He has a skin infection with a secondary yeast infection we have been treating. We went to the vet today for his 2 week check up.
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Oh God. Three dogs and Grandma at a crowded vet's office. Kill me now.
Mitch is "better" but is still not good. We are really trying to NOT put him on an oral anti fungal because it could cause liver problems. in order to do it we would have to do a liver panel and take him off all of his pain medication before and after treatment until his system cleared the anti-fungal. She and I agree that his quality of life would be really compromised without the pain medications so we are going to continue on out course of anti-fungal cream and antibiotics. She also wants us to keep a shirt on him to protect his skin. I put a sweater on him to go to the vet and surprise - he quit scratching. We think it is the pressure which is why he is burying himself under all the covers, they act like a bandage so of course it would feel better! DUH - you would think I would have thought of it before now.
Grandma was having a conniption because a little girl sat down on the floor in front of me and started talking to me about her rabbits. Kids talk to me, why I don't know. I think they are like cats - they instinctively know who doesn't like them so they decide to be around that person She wasn't bothering me, but grandma was not a happy camper. She fussed when we got in the room about the "kid mopping the floor with her behind"! Lol. At 93 she is entitled to her opinion.
It has been 8 more days of this hell. He is not as miserable and his pads have healed. Unfortunately, he is pretty much bald with big patches of blackened skin - it is pigment, not rot - all over his little body. Whatever this is, it has now migrated to his head and ears. He has a patch beside his eye that showed up today which has me worried and I will call the vet in the morning. He had his medicated bath again tonight - every 4 days is bath day - and his hair fell out in clumps. It is so bad he will sit and pull his hair off in sheets.
I believe it started out as a food allergy to some cheap ass crap grandma was feeding to the squirrels. They wouldn't eat it and threw it out of the feeder to the ground, guess who came along and gorged himself day in and day out? The food is 7.00 for a 25 pound bag if that gives you an idea of the quality.
The vet bill is hovering at 400.00 so far. That doesn't include all the anti-fungal cream I have had to buy at minimum 5.00 a tube.
I would post pictures but they are very disturbing to see.