Houndtime Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I just saw this now. I hope they can find out what is causing her discomfort, so she can feel better, and then so will you. Quote Irene Ullmann w/Flying Odin and Mama Mia in Lower Delaware Angels Brandy, John E, American Idol, Paul, Fuzzy and Shine Handcrafted Greyhound and Custom Clocks http://www.houndtime.com Zoom Doggies-Racing Coats for Racing Greyhounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFullHouse Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Poor girl. Hope you find out what it is soon. Quote Judy, mom to Darth Vader, Bandita, And Angel Forever in our hearts, DeeYoGee, Dani, Emmy, Andy, Heart, Saint, Valentino, Arrow, Gee, Bebe, Jilly Bean, Bullitt, Pistol, Junior, Sammie, Joey, Gizmo, Do Bee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamsmom Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 She is doing well today. Her attitude has been a little bit perkier. The "goo" is subsiding and now we are just getting the dried blood out. Deep down it was bleeding and now when I clean her ear it's just the dried stuff coming out. She is still wobbly but yet still very waggy and happy when I get home. Thanks everyone for hanging with us and for all the good thoughts. Quote ~Beth, with a crazy mixed crew of misfits.~ Forever and Always missing and loving Steak, Carmen, Ivy, Isis, and Madi.Don't cry because it's ended, Smile because it happened.Before you judge me, try to keep an open mind, not everyone likes your taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoomDoggy Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 So happy to hear she's a little better today! Quote ~Aimee, with Flower, Alan, Queenie, & Spodee Odee! And forever in my heart: Tipper, Sissy, Chancy, Marla, Dazzle, Alimony, and Boo. This list is too damned long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burpdog Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Poor girl. In addition to grain free, try something besides chicken. Quote Diane & The Senior Gang Burpdog Biscuits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamsmom Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 Is that something that happens? She has been on the kirkland chicken for the last 4 years. About a year ago we started mixing half and half of the natures domain and then just recently doing more ND than the Kirkland? It seems odd to me that an allergy would just pop up and especially after we upped the grain free. Quote ~Beth, with a crazy mixed crew of misfits.~ Forever and Always missing and loving Steak, Carmen, Ivy, Isis, and Madi.Don't cry because it's ended, Smile because it happened.Before you judge me, try to keep an open mind, not everyone likes your taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFullHouse Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Beth, animals like humans can develop allergies at any point in their lives. For instance, you could eat peanuts for 25 years and then one day have a bad reaction. It's the nature of the beast because it involves the immune system. Allergies are a bodies reaction to something that normal bodies show no reaction to but in a person with allergies, the immune system see's it as something bad. I didn't develop allergies until I was 25 years old and then suddenly I was allergic to so many things and it led to asthma. We had Gee on lamb and rice, she became allergic. We switched her to chicken and she was fine for a while and then reacted to that. We switched her to Taste Of The Wild duck and she's doing well. You wouldn't think she would because of the chicken but she's doing very well, so far. Quote Judy, mom to Darth Vader, Bandita, And Angel Forever in our hearts, DeeYoGee, Dani, Emmy, Andy, Heart, Saint, Valentino, Arrow, Gee, Bebe, Jilly Bean, Bullitt, Pistol, Junior, Sammie, Joey, Gizmo, Do Bee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vahoundlover Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Glad to see she's having a better day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adrianne Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Very happy to hear she's having a better day today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeh2o Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Oh no, this is the first I've seen this. Poor Isis and how scary. It couldn't be something like a foxtail that is down there deep? My beloved lab started shaking her head one day and her one ear swelled up. I took her to the vet, they had to sedate her and found a foxtail in her ear. That in itself isn't odd, but when the vet showed it to me it was black as coal and oily looking. He told me it had been in her ear for at least a year and for whatever reason just started to bother her. Sending healing thoughts to your sweet girl. Quote Sunsands Doodles: Doodles aka Claire, Bella Run Softly: Softy aka Bowie (the Diamond Dog) Missing my beautiful boy Sunsands Carl 2.25.2003 - 4.1.2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamaha_gurl Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Is Isis back to 100%? Did the vet figure out what it was? Quote Greyhound Collars : www.collartown.ca Maggie (the human servant), with Miss Bella, racing name "A Star Blackieto" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiRayMom Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Just a FWIW: I work at a vet clinic, & we have a golden as a patient that has been fighting a major ear problem. For months. Head shaking, lethargy, just feeling really yucky. Has been on various ear meds (drops); clears up for a while, then back with a vengence. We finally put her under general anesthesia & did a major ear flush. The vet said that the infection was so deep in behind her ear drums that no drops would ever get there & that her ear drums looked "ravaged." He put her on Ketoconazole for 3 weeks, thinking that if drops can't get in that deep, then go at it from the inside. I read that Isis has been on AB's, so hoping she's feeling better. Quote Blessed is the person who has earned the love of an old dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamsmom Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 I'm so sorry that I haven't updated in a while Isis still walks wobbly but it isn't affecting much and has become normal to us now. She still shakes her head a little but not forcefully. The vet still is stumped and offered for us to see a specialist. At this moment tho it isn't hurting her like it was early on. She is playing and being herself except for the wobbly walk. If things change again we will follow up with another vet and get another opinion. The drops seem to have helped "clean out" the ear as we haven't had black goo for a while but the vet still sees the lesions on the inside. He believes that the goo may have moreso been dried blood from the lesions. So we are going with the theory that the lesions got too dry and bled, thus drying and that was what made her shake her head and made it come out. She shakes her head only occasionally now but it is more like a small itch and not a painful thing like before. Thank you all for the suggestions and good thoughts for my girl I appreciate it. Quote ~Beth, with a crazy mixed crew of misfits.~ Forever and Always missing and loving Steak, Carmen, Ivy, Isis, and Madi.Don't cry because it's ended, Smile because it happened.Before you judge me, try to keep an open mind, not everyone likes your taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LindsaySF Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I'm glad that she seems a little better. Has the vet mentioned putting Isis under to try to clean down deep? If the infection was that severe it's probably a chronic thing, and there is likely infection deep down where you can't reach with typical cleaning methods. It will be painful to clean too, so being asleep helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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