Meggs19
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I am hoping to jump in on the tail end of this conversation and see if someone can help me! Tonka is a little over 8 months old and we just got him allergy tested. He had a pretty sudden onset of bad allergies even though there have been no changes to his environment or diet. He had a pink face and was really itching around his eyes and even causing little scratches around them. He also has had really bad chin acne lately and even a couple pimples on the top part of his jowels. Then I came home to find one of his eyes swollen shut and gooey and the vet said he had scratched his cornea trying to itch. At that point he was already on Benadryl and also a stronger antihistamine before that that the vet gave us and neither seemed to help too much. His eye has healed fine now but we got the allergy test done hoping it would help us. Our results weren't that great. There were no food items that had too high of numbers that really stood out as being a significant allergy and the two highest items (which still were not high enough to warrant any allergy shots according to the vet) were for molds and dust mites. Meanwhile, Tonka is still so itchy and I don't want to give him so much medicine everyday but I feel helpless as to what to do or where to start to help him.
Should I try switching foods anyway, just to see if it helps his allergies/acne? I tried stridex wipes on his chin and that didn't do much at all. His food is Natural Balance Salmon and Sweet Potato and I have been wanting to switch him anyway due to hearing of consumer complaints etc. If I switch should I stick to Salmon again or try a new protein?
Also, is there a certain age that you are supposed to get them allergy tested? I have since read that if their immune system isn't fully developed the results might not be accurate or might change over time as they age. Is this true and did I get him tested too early? I will be pretty upset with my vet if he neglected to mention this after I paid to have him tested. Why would they make you go through a test if the immune system wasn't fully developed and everything was going to change anyway?
Any advice on what I can try or on immune system development and the test? I would greatly appreciate it and so would my itchy little bully boy!!!!
Should I try switching foods anyway, just to see if it helps his allergies/acne? I tried stridex wipes on his chin and that didn't do much at all. His food is Natural Balance Salmon and Sweet Potato and I have been wanting to switch him anyway due to hearing of consumer complaints etc. If I switch should I stick to Salmon again or try a new protein?
Also, is there a certain age that you are supposed to get them allergy tested? I have since read that if their immune system isn't fully developed the results might not be accurate or might change over time as they age. Is this true and did I get him tested too early? I will be pretty upset with my vet if he neglected to mention this after I paid to have him tested. Why would they make you go through a test if the immune system wasn't fully developed and everything was going to change anyway?
Any advice on what I can try or on immune system development and the test? I would greatly appreciate it and so would my itchy little bully boy!!!!