Rappie Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) I have seen demodex being discussed on the boards recently - I've also recently been treating a very special young dog that has it. (I also have permission from his new owner to post his gorgeous mug on the interweb ) This little dude turned up at our clinic in June, one of our clients found him under their house. He was a stray, no chip, skinny, full of worms, lacking a lot of hair, about 6-7 months old and weighing a touch under 11kg. After speaking to a few of the right people, we ended up with council approval to treat him while he waited out his time in our hospital and then find him a new home if no one spoke up for him. I did a skin scrape on him and found a raging demodex party in his skin - we describe an infection by how many mites we see on a single 'field' down the microscope. Normally when we catch demodex early, we see may 6-10 mites per field. This guy had 30-40 very alive mites per field. Literally creepy crawly.....this is a generalised case of demodex. So, here are some photos from the day after he arrived: Week 1 Week 1 - #2 We started him on a premium dry food, antibiotics, oral ivermectin, weekly Malaseb baths and liberal doses of TLC applied by all members of our staff (including our boss, who took a few days to realise we'd hidden a puppy in our isolation ward ;) ) And one week into treatment - at this point he was still leaving a trail of dead hair and scurf and scale behind wherever he walked. Week 2 And at 6 weeks into treatment (and now a lovely 15kg): (Scuse the willy in the next one - he's not perfect!) Week 6 Week 6 #2 Handsome and huggable no? He's since gone to a new home where he is very much loved. He had his first negative scrape today. Although he's got some other health issues we need to work through, he's given a whole veterinary hospital a serious case of the warm and fuzzies. He turned up on our doorstep and we've done what we can to help him. The council paid for his initial diagnosis and treatment which covered his first week in hospital, the rest has been done with love by myself and a dedicated team of nurses with the aid of a few soft hearted people in the council team. He's now got a great home with a lovely family (and the best bit is that we still get visits ;) ) Edited August 10, 2009 by Rappie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Links aren't working for me Rappie. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Oh no pics working.... lovely story though! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shmoo Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 reminds me of Ruby I bet he had no idea how good life can be until now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Pics working now - and what an improvement. Great story Rappie. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappie Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 reminds me of RubyI bet he had no idea how good life can be until now! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Those people that work at that clinic are suckers for mangey pups, obviously. ;) ;) I mean, not that I would know anything about it.... *runs and hides* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ari.g Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Wow great job. Congrats to you all. What a handsome huggable boy ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shmoo Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 LOL is it the same clinic Rappie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappie Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 LOL is it the same clinic Rappie? I don't know what you're talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shmoo Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 LOL is it the same clinic Rappie? I don't know what you're talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowgirl Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Awww, that face! . What an amazing difference! Kudos to you for taking care of this special boy Just read the Ruby story too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 awwww great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 What an improvement. Such a handsome lad. Great job, Rappie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Anne~ Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) Welcome to the world of rescue Rappie Great job! You and the rest of the clinic staff are to be congratulated. Can I ask what course of treatment he was put on? Here's my best demodex story; Day 1: 6 weeks later: Edited August 10, 2009 by PugRescueSydney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffi Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Rappie!!! Very impressive you too PRS I love threads like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTD Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Awsome job. what a gorgeous looking boy Also to you PRS well done Had a little chuckle at the "hiding him from the boss" comment. Remembering how we used to do this and spend all our time keeping boss vet out of certain rooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappie Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Welcome to the world of rescue Rappie :rolleyes:Great job! You and the rest of the clinic staff are to be congratulated. Can I ask what course of treatment he was put on? Here's my best demodex story; LOL, thanks PRS He was put on daily oral ivermectin, 3 weeks of cephalexin (antibiotics) and weekly malaseb washes. Apart from that, he got Royal Canin Medium junior, some intestinal wormers and TLC. Once his skin was improving we desexed and vaccinated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Well done Rappie and Co!!!! Demodex can be a real bugger can't it! Great to see such a handsome young lad end up where he deserves! My boss once went to lunch and we had 3 dumped kittens in need of homes. He came back and I told him we had rehomed one of the kittens. Great, he asked how many to go? My reply 8. He was like what! Oh i had a box of kittens brought in that had been seen, being dumped in an industrial area in a plastic bag under some trees. He just shook his head and said it wasn't even safe to go to lunch! Even funnier he took two home which many years down the track, he still has. Even the boss can be a softy sometimes :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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