tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264392333565933559.post13848316441344731..comments2024-03-27T07:25:55.614-05:00Comments on Borderblog: Mange Part 1Nickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00547292170354458260noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264392333565933559.post-66951174645411754242011-03-08T05:21:41.766-06:002011-03-08T05:21:41.766-06:00Gee, I hope none of my dogs ever get that!Gee, I hope none of my dogs ever get that!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715453703592474992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264392333565933559.post-64018711019575114812011-03-07T22:52:40.564-06:002011-03-07T22:52:40.564-06:00Thanks that was a very helpful post with some grea...Thanks that was a very helpful post with some great info about a condition I have never really understood ;-) until now!Kathy Mocharnukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029142726866533193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264392333565933559.post-31098990207890880682011-03-07T13:05:02.768-06:002011-03-07T13:05:02.768-06:00Very interesting to someone with an immune-challen...Very interesting to someone with an immune-challenged dog.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100381901254968075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264392333565933559.post-23491264002038988462011-03-07T09:29:27.052-06:002011-03-07T09:29:27.052-06:00Thanks for the excellent question. Similarly I onc...Thanks for the excellent question. Similarly I once treated two unrelated puppies in the same house within weeks of each other. While biologically the spread of mites from one dog to another makes little sense I did find a few other isolated reports of puppies in close contact "catching" the disease from each other. This phenomenon is not well documented in the literature or "proven" but may be a real possibility. I would suspect however that any puppy coming down with demodex after exposure to an affected pup was already immunologically or genetically predisposed. I think your policy is a good one considering your experience but demodex is at this time still officially classified as non-contagious.Nickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547292170354458260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1264392333565933559.post-62977434085042431832011-03-07T08:07:11.391-06:002011-03-07T08:07:11.391-06:00thanks for the post about demodex- Pixel had it as...thanks for the post about demodex- Pixel had it as a puppy, and we do get dogs at daycare that have it. <br /><br />How do they (as in the vet gods) know that it's not contagious? Because I work with a large group of different dogs each day I am just not sure I believe it! <br /><br />For example. Puppy A comes to daycare with just a small amount of hair missing around her eye. We alert owners who choose to do nothing about it and Puppy A continues to come to daycare. (because we are told by our veterinarians that it's not contagious)<br /><br />Soon Puppy A is missing a bigger chunk of hair, still coming to daycare, and now we have Puppy B, C, and adult D showing signs....<br /><br />This has happened on more than one occasion so now we've created a policy that says that if the missing hair spot is big, or multiples they can't come back until they've been treated...manymuddypawshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16354727142892111081noreply@blogger.com