Hello everyone:
I took my baby boy to the vet today, I changed vets, I decided a third opinion was necesary. OK, the vet scraped Lucás's skin, it was awful to see, but my poor baby was so brave! The vet was surprised about how calmed Lucas was.
The vet checked for mange and of course it was negative, Lucas has never been exposed to that. He changed Lucas'prednisolone dose to 10mg for 7 days and he prescribed antibiotics, because he has a skin infection from scratching. Lucas had a fever of 104 when they checked him.
I asked a lot of question and explained everything to the vet( how Lucas was diagnosed with discoid lupus two years ago and how the second vet told me it was food allergies). he told me thet the best thing to do is to stick to the Hypoallergenic food for now and see if the antibiotics and the sterios help, he told me that I could change his food, but later, not now.
i have to say, the vet was very nice, but he doesn't have a lot of knowledge about cat nutrition. I told him about the food that i wanted to try (natural food , grain free) and he looked at me like he didn't know what I was talking about and that makes me mad because i never get the answers and the help I need.
I have to accept that I'm never going to find the perfect vet for Lucas here in PR, I will have to move to san Juan, our capital, they have better vets there, or I will have to move to another country ( of course I can't do that), but I"m sad because I want to find the answers for lucas condition.
The vet told me that what Lucas has could be caused by stress, and he told me that it could be a good idea to put Lucas on Prozac if he doesn't improve. I told him that i didn't want to do that, that I want to find the root of his problems not give him prozac. I could think aboit it as a last resort if there is no other way. It is just too scary for me.
I will see how Lucas does in the next couple of weeks. I need to see an improvement.
Tahnk you all for caring about my boy.
HUGs, tammy
I took my baby boy to the vet today, I changed vets, I decided a third opinion was necesary. OK, the vet scraped Lucás's skin, it was awful to see, but my poor baby was so brave! The vet was surprised about how calmed Lucas was.
The vet checked for mange and of course it was negative, Lucas has never been exposed to that. He changed Lucas'prednisolone dose to 10mg for 7 days and he prescribed antibiotics, because he has a skin infection from scratching. Lucas had a fever of 104 when they checked him.
I asked a lot of question and explained everything to the vet( how Lucas was diagnosed with discoid lupus two years ago and how the second vet told me it was food allergies). he told me thet the best thing to do is to stick to the Hypoallergenic food for now and see if the antibiotics and the sterios help, he told me that I could change his food, but later, not now.
i have to say, the vet was very nice, but he doesn't have a lot of knowledge about cat nutrition. I told him about the food that i wanted to try (natural food , grain free) and he looked at me like he didn't know what I was talking about and that makes me mad because i never get the answers and the help I need.
I have to accept that I'm never going to find the perfect vet for Lucas here in PR, I will have to move to san Juan, our capital, they have better vets there, or I will have to move to another country ( of course I can't do that), but I"m sad because I want to find the answers for lucas condition.
The vet told me that what Lucas has could be caused by stress, and he told me that it could be a good idea to put Lucas on Prozac if he doesn't improve. I told him that i didn't want to do that, that I want to find the root of his problems not give him prozac. I could think aboit it as a last resort if there is no other way. It is just too scary for me.
I will see how Lucas does in the next couple of weeks. I need to see an improvement.
Tahnk you all for caring about my boy.
HUGs, tammy
and hugs. I hope he starts feeling better right now.
he is sleeping right now, calmly in my bed. I always keep a close eye on him when he gets antibiotics or other meds, just in case of a bad reaction. He breaks my heart because he feels so scared at the vet , but he feels secure because he is with me, we are so close, I've been his mommy since he was just a tiny little orphan. he buries his face in my stomach while the vets works on him, as long as I'm there he is fine.
