Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Itchy Belly - Part II

As mentioned yesterday, Mollie has a rash on her belly. Well, we went to see our very nice vet, M. Drouin, who said that she has a very nice case of pustulating dermatitis (he was showing his work experience girl). It wasn't pustulating this morning, so it looks to me like she's fighting it off quite nicely and it's come to the surface, so it looks - and probably feels - incredibly like chicken pox. She had an antibiotic jab and has got some tablets to help the infection clear up. At the moment she's still quite a happy girl, especially since she now has an improved desktop perch with a pillow to lie on - but I know that will change as the antibiotics take hold.

It looks like that terrier thing of bouncing through grassy meadows isn't such a good idea in Mollie's case. Luckily most of our favourite walks have good paths though, so we'll just have to be a bit more careful about where we throw the ball...

3 comments:

Kerrio said...

That's exactly what Tealeaf (and Cleo too) had....

Though they only had it one summer - and habitually chase through long grass.. so *shrug*

PS HOW nice was the vet?

Em said...

M. Drouin is a VERY nice vet. Mollie didn't notice the needle at all... AND he always tells her she's beautiful. AND he told me off for calling her a tart, apparently she's just very friendly ;-)

Anonymous said...

Ahh, I hope her little tum feels better soon....