Mange and Severe Pododermatitis
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- Obey My Authority
Come on little guy, just a bit more...
Look how far you've come already?
We are all cheering for you, and of course, for the work and time Josephine has put in too.
Look how far you've come already?
We are all cheering for you, and of course, for the work and time Josephine has put in too.
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- Little Jo Wheek
He seems a bit perkier this evening. Lots of larger poops in his pouch, eating veggies frequently. I plan to keep up the intensive care since he's gone down 30 grams in the past week that I've had him (well, 5 days so far). I put a warmie (hot water bottle) in with him also. Tomorrow I will poke and prod some more at the vet's.
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- Little Jo Wheek
I haven't received anything yet (as of last night). I've been in Oroville today, though. When was it mailed?
He's hanging in there and actually looks (dare I say) perky again. Still will force-feed for awhile, I guess. Still off of his meloxicam and Baytril. Will add back meloxicam tomorrow pending lab results and depending on his attitude.
More poops today. Well-formed and medium-sized. Eating crap Kaytee alfalfa pellets that I picked up last minute. Still liking veggies. Seems to like them, so I'll have to order from KM some better-quality ones.
Vet visit today. We did rads (whole-body and extremity). He has OLD bones, calcification, osteoporosis, etc. His heart may be enlarged. It's tilted. He was a wiggler! He may have some narrowed lumbar vertebrae (no disk space?), which might explain the hopping. He may have some disease in his paws, but we don't see osteomyelitis right now. His leg associated with the worst paw (the left one) seems to have some weird changes. I will have another vet as well as a radiologist look at the films in the next few days.
After we gave him a break, I bled him for some labwork which should be back tomorrow.
His left foot seems more purple than yesterday. I noticed it looked moister than usual yesterday and I left it unwrapped last night to dry it out. It has a good scab on the bottom that is shrinking. His right foot has a tiny scab on it still. I'm hoping on having my sister take some updated pics tomorrow.
He's hanging in there and actually looks (dare I say) perky again. Still will force-feed for awhile, I guess. Still off of his meloxicam and Baytril. Will add back meloxicam tomorrow pending lab results and depending on his attitude.
More poops today. Well-formed and medium-sized. Eating crap Kaytee alfalfa pellets that I picked up last minute. Still liking veggies. Seems to like them, so I'll have to order from KM some better-quality ones.
Vet visit today. We did rads (whole-body and extremity). He has OLD bones, calcification, osteoporosis, etc. His heart may be enlarged. It's tilted. He was a wiggler! He may have some narrowed lumbar vertebrae (no disk space?), which might explain the hopping. He may have some disease in his paws, but we don't see osteomyelitis right now. His leg associated with the worst paw (the left one) seems to have some weird changes. I will have another vet as well as a radiologist look at the films in the next few days.
After we gave him a break, I bled him for some labwork which should be back tomorrow.
His left foot seems more purple than yesterday. I noticed it looked moister than usual yesterday and I left it unwrapped last night to dry it out. It has a good scab on the bottom that is shrinking. His right foot has a tiny scab on it still. I'm hoping on having my sister take some updated pics tomorrow.
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- Little Jo Wheek
2/2/06 Pics. It took a half hour to load these 3, but it gives an idea of how he's progressing.
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- Little Jo Wheek
Hey, we make a good team, ya think?
The good news is, if the radiologist clears him, he may not need amputation. I'm crossing my fingers. When he puts on some weight, we definitely want to take off the sebaceous cyst and masses (and send out histos) and neuter him. When he's under anesthesia, I can get some skull rads. I couldn't last night since he was WAY too wiggly for the general radiographs. We didn't want to kill him just to get diagnostics, either, by stressing him too much.
The good news is, if the radiologist clears him, he may not need amputation. I'm crossing my fingers. When he puts on some weight, we definitely want to take off the sebaceous cyst and masses (and send out histos) and neuter him. When he's under anesthesia, I can get some skull rads. I couldn't last night since he was WAY too wiggly for the general radiographs. We didn't want to kill him just to get diagnostics, either, by stressing him too much.