Lib_n_bunny
Wise Old Thumper
Well Beau has just finished his 7 days of metacam (alongside 5 days baytril) and his back is looking no better. He's not chewing it as much, and there's still no broken skin, but the bald patch is getting bigger and bigger.
When we took him to the vets the last time, the vet suspected maybe mites, and said it couldn't hurt to treat him for them even if he didn't have them. When she parted the fur you could see a sort of dandruffy sort of a thing, a bit like someone had got a bit of porridge on him! The skin itself in the bald bits is blotchy, kind of like what septicaemia looks like (I know that's not what it is, just trying to accurately describe it). Although he's chewing that patch less, his ears and feet also seem to be bothering him.
Does this sound like mites? If that was the case, would we not have expected it to improve a bit since the treatment on Tuesday? If not, what else could it be?
We still have some metacam left, should we keep giving him it?
Thanks!!
When we took him to the vets the last time, the vet suspected maybe mites, and said it couldn't hurt to treat him for them even if he didn't have them. When she parted the fur you could see a sort of dandruffy sort of a thing, a bit like someone had got a bit of porridge on him! The skin itself in the bald bits is blotchy, kind of like what septicaemia looks like (I know that's not what it is, just trying to accurately describe it). Although he's chewing that patch less, his ears and feet also seem to be bothering him.
Does this sound like mites? If that was the case, would we not have expected it to improve a bit since the treatment on Tuesday? If not, what else could it be?
We still have some metacam left, should we keep giving him it?
Thanks!!
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