ExmaRid???

RainbowLass · #1 16-07-11, 05:12 PM

Just been recommended this by a friend for Rogue's skin, she uses it on her Golden Retriever and swears by it.
Has anyone else used it? it STINKS!! Its a lotion, its stopped Rogue scratching pretty much straight away but my head is SWIMMING with the smell of this stuff!!!

LOVEGSD · #2 19-07-11, 12:55 PM

Sorry just seen this....I've never used it and by the sounds of the smell I'm glad

Good to hear though that it's helping Rogue...xx

zetstaff · #3 19-07-11, 12:58 PM

Oooooh I'd love to know how you get on. Someone recommended malaseb shampoo to us, gonna try it when Boris has his stitches out hopefully this week sometime

Where do you get it from ?

xxx

RainbowLass · #4 19-07-11, 05:00 PM

its crap.
I have to say, i've tried just about everything and NOTHING has worked. It took away the itch but it left a white powdery film on her coat so i couldn't see until the next day that the skin underneath was actually worse!

So, off to the vets today, antibiotics, steroids and spot on (flea collars don't seem to work EITHER) and 68 quid lighter.

ouch.

My current feeling is that over the counter stuff just doesn't work, i'm pretty sure if i had gone to the vets with this last week i wouldn't need half the stuff i just came home with today!
However, having just shelled out £100 for the cat, you can see my reluctance....

zetstaff · #5 19-07-11, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by RainbowLass

its crap.
I have to say, i've tried just about everything and NOTHING has worked. It took away the itch but it left a white powdery film on her coat so i couldn't see until the next day that the skin underneath was actually worse!

So, off to the vets today, antibiotics, steroids and spot on (flea collars don't seem to work EITHER) and 68 quid lighter.

ouch.

My current feeling is that over the counter stuff just doesn't work, i'm pretty sure if i had gone to the vets with this last week i wouldn't need half the stuff i just came home with today!
However, having just shelled out £100 for the cat, you can see my reluctance....

Bless ya xxxx

Our vet explained to us years ago why over the counter things don't work, so I only ever buy stuff from the vet now. It's like the difference between getting eyedrops from the chemist or serious prescription ones that work from the GP.

Things will get better soon now hun xxx

RainbowLass · #6 19-07-11, 09:20 PM

Thanks Tracey, we can only go up from here, and its a good lesson to learn

Just a shame we had to learn it all at once!!