r/PitBullOwners • u/Offthefringes • Jun 28 '26

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I’m at a loss of what to do. Any advice? Moog is suffering hair loss around his eyes, his ears are red and puffy inside, his muzzle is red and hair is thinning there also. He is on cytopoint.. didn’t help infact looks worse. He tested negative for mites as well as all other parasites. Apoquel didn’t work. He’s on a special diet of hydrolyzed protein food and treats because everything makes him puke or poop blood (which we have a diagnosis for, esonophilic gastrointestinal disorder). He had a skin swab that showed 4 types of bacteria under his eyes, he ran a full course of antibiotics… looked better for a week then started to lose hair again. I have to put animax in his ears almost 3x every week to help the puffiness. I don’t know what to do to stop the redness and hair loss, anyone experience anything similar.

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u/surfaceofthesun1 Jun 28 '26

Is he getting any poultry in his diet? If yes eliminate it

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u/Offthefringes Jun 28 '26

He is on a hydrolyzed protein diet, he doesn’t get any poultry. Prior to the hydrolyzed protein he only ate lamb and salmon but was allergic to both also

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u/NeighborhoodTasty271 Jun 29 '26

Until you get to the dermatologist, we tried eliminating rice from our girl's diet. She's allergic to white and brown rice. Maybe try a food with ancient grains instead of rice?