Typically, a dog with flea allergies will be very itchy, will chew the hair down or even off over the rump area and often will have a secondary skin infection creating a “hot spot” or crusty circular lesions. It takes one flea bite for an allergic pet to break out, so flea-control products must be dosed as recommended whether you are seeing fleas or not. Your pet could be allergic to another insect like mosquitoes (more common in cats) or to something they come into contact with â” wool carpet, cedar chips in a new bed, pollens or grasses in the yard. Pets with skin allergies benefit from skin testing by our local veterinary dermatologists at Southeast Veterinary Dermatology and Ear Clinic in Mount Pleasant. They can literally become allergic to the staphylococcus bacteria that causes crusty itchy lesions in the allergic pet. The Post and Courier does not edit user submitted statements and we cannot promise that readers will not occasionally find offensive or inaccurate comments posted in the comments area.

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