My staffy is allergic to grass and pollen?!

elsien

Done some googling and the active ingredient for piriton is chlorphenamine maleate (previously spelt chlorpheniramine in the UK), so not the same as loratidine or cetirizine which are the other main ones.

Mutt also gets red itchy skin on her undercarriage, mainly on the inside of her back legs. Not really surprising when an allergic dog spends half its time commando crawling along the grass, so I don't have a great deal of sympathy.
Generally I ignore it, unless she really starts having a go when I've been bathing it and putting cream on. Now that I know piriton's ok, I'll bear that in mind for the future.

foreign_correspondent

elsien wrote: »

Done some googling and the active ingredient for piriton is chlorphenamine maleate (previously spelt chlorpheniramine in the UK), so not the same as loratidine or cetirizine which are the other main ones.

yes, I think piriton is often prescribed for dogs - I take loratadine for hayfever as piriton and cetirizine knock me out! (I don't know if either of the others - ie. not piriton - are safe for dogs though)

One tablet of piriton sent me to sleep for an entire afternoon, and I weigh considerably more than twice the weight of your dog elsien, so I am not surpised she was quiet!

It would be worth checking the dosage for canines, as they process meds differently to us, so I dont think we can assume we can go on human dosages as a yardstick! (and as I said earlier, if your dog is on anything else, or has any underlying conditions the meds may well act differently or be unsafe, so do check with your vet first!)

elsien

It was very nice to have an afternoon's peace and quiet though. Now hoping she'll get allergic more often so I can chuck piriton down her neck. A cheap version of doggy valium - should have found it 10 years ago.:rotfl:

lv1109

elsien wrote: »

Done some googling and the active ingredient for piriton is chlorphenamine maleate (previously spelt chlorpheniramine in the UK), so not the same as loratidine or cetirizine which are the other main ones.

Mutt also gets red itchy skin on her undercarriage, mainly on the inside of her back legs. Not really surprising when an allergic dog spends half its time commando crawling along the grass, so I don't have a great deal of sympathy.
Generally I ignore it, unless she really starts having a go when I've been bathing it and putting cream on. Now that I know piriton's ok, I'll bear that in mind for the future.

The Asda ones I bought were the chlorphenamine maleate ones. I think Piriton were nigh on a tenner and as I said before the Asda ones were a quid! Amazes me that the name on a box can make such a difference in price. Well worth bearing in mind for the future and I always keep some in the cupboard for when they are needed. One of my other dogs gets poorly ears sometimes and when they irritate him he comes up in hives all over his body. As well as putting drops in his ear, he gets a tablet to ease the hives off. Went to vets for the hives the first time they appeared because I was so scared, he looked like a sack of spuds and they charged me in the region of £30 for a steroid injection :eek: Asda "Piriton" sorts this everytime!

lv1109

elsien wrote: »

It was very nice to have an afternoon's peace and quiet though. Now hoping she'll get allergic more often so I can chuck piriton down her neck. A cheap version of doggy valium - should have found it 10 years ago.:rotfl:

ha ha ha :rotfl:

meerkat2007

elsien wrote: »

For those giving piriton, what's the active ingredient, to get the cheaper generic version? And what dose- I gave mutt half an antihistamine the other day after she got stung by something on her foot and it knocked her out for 24 hours. She's never been so well-behaved or snored so loudly - a whole day with no misdeeds. She weighs 22 Kg so I was surprised half a tab would have such an effect.

My boy weighs about 11kg, and a full tablet (4mg) doesn't stop him from creating all his usual havoc!

icequeen1969

My dog had same problem, red itchy arms and feet chewing constantly. Vet prescribed her Piriton 4mg. £25/7days.
I read somewhere on the internet that many give them to their dogs, human tablets=same thing. Sure enough it's true and I've been giving her them for past year with no probs whatsoever. approx £3/a month.

ymakesmile

Our 14 month old staffy also suffers with allergies to grass and we just give him asda's own allergy relief tablets and that helps a great deal. I also find that using the green banana gel with aloe vera stuff you use for sunburn is also very good for calming his skin down if he does get any bad patches.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Vet wanted to charge for diagnosing Maine Coon's red itchy, balding belly. Not only was she not there for anything other than spaying, it wasn't a seasonal allergy needing tests and treatments - it was because the idiot animal likes to sleep on top of the cable box until she is practically glowing.