Some more owner info for you, Steve - And my bad, the Medrol did not quell the itch after all. :( Thanks!
"Hematomas are stable on his belly, nothing else noted on his skin. Stools are still bulky but solid. His coat is very dry - white dander, esp. by his ears, it has a coarse texture to it, not soft. He looks good a day or two after a bath then it goes right back and bathing does not help the itch. Right now, his ears are warm, crusty. I cleaned them this morning also. Nothing pus like, just the dark brown gunk. He is itchy on his sides by shoulders, ears, all extremities from the elbow and knee to the paws, underside and on top, itchy around the base of his tail and licks his groin/butt area. This is consistent no matter what the weather or season. When he had those staph infections, the cytopoint shot cleared up the first set (the dermatologist gave me antibiotics but I didn't use them b/c the cytopoint did the trick) and the next time he had it when you saw him, the dry derma cleared it up.
"He eats the premade raw, I rotate between pork, turkey, bison and some lamb. I add one scoop of pre/pro biotics in the AM to help with his stool, 3-4 pumps of salmon oil each meal and the recent herbs you have him on.
"I stopped the medrol because I did not visibly see any change with him when on it so I wanted to stop to see if I noticed anything that way. I didn't notice one way or the other - it was only when he was on the higher doses during chemo that the itchiness improved."
He is (they are both) miserable! He has never been on antibiotics for the skin. Since it is cooling and drying, would a course of cefpodoxime be appropriate along w/ the herbs to try next?