Advice on yeast infection?

[Cosmin]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone dealt with this issue before? Our older bullie, Tuni is dealing with something, which i only found out now is an yeast infection on her right paw.

She has been licking her paw for a long time now, but we never knew what was the cause of this. She licks the area every time she has a chance, sometimes for hours. The area in-between her toes is clearly sore (red and inflamed and has red hair growing around it), as in winter when there is salt on the ground she is visibly in pain while walking outside.

We told a couple of vets that she is licking her paw and they were not too concerned about it. But as i research now i am 100% confident it's an yeast infection and i hope we can treat this.

Do you have any suggestions for us? Is there something that can be applied to the area to reduce the swelling and inflamation?

Or is it just a matter of reducing food (and other) allergens?

 

[Cbrugs]

It could definitely be food related. Whenever Jax gets yeasty paws I do paw soaks with diluted povidone iodine. I feel the kitchen sink with enough warm water to cover his paws and then add in the iodine until it is the color of iced tea. I then stand him in it and soak his paws for 3 minutes. I do this every day until it goes away. You can also do a soak with apple cider vinegar but I don't know the ratio and I personally found the iodine to work better on Jax than the vinegar.

 

[Jakeyjake]

If you are feeding a food with potatoes, I would switch foods. Also, any food high in carbs would contribute to yeast overgrowth. It could also be environmental allergies that are causing her to lick. In that case, you could try an antihistamine.

 

[Rudi Lim]

I use hydrogen peroxide 3% diluted with water (ratio 1:1). Dip the paws in this mixture and leave it to dry. Can do it daily, usually goes away in a week or so.


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[davidh]

Good advice above. I would look at his food. White potatoes, and grains are a big yeast contributor.

 

[Cosmin]

I would add to this that she eats only grain-free food, Acana Pacifica and now we switched to taste of the wild. There shouldn't be that many potatoes in TOW i assume, i will read the label again when i get home. Plus she never eats sugars, including sugars from any sort of fruit. I will check this again however and see if there is a potato-free food i could feed and other tweaks.

I will try to find a good remedy in which to soak her paws. I will try the hydrogen peroxide, as i now read more about it this should be very effective in fighting off yeast.

Thanks for the posts guys, this was helpful

 

[MaplesMommy]

I would add to this that she eats only grain-free food, Acana Pacifica and now we switched to taste of the wild. There shouldn't be that many potatoes in TOW i assume, i will read the label again when i get home. Plus she never eats sugars, including sugars from any sort of fruit. I will check this again however and see if there is a potato-free food i could feed and other tweaks.

I will try to find a good remedy in which to soak her paws. I will try the hydrogen peroxide, as i now read more about it this should be very effective in fighting off yeast.

Thanks for the posts guys, this was helpful

The problem is the carbohydrate content of kibble.
Every kibble needs starch in order to stick together. It can come from different sources : Grains,potatoes, peas etc.

Look at the guaranteed analysis on the back of the bag:
Add protein,fat, moisture and ash (usually 7%). Substrate that from 100. Whatever is left over is the carbohydrate content of the food. Carbohydrates are being broken town into sugars inside the body. We are not talking about plain table sugar,but rather the sugar from carbs and other ingredients.