Sorry this has taken me so long! For everyone who doesn't remember, we were having issues with itchiness.
We went to the vet and Sophie was diagnosed with a bacterial skin infection. They did a skin scrape and didn't find any sarcops or demodex. Sophie cried and screamed during the skin scrape because they needed red cells in order to detect sarcops.
She also has a bladder infection..ugh... She just finished her last dose of Clavamox (antibiotic) and we've also got her on acidophilus, a berry supplement and Vitamin C.
The itchiness has subsided a bit, but she's still scratching and we go back for another re-check on the 10th. She still has bald patches.
I'm not sure that the vet was all that thorough when diagnosing. I feel like the antibiotics haven't really helped that much. After our recheck I'm going to schedule an appointment with a different vet to get a second opinion. Things just haven't been going Sophie's way and it kills me to see her so miserable. Please hope and pray that she's feeling better soon.
Jill and Sophie
We went to the vet and Sophie was diagnosed with a bacterial skin infection. They did a skin scrape and didn't find any sarcops or demodex. Sophie cried and screamed during the skin scrape because they needed red cells in order to detect sarcops.
She also has a bladder infection..ugh... She just finished her last dose of Clavamox (antibiotic) and we've also got her on acidophilus, a berry supplement and Vitamin C.
The itchiness has subsided a bit, but she's still scratching and we go back for another re-check on the 10th. She still has bald patches.
I'm not sure that the vet was all that thorough when diagnosing. I feel like the antibiotics haven't really helped that much. After our recheck I'm going to schedule an appointment with a different vet to get a second opinion. Things just haven't been going Sophie's way and it kills me to see her so miserable. Please hope and pray that she's feeling better soon.
Jill and Sophie