Hi all,
Been feeling confused and borderline overwhelmed by a bevy of ailments that seem unrelated but because they are happening in succession or concurrently just makes me wonder if something bigger is looming.
Let me begin at the beginning a month ago (March 31) Schultz had an appointment with the vet dermatologist (takes 3+ months to get an Appt) for a work up. I thought he'd get screened for allergies but she found yeast on 2 feet, 1 ear and felt that he looked good and overall healthy so sent us home with ketoconazole to take for a month and some ear drops...see if his itchiness is alleviated by treating the yeast....It's been a month and he's the same ....itchy but not out of control.
Meanwhile, I decided to maybe take a vacation and started the process to get Schultz and his big sister, Sophie accepted to a posh pet hotel.... Part of the process vet clearing a fecal culture....discovered Schultz has Coccidia (although zero symptoms ie..no runs) ...so both dogs had a 10 day course of Albon ....will recheck the doopha this Friday....fingers crossed no more Coccidia...
So this past Friday, Schultz's toenail split to the toe pad....(which has happened before)....we soak toe in betadyne and try to keep it clean until the quick toughens up and the nail falls off....but I felt that this time the toe pad looked a little swollen so to be safe I asked that we do a course of antibiotics to stave off any infection.....asked the dermatologists office about the toenail splitting....is it a fungus? Something else? She suggested we test his thyroid function??? Have test scheduled for Thursday...
Last but not least I've noticed a yellowy discharge from his pee-er which is not totally unusual but I'm positive it's more than his normal....so will check on that on Thursday, too!
On the bright side, Schultz has no idea he has so many issues.... Gave him a bubble bath a couple of hours ago and he is curled up next to me dreaming about chasing rabbits (with super clean feet)
Why am I so worried?
Well thanks for listening it helps just to share with all of you good people who understand the challenges and joys of bulldog companionship.
Been feeling confused and borderline overwhelmed by a bevy of ailments that seem unrelated but because they are happening in succession or concurrently just makes me wonder if something bigger is looming.
Let me begin at the beginning a month ago (March 31) Schultz had an appointment with the vet dermatologist (takes 3+ months to get an Appt) for a work up. I thought he'd get screened for allergies but she found yeast on 2 feet, 1 ear and felt that he looked good and overall healthy so sent us home with ketoconazole to take for a month and some ear drops...see if his itchiness is alleviated by treating the yeast....It's been a month and he's the same ....itchy but not out of control.
Meanwhile, I decided to maybe take a vacation and started the process to get Schultz and his big sister, Sophie accepted to a posh pet hotel.... Part of the process vet clearing a fecal culture....discovered Schultz has Coccidia (although zero symptoms ie..no runs) ...so both dogs had a 10 day course of Albon ....will recheck the doopha this Friday....fingers crossed no more Coccidia...
So this past Friday, Schultz's toenail split to the toe pad....(which has happened before)....we soak toe in betadyne and try to keep it clean until the quick toughens up and the nail falls off....but I felt that this time the toe pad looked a little swollen so to be safe I asked that we do a course of antibiotics to stave off any infection.....asked the dermatologists office about the toenail splitting....is it a fungus? Something else? She suggested we test his thyroid function??? Have test scheduled for Thursday...
Last but not least I've noticed a yellowy discharge from his pee-er which is not totally unusual but I'm positive it's more than his normal....so will check on that on Thursday, too!
On the bright side, Schultz has no idea he has so many issues.... Gave him a bubble bath a couple of hours ago and he is curled up next to me dreaming about chasing rabbits (with super clean feet)
Why am I so worried?
Well thanks for listening it helps just to share with all of you good people who understand the challenges and joys of bulldog companionship.
