FranklinFreckles
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My little Franklin was having some serious itching/dry skin problems. I had taken him to the vet and they prescribed Derma Caps which he took daily and I *thought* were helping. He still had allot of dry skin and was itchy though.
I took him to this wonderful groomer today who discovered that what I had thought was just dry skin was actually sticktight fleas!
The groomers were great and spent allot of time picking them out. I guess they are a little like ticks where they burrow into the skin and so you can't just kill them and wash them away - they need to be physically removed
The largest site of infestation was his ears, of course, and it was so bad that they really needed to shave them. They were very nice and had a long talk with me before they did so but it was necessary for him to be comfortable and get rid of most of the horrible things so shaved they were...
He looks so goofy now!
His ears were very very long and full and gorgeous and balanced out the thick coat of his body and now he just looks lopsided and silly. I bought him some little sweaters which help him not look so offbalanced but I'm worried about how they will grow back!
I read on this forum that even trimming a cavalier's coat can change it permanently and sometimes it will never grow back!
Franklin is only about 7 months old so hopefully his odds of regrowth are pretty good but I'm wondering approximately how long (months/years) before they start getting even a little bit of length?
He has a pretty thick coat and his ears were a little curly before and I wouldnt mind at all some extra curly ears (I read here that sometimes it regrows more curly?) but I really do want to be able to tell myself what to expect in terms of length and time.
Obviously his comfort and getting rid of these awful bugs is the most important thing, but I'm getting that info from my vet/groomer and I wanted some cavalier specific first hadn experience about hair regrowth, particularly on ears.
I took him to this wonderful groomer today who discovered that what I had thought was just dry skin was actually sticktight fleas!
The groomers were great and spent allot of time picking them out. I guess they are a little like ticks where they burrow into the skin and so you can't just kill them and wash them away - they need to be physically removed
The largest site of infestation was his ears, of course, and it was so bad that they really needed to shave them. They were very nice and had a long talk with me before they did so but it was necessary for him to be comfortable and get rid of most of the horrible things so shaved they were...
He looks so goofy now!
His ears were very very long and full and gorgeous and balanced out the thick coat of his body and now he just looks lopsided and silly. I bought him some little sweaters which help him not look so offbalanced but I'm worried about how they will grow back!
I read on this forum that even trimming a cavalier's coat can change it permanently and sometimes it will never grow back!
Franklin is only about 7 months old so hopefully his odds of regrowth are pretty good but I'm wondering approximately how long (months/years) before they start getting even a little bit of length?
He has a pretty thick coat and his ears were a little curly before and I wouldnt mind at all some extra curly ears (I read here that sometimes it regrows more curly?) but I really do want to be able to tell myself what to expect in terms of length and time.
Obviously his comfort and getting rid of these awful bugs is the most important thing, but I'm getting that info from my vet/groomer and I wanted some cavalier specific first hadn experience about hair regrowth, particularly on ears.