy free materials?
Lynne

[Magic Star]

Just wondering if it could be a touch of Pyoderma?