Keegan's trip to the WhiteCoat.
Well, I took Keegan to the Vet today, b/c she was having some really flaky skin on her back, and getting a bald spot. She is already on supplements and that wasn't helping. So off we went.
Well as soon as Dr. Brad starting petting her he knew what was wrong. I told him she was on supplements and he said that was good b/c he was going to put her on them. So he gave me a shampoo to bath her once a week, and Keflex b/c she has kinda staph infection under where the scales are. And an injection of antibiotic. For today.
That bad news is she has gained 5# since the last time we went in Jan. :o so much for the diet.
He mentioned that we should maybe do a thyroid test sometime. And the more he looked at her, he decided to go ahead and do it.
So while that ran. We talked about switching food etc. Then the results came back, and she has hypothyroidism!!!!! When he mentioned this at first, I thought "Yea I would like to blame it on something, but I am sure it if fine. I would like to blame hypothyroid on my problem too but I can't!" The normal is b/n 1-4 and she is at 1.2 and he said anything below 2 is hypothyroid. So that probably explains why she has the dry flaky skin, hair loss, and weight gain. He said I could be doing everything with her diet right (which I am NOT!) and she still wouldn't lose weight.
So he put her on thyroid supplements and hopefully that will clear up the skin, regulate her metabolism and she can lose weight. He said that the more he thought and watched her and saw how active she is there had to be something more.
So I am to check back with him in a couple weeks to see how she is. Which is fine b/c Kylie has to go in 7-3-03 b/c her rodent ulcer is coming back. :eyeroll: And he gave me meds for her!
So Keegan is going to get a bath again tomorrow! ;) :D
I was so appreciative of the time he took today. He spent almost an hour with us, I am going to send him a Thank you card.
