A 10% of dogs and cats suffer symptoms caused by fleas, environmental allergies and food. Therefore, with this article you will be able to find home remedies for these symptoms.
If our pet starts to lose hair either has rashes, this may mean that you have allergies. We are going to leave you with a list of things that could help relieve those allergy symptoms caused by the flora, the food and the fleas, if the problem persists you must go to a vet.
Plastic food plates.
If the points where our pet has the allergy are around the face, it may mean that the plastic containers for food are the causes. Discard your plastic containers.
This is because plastic tends to develop small cracks that can harbor bacteria, which cause reactions in dogs and sensitive cats. Pets that are sensitive to these bacterial allergens can develop feline acne u a rash or pimples around the lips and the chin, sometimes even around eyes and ears.
The best option is to replace the plastic with stainless steel bowls, of glass or of ceramics and always keep it clean, even washing them in the dishwasher weekly.
The use of oils in the diet and skin.
We must have be very careful when trying to use oils with our pets, many of us think that we can help but so we can make things worse since our pet's skin is totally different from ours.
He tea tree oil cause contact allergies unpleasant in pets, even including reactions in them neurological. Neither we can use human acne medications. Human skin is much more acidic than our dog's skin, and using any product on our skin or hair can cause irritation.
The complementary oils can help treat dry skin and dandruff generated by our pet, such as corn oil, safflower, peanut and sunflower, these oils have all the essential fatty acids to help you. Additionally, depending on the size, you can receive up to 3 teaspoons at each meal.
Natural remedies for allergies include Epsom salts, the healing properties of this salt have been known for generations. Gently soak any infected areas of skin with Epsom salts, including feet, feline acne, and so on. once or twice a day, discourages infections, we will reduce swelling and will promote healing.
We must also take into account:
- Wear oatmeal to soothe the skin. With this we can help our dog, we just have to soak it and leave it on the skin for 10 minutes.
- Clean the part that bothers our dog with a small humid towel.
- We mix listerine, baby oil and water and we put it in a spray, we massage it into the skin three times a day.
- Replace the dog treats for marshmallows, if your dog is allergic to food It will help you as they are low in calories.
If what happens to your dog is that he has fleas, you may be interested in this article how about treating them.