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New bag of food by any chance?
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I'll be the odd one out. I routinely deworm new dogs. False negatives are common in fecal samples that are tested (I used to test hundreds that others had missed, so I should know
). If the dog is not on any heartworm meds yet I would give her Interceptor.Interceptor is good. Get a heartworm test and, if negative, you could use Interceptor. It's also effective on hookworms, whipworms, and roundworms. Unfortunately, it doesn't work on tapeworms.
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I discussed this with a vet tech with extensive zoo experience a couple of years back; although the reports of utility in management of melanoma are pretty sketchy (and are all from horses, not dogs), a product called XXTERRA works very well on sarcoma. It's bloodroot + zinc, prescription only.
Of course, surgical removal is THE way to go when it's this size. I mention it here in case anyone might need it in the future for sarcoma or other skin cancer.
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Huh. I wonder why not zinc; the new-ish zinc oxide stuff is supposedly about as good as it gets for blocking UVA and UVB.
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This is the brand of canned tripe they sell at my pet supply....
http://www.healthypetboutique.com/servlet/the-308/TRIPETT-for-Dogs-Original/Detail
Oh, yes. That's it- same instructions as a grenade: pull pin and throw. Yecch. The Merrick brand ("Before Grain"), with the black label is similarly effective.
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Canned tripe- the "pull pin and throw" type- may work. Sometimes canned fish, like tuna, or even the water/oil from the can will help.
Some people have used nutritional yeast successfully, but I don't know of any brands or how much to use- never had to use the stuff myself.
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Quick check of the pads of the feet to look for corns may be in order.
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Everybody THANKS so much for your input!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just made the appointment to get her tested. Vet insisted on using his lab but I will watch closely and make sure she gets tested properly to the best of my ability. THANKS again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also note that it may be wise to start treatment for TBDs for a couple of reasons. The first one is that it's going to take time to get the results back; while not without their side-effects, the meds for TBDs aren't prohibitively expensive. The second is that tests aren't 100%; a false negative is always a possibility. The third is that there are sentiments to the effect there may be one or more TBDs that don't show up on PCR because they haven't been pinned down yet.
Similarly, while IDEXX and Antech are the big names in veterinary testing- both have stock tickers, they're so large- they're not on the "bleeding edge" of tickborne diseases. For that, there's ProtaTek (right here in Chandler, AZ, in fact), and NCSU... I think I'm forgetting someone in there. Your vet will probably be using IDEXX, and while there's nothing wrong with that, the company isn't in the TBD business. So- a positive TBD test from IDEXX would be useful, but a negative test may be viewed with some skepticism in the face of creepy, obscure symptoms of unknown origin. From this, a negative test with no other obvious cause of symptoms and no improvement may be a good reason to start treatment.
Make sense? Or did I just make things worse?
Where did Bob Bob come from, and race? Some areas are tick hotspots.
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A photo (X-ray, anyway) essay of 16 strange things dogs have eaten- all with successful outcomes.
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But what is SIBO?
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. The gut of carnivores is necrotic, versus fermentative (in vegetarians). Feed a carnivore too much vegetable matter for too long, and bacterial growth is the result. Sufficient bacterial growth can cause things to go seriously out of whack, and make it difficult to re-establish a healthy flora.
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We're still waiting for the re-emergence of the wrapper off the block of cheese that Tito ate, wrapper and all. Feh.
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Provided they're not scars- usually from when they're pups on the farm, I gather- the fur grows back very nicely.
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Hey, come to think of it- once everything is in the clear, any chance you can let us take a gander at the images? I'd be interested in seeing what the chest films look like.
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Wow. That's going to get written up in a journal somewhere.
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You first noticed the blood some time after you let them back in, yes? Is the blood on the sofa and the hound the really thick blood characteristic of greyhounds? Or is there a chance it's from some other species, like a rabbit or a bird from the yard?
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The placement person for my first grey, had his grey almost die because the dog ate some grass sprayed with Roundup.
You sure about this? They've done feeding trials with dogs at 500 mg/kg/day for a year with no observable effects; that works out to 15 grams- half an ounce of the undiluted stuff, every day. The amount required for acute toxicity is huge. How did they know it was glyphosate?
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You know, the whole "face muscles" thing rings a bell with me, I don't know why- there was someone who asked about it on the greyhound list a year or two ago, and I forget what the reply was. But are the muscles of the head atrophying? If that's the case, it's some specific disorder, the name of which eludes me. I think it's serious, but treatable. Maybe Batmom or someone else will remember what I'm referring to.
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we are back from the vet. she said it does look like epilepsy. hero is 3. we talked about medications and the possible side effects. she said to be concerned if he seizes within the next 24 hrs, or within a month, or if they go longer than 5 minutes because of the possibility of low blood oxygen because he isnt breathing right. how i am supposed to get a seizing dog out of the house and into my vehicle is beyond me. if that happens, im supposed to bring him to the emergency room so they can give him a shot to stop the seizing. could that possibly be the liquid valium? my girlfriends daughter is a nurse, and im sure she could administer it. right in the rectum? not in the tissue...just squirt it in there?
I've only ever seen status epilepticus once- and that was in a human. He just rolled out of one seizure, and into another. There was a short period between seizures that you could get work done on him; otherwise, it was an effort to keep him from smashing his head into the backboard, etc. On the way to the hospital, medic command asked if we had any vitals- this was after having to get the guy down two flights of stairs between seizures. I'll never forget the look Bill gave me as he radioed back that we simply weren't able to take any by that time. I don't remember how much they gave him at the hospital, but it was 5 mg of Valium every so often until he stopped- and it was a pretty big slug of drugs by that time.
The only intelligent thing I could add is to keep a muzzle on hand- not only to keep from getting bit, but to keep the teeth from being damaged by keeping things out of his mouth.
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YES to the above sentiments - we're now trying not to ruin the pills while we desperately search for something to hide it in!!
Xilo is not very food motivated.
We have hidden pills before in the raw food we feed; a long, fat chunk of beef heart is often swallowed whole. So, I cut off a piece about the size and shape of a hot dog, maybe 1-2" long. With a long, thin knife, I slit it from the end, making as deep a hole as possible. I then open it up, and stuff the pill in; it seals itself, and the pill is way the heck in there. With Flagyl, you would have to be very careful that the pill doesn't touch anything on the way in- they start to fall apart immediately with moisture, and the flavor would spread to the outside.
So, it'd be a matter of opening it up, using some sort of tool to spread it, then tweezers to stick it all the way back in there, and close it up. I mean, if he'll swallow it.
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Little note: I don't know if all Flagyl is uncoated, but the stuff tastes the same way a tire fire smells. I had to roll them in peanut butter and swallow the thing as one big gob to keep the taste out of my mouth. Absolutely horrible.
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Selenium and vitamin D. I'd have no clue what dose to use with either; human dose would be 100-200 mcg (MICROGRAMS, not milligrams) of the former, and 3,000 to 10,000 IU of the latter.
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Was it creatinine?
http://www.recycledracers.org/FAQ/greyhound-blood-values.html
http://www.animalmedicalcentreofmedina.com/library/Greyhound%20Labwork.pdf
If everything else is normal, slightly elevated creatinine is normal.
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Not to drag up an old thread unnecessarily, but I am building a doggie wheelchair for a tripod; she's getting a bit weak in the back end, and while checking out her background, I found out she's 2-1/2 years post-amp for osteo. The owner went with amputation (right rear, if it makes any difference), radiation, and chemo. She's over 10 now, more like 11-12, but I forget.
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Beau- holding steady at 64. His racing weight was 63. He looks greyt. The budesonide was the best thing we could have done. He is soooooooooooooooooooooooo back.
Well, now.
). If the dog is not on any heartworm meds yet I would give her Interceptor.
Dislocated Toe Correcting Itself?
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I know a very experienced greyhound person who has a girlie that occasionally dislocates a toe; the dog will bite it and pull it, reducing the dislocation on her own.