Recent Content by nicolegray

Hey all. I have a 5yo DSH female. She's generally got one of the world's most impressive appetite. As in, she'll devour her food an then act like you've been starving her all day. She also has seasonal allergies. This past weekend she pulled out all of her fur in a small patch on her rump...

Thanks for your response! So far I think all the discharge is clear. And most is coming from her eyes, not her nose (or maybe she's just licking it off her nose). She's squinting a little, but there's no redness or irritation, as far as I can tell. We're lucky in that she normally has a...

Anyone have any suggestions for helping Audrey through her flareup? We've vacuumed the hell out of our apartment to get rid of irritants, and have started her on lysine, though it looks like that won't help for a while from what I've read. We're also taking her into the bathroom when we shower...

I'd assumed that the virus was flaring because of the lowered immune response, as you said. I'm sure that Audrey was also stressed by her dermatitis, which must be uncomfortable for her.

The vet thinks it's feline herpes, and that it's probably flaring because of the steroids. So we're stopping the steroids and starting her on lysine. Hopefully that will resolve the issue.

She didn't actually go to the vet before we started her on steroids. The dermatitis is an ongoing issue, so the vet prescribed the meds without making us bring her in. On the bright side, it ends up that this vet has office hours on Saturday mornings! I can't believe it. My husband is...

Our cat Audrey was put on oral steroids to help her get over an episode of chronic dermatitis, starting about two weeks ago. Unfortunately, I think it messed with her immune system, because since yesterday she's been sneezing every now and then and occasionally shaking her head. Just now, I...

Reviving this thread because Audrey's dermatitis has flared again. I just realized that she has a bare patch on her lower back in a slightly different location than last time. She's obviously been chewing at it. I'll be calling the vet tomorrow, but in the meantime is there anything I can try...

She takes the poodle to a dog-friendly beach once or twice a day for an extended running session (she walks, the dog runs), as well as regular walks at other times. Overall I think he gets at least an hour of solid running a day, and walks and sporadic play on top of that. I do wonder if maybe...

The dog is a standard poodle and very athletic. He does a lot of running every day, so it's not a lack of exercise problem. I suspect that the real issue is that she just happens to have two high energy animals that want a lot of attention. I'll suggest that she look into the Calmplex for...

Hi all. My Aunt is currently struggling with her very high energy siamese and a her very high energy dog. The animals get along with each other fine, but they're driving my poor aunt up the wall. The siamese apparently gets the night crazies at around 4:30am, and the dog is just hyper and...

Just got back from the vet again. Audrey is healing well enough that the vet just removed the second stitch and said to keep an eye on the biopsy sites. Shouldn't be a problem at all. The biopsies came back, and they were totally benign! Apparently she has chronic dermatitis, probably from...

Thanks for the response! I'll see if I can get her in tomorrow for a quick check. Maybe I'll get a better-flavored pain med at the same time. I haven't noticed her worrying the stitches, so unfortunately I don't know that a collar would help much. Frankly, I don't know what happened to the...