Dog_Horse_Girl Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Ruby has had a rough time lately. She's currently part-way through an elimination diet due to severe allergic response. The worst reactions she had were hives and vomiting. She's been on fish and sweet potato and only those two foods for three weeks so we're half-way there. Her skin is nowhere near as red as before but she's still itchy, scratching and biting herself. So limiting her food is helping. Her mange - we'll do another scrape in three week's time to see if there are still active mites. Hair loss seems to have slowed but she's patchy on her head and mid-section. She's been having the injections for about five/six weeks now. Limp - vet has diagnosed ruptured cruciate ligament but no surgery until the other problems have resolved themselves or at least diminished significantly. The elimination diet is no fun for her but she's now stopped losing weight...she's gone from over 15 kgs to 13.1 today which is steady from last week. I hope she continues to improve...she deserves a break. Every week the vet nurses love to see her - she 'talks' to them in ways only a dog with staffy heritage can. Even other patients' families are fond of her...she cons them into at least patting her every visit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Big hugs for Ruby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooper Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Poor Ruby has been in the wars! Fingers crossed the next mange scrapes come back clear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog_Horse_Girl Posted May 23, 2009 Author Share Posted May 23, 2009 Poor Ruby has been in the wars!Fingers crossed the next mange scrapes come back clear Yep, I've got everything crossed that the injections are working. How's the Boofer Boy, Moops? Haven't seen you posting much lately...but I'm not on much myself ATM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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