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Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog; Overtaxed
Okay, more animal questions. And yes, they have an appointment to see the vet tomorrow. (we couldn't get them there today)
We noticed on the cat late last week that part of her fur is missing under (where I'd call it on a human) her underarms. It's on both sides. The skin is red and a good bit of fur is gone.
Today, I noticed the dog has something similar or worse on his butt.
Does this sound like mange? Can animals share it from species to species? Is this something the dog might have picked up at the kennel?
Am I going to have to spend a fortune again?
What do you think?
To: Overtaxed
When the money runs out! That's why I have to hurry home to keep painting windows...
To: 2Jedismom
The TORN images are good, but TORN is slower than a snail again... even on cable... I have been avoiding posting their pics until the dust settles... It took almost a minute to load that one, just so you know!
To: Corin Stormhands
My guess is that it is NOT mange (mange doesn't look like that), but hot spots caused by them licking that spot because it itches... Could be that they are developing a flea allergy, or an allergy or nervous reaction to something else. My guess would be fleas, it only takes one itchy bite to get them into a cycle of obsessing on the itch until they make it into a sore hot spot.
... Advantage on both of them will get rid of the fleas, if that is what it is, and if the hot spots are bad, a series of Prednizone to stop the itching till it heals.
This is a $100 visit, methinks...
To: 2Jedismom
I did an abuse on your image from TORN... they are too bogged down, and the image was locking the thread up...
I don't know what their problem is getting bandwidth, but I think as a rule we should copy the pics we see there and host them elsewhere if we want to share them!
To: Corin Stormhands
Bummer! Sounds painful. One of our cats has an oozing from one eye, not really bad, but it never seems to totally go away. He's got a checkup soon so we'll get some ointment or something. But trying to put ointment in a cat's eye is only marginally easier than trying to feed them a pill...;^)
To: HairOfTheDog
This is a $100 visit, methinks... Sigh...but we've seen no evidence of fleas in the house all summer long. We'll see tomorrow I guess.
To: rightwingreligiousfanatic
But trying to put ointment in a cat's eye is only marginally easier than trying to feed them a pill Ask your vet for a pill shooter. It's like a syringe but it fires the pill down the back of their throat so they have to swallow it...
For the dog, I just put his pill in a cube of cheese. It's halfway through his digestive system before he's even realized he's eaten anything...
To: Overtaxed
No big deal!Hey, since I'm just dreaming, I might as well dream big!
I want a new fiddle bow and a really nice fiddle, too. And a Phoenix mandolin.
To: RosieCotton
Though I guess that goes beyond the scope of home remodeling...unless you count them as works of art...decorative, ya know!
To: Corin Stormhands
For the dog, I just put his pill in a cube of cheese. It's halfway through his digestive system before he's even realized he's eaten anything...Dogs are soooo much easier, no? My dog will eat about anything anyway...I almost wouldn't have to bother with the cheese! (I have more problems with what she WILL eat than with what she WON'T!)
The cats, on the other hand, can detect minute quantities of medicine powder and will turn up their noses at even their FAVORITE foods if they have anything unusual in them. And giving pills is NOT fun. One of them has no front claws (the person who had her before me had her de-clawed), but even SHE can inflict major injury on anyone trying to force something into her mouth!
To: RosieCotton
Hi RosieCotton,
That's funny, I never knew of any dog named Fiona before.
Apparently Fiona is the feminine version of the Celtic name Fion, sometimes seen as Finn. I pronounce my dog's name "Finna," but am probably mangling it. Maybe Overtaxed, or one of the Celtic folks can say.
But her very, very favorite thing to destroy is tissue paper
Mine lives outside these days, which I think is the preference of a hound dog anyway. She still gets in trouble, she digs holes everywhere now.
Hello everyone, was away for the night, I'll try to catch up again.
To: RosieCotton
My dog will eat about anything anyway... Well, when we first got him, we lost the corners to some rugs. But we try to keep him in chew toys. My older son has several Star Trek ships that will never reach warp speed again.
But the amazing thing is that he never bother the babies' toys. He chewed part of one thing on this little plastic playset. But the toys are constantly all over the floor. He just ignores them cause he knows they aren't his.
To: Sam Cree
Hello everyone, was away for the night... We noticed. And I don't think you cleared it here first. That's your last unexcused absence young man!
To: 2Jedismom; Overtaxed
Have you guys seen LostTribes profile page?
He develops a theory on it that the Celts are really the Lost Tribes of Israel!
You meet all kinds of folks on FR. LostTribe seems very nice, though.
To: Corin Stormhands
I now have a bunch of posts to read when I get the chance...but thanks for calling me young man.
To: HairOfTheDog
I did an abuse on your image from TORN... LOL! So did I!! Twice! I couldn't get it to go through on my mom's computer for some reason (maybe because it's a mac???). I just got home to my trusty PC.
To: Corin Stormhands; g'nad
To: Corin Stormhands
Well, I could be wrong too... but I think they sound like hot spots from licking... either a "moist dermatitus" or if worse, a "lick granuloma"... maybe... they are somewhat common in dogs... and if they are located near their butt, they are often from flea bites.
My nervous dog Gidget gives them to herself when she is left alone too much... but those obsessive-compulsive-nervous type hot spots are more commonly on their front legs, an easier place to reach. There isn't anything causing her itching, it is just a nervous habit, like nail biting.
Hot spots on the butt are just usually caused by an actual bite there. And cats rarely develop hot spots except from a flea or other allergy. Left untreated, my Kitty number 6 would lick himself bald. If there is a flea or other allergy, the cat's lymph nodes on his belly near his BACK armpits will be swollen and you can feel them, like golf balls under the skin.
Part the hair and scratch hard down to the skin right down their spine, particularly near their rump. if you see any flea "dirt" (black stuff is actually flea poop) then that would be my best guess, even if you don't see actual live fleas.
http://www.thepetcenter.com/gen/itch.html
To: Sam Cree
Apparently Fiona is the feminine version of the Celtic name Fion, sometimes seen as Finn. I pronounce my dog's name "Finna," but am probably mangling it. Maybe Overtaxed, or one of the Celtic folks can say. You're correct - it's the feminine for Finn. I'm not sure about the pronunciation - I pronounce it like Fiona Ritchie pronounces her name: "fee OH nah". (Or, more frequently, "What did you DO??")
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