disturbedmuffin
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- Dec 4, 2012
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- Bulldog(s) Names
- Bowser
I had made a post a while back about Bowsers skin condition and eye after cherry eye surgery āpocket techniqueā didnāt appear to be healing so well, it had been 17 days since the surgery and he was just not opening his eye. I had a gut feeling the stiches were bothering him even tho the vet kept on assuring me that it wasnāt the stiches and the ācherry was still infectedā and insisted we remove the gland, despite what he said I told him to just remove the stitches. Itās been a week since the stitches were removed and to my joy his eye is bright and open.
I was also planning to make a food switch because his skin is just so bad, and only recently have done so because I was scared to make the switch while he was healing, I donāt know what he is allergic to and didnāt want to risk him having an even worse reaction to a new food (canāt do allergy test for animals where I live).
I had mentioned that I wanted to try raw, but hereās the deal, I think he is allergic to chicken and sadly I just found out all the turkey that you buy here is imported and seasoned. There is quail but I realized itās so expensive and I canāt afford it long term, pork is not as common in super markets and on the pricey side, but beef is pretty well priced and so far I havenāt really tried it, I know beginners on raw should stay away from beef bones, and if I donāt add bone they get a runny number two. I decided to just try plain raw beef just to see how he reacted to the meat, and he seemed to take it really well. He wasnāt red after eating, and his skin remained just a light pink throughout the day. But as ive been warned day number three and his poop was runny, so I thought maybe adding a carb (glutenfree rice) would somehow help. But shortly after eating his first meal today, he started to get a little red, and later on he started itching the side of his face till he bled, I had to put his cone on just to stop him from making it worse, he stops trying to itch it as soon as the cone in on, but once I take it off he starts to go at it again, judging from the pic is this what a hot spot looks like? It feels harder than the rest of his skin, in the pic his fur looks wet but I just put anti-bacterial cream on it.
Could this be from the gluten free rice? Or could it be how long it took the beef to take effect on his body? ( I want to add that he always wants to itch his face like crazy especially on that side, but itās a more intense today)
He also has marks on his skin that look like eczema; he has had it for a while.I let my vet know about it and he didnāt seem so concerned with it, he said itās probably a reaction from his immunity being low due to his recent surgery, at the time he had also had a lot of pimples on his belly so he was prescribed anantibiotic to clear it up, so far the pimples went away but the red scales onhis arm havenāt. I posted a pic of them but my camera isnāt really clear. It looks like chicken skin on all the red marks.
And to add to his skin issues is I just noticed his tail has some hair missing. Ive never seen it before, I asked my bf about it and he said he had noticed it before we started him on raw but he assumed it wasn't anything, but that now its apparent its full on hair loss.
any advice on my current situation? I feel like my vet has been so preoccupied with his eye and has been ignoring his skin problem.
also uploaded a few pics from this morning just before he had the beef/rice dish, he was looking so handsome I had to share.
I was also planning to make a food switch because his skin is just so bad, and only recently have done so because I was scared to make the switch while he was healing, I donāt know what he is allergic to and didnāt want to risk him having an even worse reaction to a new food (canāt do allergy test for animals where I live).
I had mentioned that I wanted to try raw, but hereās the deal, I think he is allergic to chicken and sadly I just found out all the turkey that you buy here is imported and seasoned. There is quail but I realized itās so expensive and I canāt afford it long term, pork is not as common in super markets and on the pricey side, but beef is pretty well priced and so far I havenāt really tried it, I know beginners on raw should stay away from beef bones, and if I donāt add bone they get a runny number two. I decided to just try plain raw beef just to see how he reacted to the meat, and he seemed to take it really well. He wasnāt red after eating, and his skin remained just a light pink throughout the day. But as ive been warned day number three and his poop was runny, so I thought maybe adding a carb (glutenfree rice) would somehow help. But shortly after eating his first meal today, he started to get a little red, and later on he started itching the side of his face till he bled, I had to put his cone on just to stop him from making it worse, he stops trying to itch it as soon as the cone in on, but once I take it off he starts to go at it again, judging from the pic is this what a hot spot looks like? It feels harder than the rest of his skin, in the pic his fur looks wet but I just put anti-bacterial cream on it.
Could this be from the gluten free rice? Or could it be how long it took the beef to take effect on his body? ( I want to add that he always wants to itch his face like crazy especially on that side, but itās a more intense today)
He also has marks on his skin that look like eczema; he has had it for a while.I let my vet know about it and he didnāt seem so concerned with it, he said itās probably a reaction from his immunity being low due to his recent surgery, at the time he had also had a lot of pimples on his belly so he was prescribed anantibiotic to clear it up, so far the pimples went away but the red scales onhis arm havenāt. I posted a pic of them but my camera isnāt really clear. It looks like chicken skin on all the red marks.
And to add to his skin issues is I just noticed his tail has some hair missing. Ive never seen it before, I asked my bf about it and he said he had noticed it before we started him on raw but he assumed it wasn't anything, but that now its apparent its full on hair loss.
any advice on my current situation? I feel like my vet has been so preoccupied with his eye and has been ignoring his skin problem.
also uploaded a few pics from this morning just before he had the beef/rice dish, he was looking so handsome I had to share.
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