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Contact vs Food Allergy
My baby (3yo F Lab) for about a week or so has had little red spots (not
puss filled and very barely raised) on her belly mainly (if they're elsewhere it's harder to tell because of her coat). I started two days ago treating her with a cortisone cream and one benadryll a day. There's one hot spot on her neck where she's also losing hair. Anyway. . . . are there any signs that put to which type of allergy it may be? She got switched to Natrue's Recipe Vegetarian Allergy formula about a month ago. Before that she was on Nutro Weight Loss. I suppose it's also possible that it isn't an allergy but an infection (fungal or bacterial). Ideas? TIA |
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"C. L." wrote: I suppose it's also possible that it isn't an allergy but an infection (fungal or bacterial). Ideas? TIA When in doubt call your Vet. No one here is really qualified to diagnose a dog they haven't seen. Well if we have seen the dog many still wouldn't be qualified. Your Vet is your best resource for keeping a healthy happy dog. If you don't have a good relationship with your Vet search until you find one that you will have a good relationship with. That is my motto. For now it is safe to give benedryl to see if that helps. If it does it is probably an allergy but that does not mean your Vet should not be contacted. JMO. Gwen |
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"C. L." ha scritto My baby (3yo F Lab) for about a week or so has had little red spots (not puss filled and very barely raised) on her belly mainly (if they're elsewhere it's harder to tell because of her coat). I started two days ago treating her with a cortisone cream and one benadryll a day. There's one hot spot on her neck where she's also losing hair. Anyway. . . . are there any signs that put to which type of allergy it may be? She got switched to Natrue's Recipe Vegetarian Allergy formula about a month ago. Before that she was on Nutro Weight Loss. I suppose it's also possible that it isn't an allergy but an infection (fungal or bacterial). Ideas? TIA j sometimes has alike spots. one time it was b/c of fleas. now we had her tested and discovered she's allergic to acharids. you might want to have your girl checked before starting useless diets or benadryl, which caused j a gastric hemorrhage. -- hth, ciao, j. http://www.sundaysw.com |
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 07:54:00 -0500, "C. L."
wrote: My baby (3yo F Lab) for about a week or so has had little red spots (not puss filled and very barely raised) on her belly mainly (if they're elsewhere it's harder to tell because of her coat). I started two days ago treating her with a cortisone cream and one benadryll a day. There's one hot spot on her neck where she's also losing hair. Anyway. . . . are there any signs that put to which type of allergy it may be? She got switched to Natrue's Recipe Vegetarian Allergy formula about a month ago. Before that she was on Nutro Weight Loss. I suppose it's also possible that it isn't an allergy but an infection (fungal or bacterial). Ideas? TIA We've been going through w/ Chloe on allergies. She had the 2 things you mentioned, plus more. Her issues started this past summer after some crystal in urine problems. The doc switched her to Science Diet WD and CD diets. We used the WD because of its fiber content (she got a bug and had loose stool for a bit). Over the corse of the summer/fall/winter her allergy symptoms progressed and finally we took her off the WD and put her on Nutro Lamb/Rice. Within days many symptoms cleared up and now after a bit over amonth, she is symptom free. BUT - a warning from my vet. Yes, the allergy symptoms could be food. but it also could have been something else. Switching foods on a dog can upset other things. So, just proceed with caution. One way to find out would be to put the dog on a very basic diet and slowly add foods back in until you find what is causing it. But, as you've noticed (and what happened with Chloe) those allergies can take a while to show up. And they can take a while to get the hystimines back out of the system. Sometimes up to 4 to 6 weeks. I suggest you work with your vet to diagnose the problem. jayjay http://home.comcast.net/~jennifer.is...b/c_index.html |
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My last GSD had very similar.
Hers turned out to be chicken. So guess it is probably an allergy. Pat. "C. L." wrote in message ... My baby (3yo F Lab) for about a week or so has had little red spots (not puss filled and very barely raised) on her belly mainly (if they're elsewhere it's harder to tell because of her coat). I started two days ago treating her with a cortisone cream and one benadryll a day. There's one hot spot on her neck where she's also losing hair. Anyway. . . . are there any signs that put to which type of allergy it may be? She got switched to Natrue's Recipe Vegetarian Allergy formula about a month ago. Before that she was on Nutro Weight Loss. I suppose it's also possible that it isn't an allergy but an infection (fungal or bacterial). Ideas? TIA |
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We just had our yearly shots and checkup, and our Vet found a small reddish
spot on our Lab's belly, which she diagnosed as a skin infection, and put her on antibiotics. "C. L." wrote in message ... My baby (3yo F Lab) for about a week or so has had little red spots (not puss filled and very barely raised) on her belly mainly (if they're elsewhere it's harder to tell because of her coat). I started two days ago treating her with a cortisone cream and one benadryll a day. There's one hot spot on her neck where she's also losing hair. Anyway. . . . are there any signs that put to which type of allergy it may be? She got switched to Natrue's Recipe Vegetarian Allergy formula about a month ago. Before that she was on Nutro Weight Loss. I suppose it's also possible that it isn't an allergy but an infection (fungal or bacterial). Ideas? TIA |
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