all that glitters Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Shyla has demodex mange on her muzzle, just a little area, and the vet was not worried at all but gave me Demadex to dilute and put on the site and over her body a bit once a week for 5 weeks, although he said it would probably cure itself but just to be extra careful to use the solution. She HATED her muzzle being dabbed, glad thats over for this week! I just looked up that Vitamin E can be good for treating Demodex @ 5 doses per day at 200 IU per dose. Anyone know if this helps? It can't hurt her can it? If not I'll give it a go if it may help! He took me out the back to see the mite in the microscope, very interesting! He got a lousy scrape cos she struggled SO BAD and thought he would find none, but we saw one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Vitamin E was recommended by the natural therapy guys in Bathurst as a basic vitamin to help with skin and general well being. The dose for a 7kg dog was a 100iu capsule daily. I have been giving it for 3 months now and the skin has definitely improved. I also give 1000mg capsule of fish oil daily. The dog is in excellent condition now and has a lovely coat. The skin used to be dry and flakey but is now squeeky clean. I would say that Vitamin E would not hurt your dog as long as the dose is correct and you should see benefits from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Vit E is fantastic for the skin and is often one of the depleted Vitamins in a dogs body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all that glitters Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Great! I just need to find out how much to give her, some site said 200IU 5 times a day but that is 1000 IU which sounds way excessive!! I'll keep researching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staranais Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Great! I just need to find out how much to give her, some site said 200IU 5 times a day but that is 1000 IU which sounds way excessive!! I'll keep researching NRC 2006 guidelines for dogs suggest a "tentative" upper recommended limit of 75 IU vitamin E per kg of BW per day. So in other words for a 10kg dog, they suggest don't exceed 750 IU of vitamin E per day. For a 20kg dog, they suggest don't exceed 1500 IU per day. They say there is little evidence of vitamin E toxicity in dogs, except that there is a chance that very high doses it might interfere with the absorption of vitamins D and K (which could affect calcium balance and blood clotting respectively), hence their recommended upper daily intake limit. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all that glitters Posted August 22, 2009 Author Share Posted August 22, 2009 Thanks heaps for that info!!!! That gives me a much better idea! I bought 250IU caps so I might give her two a day She's 16kg so should be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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