Poor little Mollie dog is feeling a bit sorry for herself at the moment. She has a nasty rash from her inner thighs all the way up her belly and chest. She's eating fine and still wants to play ball as much as possible, but she's chewing a bit when she stops and sits down, and it's starting to look sore. She's booked into the V.E.T. tomorrow, in the meantime she's going to have some cream slathered all over her belly and chest tonight and a spell with the lampshade on while it soaks in. Not sure what cream yet - suggestions so far include:
Sudocrem
Drapolene
Aloe Vera
Neem
We currently suspect either a grass pollen or wool allergy (wool blanket in back of car) . I'll let you know what we end up using and what the V.E.T. says.
Edit: Just realised it's probably not wool as one of her favourite beds since we've had her has been a sheepskin rug. So there goes that theory! I should also mention, since Graham asked, that her diet hasn't changed for months (Nature's Menu or Nature Diet depending which pet shop I go to, and Trophy Hypoallergenic biscuits), although she does often have a little bit of whatever we eat; we've been using the same detergent for years, and the same softener for months, and she was Frontlined three weeks ago.
Whatever it is, I hope it responds quickly to whatever treatment she gets and doesn't require endless trips to the vets.
4 comments:
Oh dear, poor little Molly. As someone who used to get Eczema I can identify with the torment.
I may have missed this earlier in your blog, but how long have you had Molly? It would seem a bit odd for her to have an allergy to wool or grass pollen that you haven't seen before. Have you washed her bed cover, or anything else she lies on, with a new type of detergent recently?
We've had her since November 2006, and she's not had a rash since we've had her but since she wasn't with us last summer we don't know if she has a pollen allergy. Her food, blankets etc haven't changed, neither has the detergent. Is all very mysterious at the moment! Hopefully the vet will shed some light tomorrow * shrug*.
Tealeaf got grass allergy one summer from running through the long grass. He's not had it since though.
He had course of anti-bis cos it looked a bit infected and the vet jsut said to wash him off after a walk.
Hope Mollie feels better soon!
Emma, det låter som klassisk foderallergi. Det är oftast då som dom får utslag just på magen plus klåda och ofta även håravfall!
Hon kanske inte fått nytt foder, men det kan tänkas att hon får äta bröd eller kakor hos grannarna?
Jag tipsar dig om James Wellbeloved som jag tror är ett av era bästa märken i UK.
kram Helena
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