| Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 | |
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simplify Senior
Join date : 2012-08-02 Location : Louisiana
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Iluvmyhuskies Adult
Join date : 2012-12-29 Location : Northern Nevada
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Mon May 19, 2014 7:45 pm | |
| Well it's looking a little better!! Sorry you and Mishka are having to go through with all this, but it will get better soon! |
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HuskyLear Senior
Join date : 2013-02-21 Location : Ohio
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Tue May 20, 2014 12:37 pm | |
| Ahh Poor Mishka it does look a little better. Paws still crossed and hoping every day is better.
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simplify Senior
Join date : 2012-08-02 Location : Louisiana
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lillith87 Senior
Join date : 2013-05-26 Location : Michigan
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Sat May 24, 2014 12:25 pm | |
| Wow that looks way better, healing nicely... Hope the vet has some good news. |
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capellalayla Senior
Join date : 2013-09-24 Location : Billerica, Mass.
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Sat May 24, 2014 1:37 pm | |
| He looks so much better! What did you find out from the vet? |
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simplify Senior
Join date : 2012-08-02 Location : Louisiana
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Sat May 24, 2014 3:09 pm | |
| Vet said it's looking good. No need for antibiotics! We still have two weeks left of the Terbinafine (antifungal) and it's healing nicely. No heartworms and he still weighs around 55lbs (he wouldn't sit on the scale and kept leaning on the wall) so that's good. _________________ |
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capellalayla Senior
Join date : 2013-09-24 Location : Billerica, Mass.
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Sun May 25, 2014 2:50 am | |
| Great news! He looks so much better. Hope the rest of his recovery is quick. |
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Hughie Adult
Join date : 2013-04-17 Location : South East Wisconsin!
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Sun May 25, 2014 9:36 am | |
| No heartworms and he still weighs around 55lbs (he wouldn't sit on the scale and kept leaning on the wall) so that's good. [/quote] This is Maya also, I don't even try any more, pick her up weigh both of us, weigh me, subtract the difference. I realize that might be a little difficult ( or impossible ) for you, but it works for me! and wanted to share |
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simplify Senior
Join date : 2012-08-02 Location : Louisiana
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Sun May 25, 2014 10:29 am | |
| I can pick him up but...it's not always easy. Hahaha.
Especially because he's almost as big as I am. (I'm only 5'1"..) _________________ |
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simplify Senior
Join date : 2012-08-02 Location : Louisiana
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amymeme Senior
Join date : 2013-12-20
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Sun Jun 22, 2014 7:14 am | |
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capellalayla Senior
Join date : 2013-09-24 Location : Billerica, Mass.
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Mon Jun 23, 2014 5:53 pm | |
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simplify Senior
Join date : 2012-08-02 Location : Louisiana
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capellalayla Senior
Join date : 2013-09-24 Location : Billerica, Mass.
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Thu Jul 17, 2014 10:16 am | |
| Every time you update he looks exponentially better and better. Way to go! |
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wpskier222 Senior
Join date : 2013-02-11 Location : NYC
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Thu Jul 17, 2014 10:36 am | |
| He does look way better! Did they give you a diagnosis? |
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simplify Senior
Join date : 2012-08-02 Location : Louisiana
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Thu Jul 17, 2014 11:02 am | |
| We never could get an exact diagnosis. It probably is some sort of contact allergy. And there is no way to figure out what it could be from. _________________ |
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simplify Senior
Join date : 2012-08-02 Location : Louisiana
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:12 pm | |
| So I was looking through old pictures and have come to the conclusion that somewhere between February 27 and March 6 is when this nose stuff started. I need to do some research to see if I can figure out what the cause could possibly be - food, supplement, contact with an animal, etc. _________________ |
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MiyasMomma Senior
Join date : 2014-06-26 Location : west Texas
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:00 am | |
| Ashleigh, your vet did check for zinc deficiency? It's a pretty common problem in huskies, I just find it odd that it's been going on so long, and from what I understand zinc deficiency will not completely go away without supplements. of course you don't want to give without diagnosis, but.....just curious to ask about that.
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simplify Senior
Join date : 2012-08-02 Location : Louisiana
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:56 am | |
| They checked. The biopsy results came back as a contact allergy.
The thing I've seen with zinc deficiency is that it surrounds the eyes and muzzle. Mishka's issue is just on and around his nose so it's got to be something that he has direct contact with regularly. I'm taking the ACV out of his routine to see if that is the culprit. _________________ |
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simplify Senior
Join date : 2012-08-02 Location : Louisiana
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Sat Nov 15, 2014 10:33 pm | |
| So we switched back to Blue Buffalo after not having much luck with his nose getting any better. My assumption was a contact allergy to something in TOTW since that is the only thing I can think of that changed during the time between Feb. 27 and March 6. I have backed off of ACV as well. So we shall see! _________________ |
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simplify Senior
Join date : 2012-08-02 Location : Louisiana
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Fri Sep 18, 2015 4:27 pm | |
| Wow, it's been almost a year since I last updated this thread! Despite never finding out what the true cause was, I started to supplement zinc and kelp in Mishka's diet as well as switched to partial prey model raw. He also gets local raw honey a few times a week and we have cut out most chicken and chicken flavored treats and food. Here is an updated photo from yesterday. He still has *slight* redness and hair thinning around his nose (and a small spot on his right eye) but it is significantly better. _________________ |
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capellalayla Senior
Join date : 2013-09-24 Location : Billerica, Mass.
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:50 am | |
| He looks so good! Such a strange condition, but you seem to be doing the right things to fix it. |
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simplify Senior
Join date : 2012-08-02 Location : Louisiana
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Tue Sep 22, 2015 12:59 pm | |
| Yeah I just have no idea! It's maybe a combination of zinc deficiency with a contact allergy to chicken? I just don't want to spend $$$ on allergy tests for them to be inconclusive or tell me what I already suspect. _________________ |
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RedFlashFire05 Senior
Join date : 2015-05-19 Location : manteca, ca
| Subject: Re: Not Ringworm! - UPDATE! 9/18/15 Tue Sep 22, 2015 2:05 pm | |
| she looks so much better. |
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