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Cocker Specific Discussion => Health => Topic started by: honeysmun on January 16, 2013, 10:26:52 AM

Title: Itchy skin
Post by: honeysmun on January 16, 2013, 10:26:52 AM

Holly has been itchy and biting herself over the last week
 and on seeing the posts about many of you using fish oil to help ease this
I wonder if a few drops of cod liver oil would be ok. I use this myself.

Title: Re: Itchy skin
Post by: Jane57 on January 16, 2013, 10:31:11 AM

Quote from: honeysmun on January 16, 2013, 10:26:52 AM

Holly has been itchy and biting herself over the last week
 and on seeing the posts about many of you using fish oil to help ease this
I wonder if a few drops of cod liver oil would be ok. I use this myself.

Riley had itchy skin, we give him evening primrose oil with his breakfast and he has salmon oil on dinner,
The vet recommended the evening primrose oil for the skin.

Title: Re: Itchy skin
Post by: honeysmun on January 16, 2013, 12:03:52 PM

Thanks Jane,
will try her on some
anything to ease her scratching .
Val

Title: Re: Itchy skin
Post by: jaybee on January 16, 2013, 12:59:27 PM

We have started with evening primrose too. I've also started giving him an 'oat soak' in the bath if he seems particularly uncomfortable, it has worked wonders i must say.

Title: Re: Itchy skin
Post by: LottieLu on January 16, 2013, 01:11:14 PM

We have used Yumega Plus for itchiness, with great success.

http://www.lintbells.com/products/yumega-plus

Good luck, whatever you decide to try  :D

Title: Re: Itchy skin
Post by: deano on February 18, 2013, 09:30:25 PM

Are the evening primrose oil capsules that you put on the food are in liquid form, not thought of giving the dogs that but Frankie been itching and scratching recently and is on steroids at the moment for allergies but am wondering if this would help, can you send me link for the evening primr :blink:ose you buy

Title: Re: Itchy skin
Post by: Jane57 on February 20, 2013, 08:19:50 AM

Here is the one I use, much easier than capsules.

http://www.petsathome.com/shop/evening-primrose-oil-dog-supplement-by-groomers-34623

Title: Re: Itchy skin
Post by: Helen on February 20, 2013, 08:37:23 AM

a tiny bit of apple cider vinegar in their drinking water really helps too  ;)