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Malamute dry skin

mel.b · 2018-02-16 21:34:55

Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for dry skin in a malamute? Cooper has had dry scaly patches on his chest that I've noticed since Xmas. I changed his food after this from Barking Heads large breed to Taste of the Wild. He also gets mackeral mixed in with his dinner which is normally a raw chicken leg and rice…

16-02-2018 9:34pm

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mel.b

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Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for dry skin in a malamute?

Cooper has had dry scaly patches on his chest that I've noticed since Xmas. I changed his food after this from Barking Heads large breed to Taste of the Wild. He also gets mackeral mixed in with his dinner which is normally a raw chicken leg and rice with some vegies and since Xmas I've added salmon oil as well. The patches don't appear to be anywhere else. He also gets 1/2tsp of zinc supplement powder as he suffers from zinc deficiency dermatitis.

I'm wondering i should take him to the vets to get his thyroid tested or if there is something I could try or that it could be?

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#2 17-02-2018 11:34am

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If you do get bloods drawn get a copy of the results and send to Jean Dodd's at http://www.hemopet.org/ They have breed specific values/ranges compared to your vets lab who (in my experience) have some size fits all ranges.

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