So the last I posted here I was complaining about Curlys bloody smelling breath. It turns out he has a rather bloody teething going on in the back of his mouth. No worries the vet said, it's normal.
Curly is now about 5.5 months and was just neutered Monday. Everything went great and I swear he is more rounded now. He was very happy at night when we brought him home
I found out today he is allergic to some type of bug - maybe a spider? He was bitten by a bug and he broke out in hives so bad that we needed to rush him to the vet because we were concerned about his breathing. Fortunately his vitals were fine and the vet gave him Benadryl and steroids through an IV. Three hours has passed since the visit and he hives are almost all gone (pics below).
Finally, I think we've conquered the tear stain problem by switching his food from Buffalo Blue Wilderness to Fromms Four Star Pork and Peas. He has been on it for about 2 months and started seeing improvements after a month. the only stains now are directly beneath his "tear ducts" I think they will go away with time. I wanted to thank you for all your advice and help with that.
In a few days Curly will be able to go on long walks again and our next mission is to try to have him lose a little weight. He is 53 pounds now and the vet is concerned that he is on the cusp of being too heavy. We started this month going on 2 mile walks once a day aside from his normal 15 min walks he has 4x a day. For anyone who remembers I barely could get him to walk to the end of the block at 3.5 months so this is quite an accomplishment
Anyhow I'll keep everyone posted more often. Q4 has really put a damper in me goofing off online all day!
And here is what you've all been waiting for pics! First pic is the night after bring curly home from being neutered (big smil). The next are of his hives. Then his hives 3 hours later. And then the bug bite that caused it all. Last one just because
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Curly is now about 5.5 months and was just neutered Monday. Everything went great and I swear he is more rounded now. He was very happy at night when we brought him home
I found out today he is allergic to some type of bug - maybe a spider? He was bitten by a bug and he broke out in hives so bad that we needed to rush him to the vet because we were concerned about his breathing. Fortunately his vitals were fine and the vet gave him Benadryl and steroids through an IV. Three hours has passed since the visit and he hives are almost all gone (pics below).
Finally, I think we've conquered the tear stain problem by switching his food from Buffalo Blue Wilderness to Fromms Four Star Pork and Peas. He has been on it for about 2 months and started seeing improvements after a month. the only stains now are directly beneath his "tear ducts" I think they will go away with time. I wanted to thank you for all your advice and help with that.
In a few days Curly will be able to go on long walks again and our next mission is to try to have him lose a little weight. He is 53 pounds now and the vet is concerned that he is on the cusp of being too heavy. We started this month going on 2 mile walks once a day aside from his normal 15 min walks he has 4x a day. For anyone who remembers I barely could get him to walk to the end of the block at 3.5 months so this is quite an accomplishment
Anyhow I'll keep everyone posted more often. Q4 has really put a damper in me goofing off online all day!
And here is what you've all been waiting for pics! First pic is the night after bring curly home from being neutered (big smil). The next are of his hives. Then his hives 3 hours later. And then the bug bite that caused it all. Last one just because
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