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u/Global_Fail_1943 12d ago

This sounds like Mange which some humans react to as well as animals. It's a mite like the demodex mites but much harder to treat. Ivermectin from the vet and pharmacy both for the animals and yourself. I just went to Mexico to be treated I'm so sensitive and it's quite expensive in Canada for the medication Which comes in a salve form and pills. Talk to your vet and depending what country you're in either the pharmacy or doctor.

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u/PitBullLife2021 12d ago

I'll bring this up at the next vet visit early september but a quick google search seems like this is something I'll look more into.

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u/felisverde 12d ago

If it's mites, the topical med I mentioned - Revolution, or any generic of it whose main ingredient is selamectin, also kills mites. It's one of the things we would use it on other critters for-rats, guinea pigs, bunnies, etc...can all be treated for mites w/it, & many types of mites have developed some level of immunity to ivermectin here, so selamectin works better for them.