anyeone
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My English Mastiff started getting little bumps on his chin a couple weeks ago. We thought it was environmental so started switching things out (food bowl, blanket, toys) to alleviate it but it kept getting worse so we took him to the vet yesterday. She said it was pyoderma, a bacterial infection, and sometimes very hard to clear up though. She prescribed Cephalexin for 2 weeks but said that it probably wasn't caused by anything in the environment. I am leaving him with a stainless steel food bowl regardless.
Have any of you ever had experience with this? I looked up pyoderma online and it supposedly is rare on the face. The articles I read also said you need to have >21 days of antibiotics, not just 2 weeks. So I am wondering if that is really what it is, and hoping really hard that it clears up soon. She also told me it wasn't contagious (despite being a bacterial infection??) which is important since G-d willing I am bringing home a new dog on Sunday (a rescue bullmastiff).
*sigh*
Have any of you ever had experience with this? I looked up pyoderma online and it supposedly is rare on the face. The articles I read also said you need to have >21 days of antibiotics, not just 2 weeks. So I am wondering if that is really what it is, and hoping really hard that it clears up soon. She also told me it wasn't contagious (despite being a bacterial infection??) which is important since G-d willing I am bringing home a new dog on Sunday (a rescue bullmastiff).
*sigh*