Kia's visit to the white coats

[ramanth]

*update 2/21/03*

Kia was still itching as of last Monday so I've fully taken her off her old food and am only feeding her the California Natural. So what if I lose money on half a bag of old food. My poor baby.

Her two week followup was yesterday and since neither shot of Ivermectin worked, we have ruled out scabies. *phew!*

So it's back to allergies.

The vet gave her a shot of a type of steriod to try and help relieve some of the itching.

The walk to and from the vet left Kia muddy from the thaw yesterday so I gave her a bath with the sulfadine shampoo I have.

She seems to be doing better already.

Except this morning, I stepped in a wet spot on the carpet.

She either A. couldn't get me to wake up or B. lost control of her bowels due to the shot.

I'll keep an eye on her though to make sure she doesn't have another accident.




Well, Kia has been itching ever since her first shot of Ivermectin . But Zam has not been itching at all.

I expressed this concern to Dr. Kuschel since her assistant Vet who had given Kia the first dose said that Sacrcoptic Mange was highly contagious.

Dr. Kushcel said it can be but she has treated cases before where the mites will stick to one animal and not bother others in the household.

Because the edge of Kia's ears are all scabbed up and she has reddness on her abdomen, the vet feels strongly that it is mites and gave her a second dose of the Ivermectin. In some cases she found that results don't begin to show until the second dose.

Dr. Kushchel prefers the Ivermectin over Dips because it is less toxic.

I'm in the process of weaning Kia off her old food and starting her on California Natural.

She goes back to the vet in two weeks. If she's still itching, then it's likely some sort of allergy.. either airborne or food related.