Sarcoptic Mange and Skin Problem | Home Remedies | Coconut Oil

If you notice my previous post, (just few post back, click it, click it, there you go), i was talking about home remedies for mange, and skin disease dog. I mentioned COCONUT OIL! Tadahhhhhhh!!!!! thats the one up there.

The first time i apply with bare hands. O.M.G! how can coconut oil be so smelly?????? sooner or later i start applying using disposable glove. Scurvie would lick all over the body. I let her take it since coconut oil is edible for dogs too. If you want to leave it then put her on E-Collar. Massage the oil into skin. leave it there.

Oh yes, it was in my previous post. I mentioned i sprayed apple cidar vinegar before applying. so it's smelly + smelly = Smelly.  ok i have to admit that i do not know if the apple cidar worked well. Before someone recommended coconut oil. i was using apple cidar vinegar only. i find that it ease itchness. So since no harm. i continued with apple cidar before applying coconut oil.

i only apply for 3 continuous days. then i thought of changing other remedies so i stopped. She have to be showered with Malaseb every 3 days. i was glad shower time is here. My mom helped clean the floor. everywhere is black and oily. it's difficult to clean. i suggest you place some disposable plastic before allowing your dog to sleep on it. even her leash..i soak in water for many days. rub with hands so that the dirts would come off.

OK ! too detailed on progress might scare you off. i'll let you know how it turns out to be.

This is her. A day or two after the shower. You can see that she look a little bit oily here and there (check the ears, and furs). Even after you comb and brush it, you can feel little oil on her body. That's NORMAL. Try soak your hair in coconut oil! ur gonna need long time to get it completely off. it's OIL!

This photo was taken before we went to vet, before we try coconut oil.

and this was taken during our trip to the vet. which was after 3 days of applying coconut oil. (sorry visual is abit blur, dog move really fast you know?). It can obviously be seen or feel. Her fur is richer. She who have really dry fur turns out that it feels more smooth and silky. yes i said "silky"!

this view is clearer of how rich the fur is. her fur around the ear seems abit "wet". it's not actually wet. i applied ointment in the ear so turns out the fur around the ear looks thick.

i get little advice from friends who also hated the smell of coconut oil. replace it with olive oil. but i didn't try it. since coconut oil is working, i'm gonna bet on that. but i didn't use it everyday. nowadays i apply a day before her shower day.

just keep the floor clean. once or twice i saw ants (black) crawling around where there's stain of coconut oil. so we'll have to wash and clean all the time.

love,
Yi
10/04/2013