Red Fox Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this or similar with their dogs, or knows what it could be? Kei has had some thick scaley skin between his toes on one foot for the past couple of months, it's blackish, not swollen or spreading and only on the one foot. We visited our vet today who has done a scraping and also taken some hair to put under the microscope but just received a call to say that the results have shown nothing (no yeast, bacteria, mites, etc.) There is the possibility that it could be an allergy, however seems strange as its only on the one foot. Vet has given us some Canaural Compositum drops to try for a week and I've also been treating it with Malaseb every 2nd to 3rd day for the past fortnight which I will continue to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Is it just from rubbing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Fox Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 Is it just from rubbing? Yes, according to my vet rubbing could be the potential cause. Just want to rule out anything more sinister. I should also mention that it's not bothering him at all, no licking or biting at it, and he doesn't react to having the affected area rubbed or touched by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 My Dobe had that inbetween the outside toe on each front foot. It was from rubbing, never turned into anything nasty or problematic :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirty Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Looks like a callous to me. My dog has them on his back legs from sleeping on concrete (he doesn't have to sleep on concrete, he chooses to - strange dog). :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Fox Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 My Dobe had that inbetween the outside toe on each front foot. It was from rubbing, never turned into anything nasty or problematic Thanks Rommimum, that's exactly how Kei is -front foot, outside toes only (though only on the one foot). Looks like a callous to me. My dog has them on his back legs from sleeping on concrete (he doesn't have to sleep on concrete, he chooses to - strange dog). :D Lol, Kei chooses to sleep in his crate or (more often) in bed with me :D so not from concrete here. But the vet did make a comment that it looks like he's hard on his feet and do we have a lot of concrete at out house? Answer is no, but we do walk for around an hour a day. Although half our walk is on grass or soft ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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