Mike Schoonbrood

When Yasko had the issue with his spine, because I was feeling around his back so much, I noticed lots and lots of very noticeable tiny bumps all over his shoulders. Upon further investigation, they were all over his back and sides too. I mean, these things were everywhere. They were tiny lil scabs that were good size bumps you could feel if you ran your fingers tightly over his body. His shoulders were terrible!

So I hit the Google and figured maybe its fleas because sometimes I forget the FrontLine Combo. So he got bathed in flea shampoo, FrontLine Plus'd and given a good once over with the Furminator to pull out all the loose hair. I mean, he had tufts of hair all over him that were glued in place by crusts of dried blood.

After furmination and bathing he was good as new. I just went out there to check him out again, and while there's no mine-field of prominent bumps, there are a ton of tufts of hair glued in place by dried up blood, his entire back is covered in flakes of the stuff, and there's a TON of larger crusts attached to loose hairs all over his body. I mean, I can pick any random place on his back,sides, shoulders etc and within 2" of that spot I will find some type of evidence of this and/or a tuft of loose hair I can pluck out wtih crusty blood attached to it.

He doesn't scratch or itch so I don't think it's fleas. I am really bad at using FrontLine monthly so I don't think it's a reaction to the product either.

Is there some type of allergy or bug or mite or something that could cause this reaction? I haven't checked Tiko out thoroughly, but I am pretty sure this is a Yasko-specific issue. Today I noticed the heaviest concentration to be on his spine around 2/3 of the way back toward his tail. There was a ton of loose hair to pluck out right there with crusts of blood.

Thoughts????

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