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    Rattlesnake Vaccine

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    My vet uses it and says that it works VERY well as she's had some dogs bitten by rattlers who have had the shot and survived without a whole lot of vet care, though any snake bite needs to be seen by a vet.

    A friends 2 greyhounds had the vaccine several years in a row and did not have any reaction to it at all and they were geriatric dogs.

     

    The mohaves this year are very bad and very aggressive. We did lose a dog in this area (not a greyhound and not mine) who had had the vaccine and it didn't really seem to help much. But Mohaves are very nasty snakes with nasty nasty bites.

    Greyhounds And The Heat...

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    I moved to Arizona from Ohio and thankfully all my dogs have adjusted well to the heat! They go outside and will stay out and bake in the sun even if it's 100 degrees outside, so I have to watch and limit them. I keep my air at 85 in the summer and they don't even seem to notice that it's warmish in the house! I make sure that they have lots of cold clean water to drink inside and out and I do monitor their time out in the heat. We spend time on our deck, but it's covered and they lay in the shade.

    Maybe you could put a tarp up on a corner of your deck to give the dogs some shade?

    My Red Is Not Good (Long)

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    Awe Tonya, I was so hoping that there would ba a fix for Mr. Red. He's such a very special boy and I know he's had a wonderful life with you and your family. It's better to know what's going on, even though the news isn't good. Big hugs to you and your DH and soft hugs and many many kisses to Red.

    Things Your Dogs Might Eat

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    The Homer Simpson sent me into giggles! I had a foster once who puked up a bunch of chewed up plastic and of crud... vet says that sometimes stuff will stay in their stomachs for weeks and weeks and weeks ... seems his previous foster family didn't feed him enough and he would eat anything at all to make his tummy feel full. Poor boy, I loved him so much!

    Clavamox Without Prescription?

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    You can obtain many types of anibiotics if they're labeled for aquarium usage. I keep a supply of metronidazole (flagyl) and amoxicillin on hand. They sell online as Fish-Zole and Fish-Mox. They are the exact same drugs as the prescribed ones. You can also get doxycyclene, cephalexin, ampicillin, tetracyclene, and erythromycin. Even other types if you expand your search to include those labeled for birds and livestock. However I don't think Clavamox (amoxicillin + clavulanate) is among the available. It seems to only have use for cats, dogs and humans.

     

    Please don't tell me you really do that---they are sold as fish antiobotics because they were expired or otherwise labeled unfit for sale. Some expired ab's are actually dangerous and harmful to use.

    Actually, having spoken to several vets and pharmacists, distributors etc. I don't believe this is true. It's illegal to sell out dated drugs for any medical reason to the general public, even for fish. And yes, I know that some of the rescue groups use these for dogs. My own vet knows I have some of these in the house in case I need them and she's not available and she has no problem with it at all.

    Seizures...or More

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    My Frasier had vestibular syndrome and he also had seizures. I always felt that the two were related, though it's not supposed to work that way. His seizures were pretty bad from the get-go, with his post ictal stage lasting for several hours with him snoring away in a very very deep sleep. He took phenobarb that did control his seizures pretty well, thankfully. He'd be laying down and the next thing I'd know, my female hounds would run to him and I'd know it was a seizure, he's look control of his bladder and have his seizure for a minute or so and then get up and stumble around for a bit until he lay down and fell asleep in his post ictal state.

    He passed young, but from something totally unrelated to either seizures or vestibular.

    I have a blind dog who has vestibular and has it pretty bad. He's had 3 vestibular incidents and each one has taken him longer to get over. The first one was a few days to get over and the last one took months for him to get over. I worry that he won't get over the next one if there is one.

     

    Good luck with Athena, now is the time to find her a good vet for her seizures, and I, personally, would ask for something to control her seizures at this point. :)

    Ranitidine (Zantac)

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    I have used Zantac (generic) and I have used Pepsid (generic) and I have used prilosec (generic) with great results and no poop problems with any of them. The reason I prefer Prilosec is because it's a once a day dose and easier for me and the dog, esp. if you have to pill the dog who won't take it in food.

    But usually with these things, if one bothers the dog (or human for that matter) you try one of the others. Good luck!

    Valor And Vestibular

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    I've had several dogs who have had vestibular issues. My Lynch has had several VERY severe bouts of it. They take a while to come back, last one (was the 3rd bad one) took him almost 6 months or better to be back to 90%. So keep on working with Valor, he'll come back and it won't be 6 months hopefully.

    All Shots

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    My Cali died at age 15, she hadn't had anything but rabies since she was about 4. She hadn't even had a rabies for about 5 years. All my dogs got a rabies shot about 4 or 5 years ago when we moved here to Arizona. They haven't had shots since they were adopted, or in the case of my poodle, since he was 2. They are all seniors now, no one here under 10 and none of them will ever get another shot of any kind as far as immunizations go. Thankfully out here my vet doesn't push shots at all and won't even encourage a rabies shot for old dogs and the county doesn't seem to keep up on things like this.

    In many/some states you can get a wavier for rabies shots for geriatric dogs and cats. If the county were to keep up on things here, that is what I would do.

    Holy Vet Bills!

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    Not going to be long before the average person won't be able to afford to have pets, then only the rich will have pets. I think it's kind of sad, I know it's not cheap to become a vet nor to set up a practice, but just like human health care, it's going to become out of reach for many of us.

    Poor Whisper...

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    Poor girl, she's been through the mill. I bet she heals up quicker than you think! Her sore on her foot will be fine in a few days and the bruising should go away pretty soon, thankfully she's young and should be healthy. Great incision on her leg! Did she come with the bruising or did it happen during surgery?

    The Struggle Has Ended

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    I'm so very sorry Tara. Another one of the 'originals' that were here when I joined many many years ago is now gone. My sweet Cali went to the bridge about 2 weeks ago and I'm sure she was there to greet him. Godspeed Cougar.

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