Help me with this problem of my dog?

I live in mumbai and i have a fawn color 11/2 year lab. he is facing a problem of some type of fungus. i contacted one of my old doc. but he is not like before he just keep on saying that we have to do skin scraping test we have to peel his skin and test it. in the starting the doc was very good but now he is only concentrating on making money. so what should i do should i do that expensive skin scraping test or should i consult another doctor??

Help me with this problem of my dog?
Skin scraping is not painful. It is no more than you do when you scratch a mosquito bite.. If should not be expensive at all. If your vet charges much for this, or even any beyond the normal office call, then seek another vet.


The cost should be the price of an office call, and the appropriate medication. ( usually a spray or salve) if it IS a fungus. If it is mites, the treatment is different.


You can call your vet's office and ask what the cost will be. They should be happy to tell you.
Reply:well if you feel like your vet is only concerned with making money, you could always get a second opinion. But if your dog does have some type of skin infection they do usually do a skin scrapping to see what it is.
Reply:If you want the vet to be able to give your dog the right medication, then do the skin scraping. If you want to force the vet to make a blind guess, or try a dozen medicines to find the right one, then don't do the skin scraping. It's not a scam to make money, it's what needs to be done to find the cause of the problem.
Reply:you could go to another doc. but the scraping of the skin is right, we just had or dog tested in the same mannor.Come to find out, he had mites.All better now, it was about 2;00 dollars, it was worth it because we love andrew.
Reply:If he is having some sort of skin issue, you should have the vet do a skin scrape in order to determine what issue it is. You shouldn't be treating something without knowing what it is that you are treating.


It could be one or multiple issues, and you won't know unless you have it checked.....


Your vet can not help you unless he knows what it is, that's why he is insisting on a scrape.
Reply:Consult another vet. There are many types of skin diseases.
Reply:you have two choices either try to treat "something with something" and hope for the best or take a culture to be examined at the lab to etermine whatit is and what should be prescribed for treatment ... the other obvious choices a) find a second opinion maybe he has seen similar situation and his guess might be better informed or b) to save moneyon potential test allow him totry a few differant sorts of things and see what works best, which will bemore expensive long term ..............fungus infections dont yusually just disapear but knowing what best to treat them with .requires identifing it
Reply:regarding the life must go to hospital soon
Reply:The skin scraping is done to identify the infecting organism so that the correct medication is given. I applaud your vet %26amp; only wish more human doctors would check lab samples prior to prescribing antibiotics, et al. The overuse of antibiotics is what has lead us to the super strains of microbes we have today. I'm afraid animal medical care is following human medical care in the form of high prices...but I digress. Good luck.
Reply:If you don't want to go with the skin scraping you could always try something alternate like Aloe-Vera. We use it on our skin for many problems and have at times used it on my dogs. Paw Paw ointment is good to. It is worth a try, especially if you can't afford the vet. No harm in trying. Good Luck..Cheers.......Moogie