Comments on: Ask a Vet: Allergies in Dogs http://blog.halopets.com/2008/09/23/allergies-in-dogs/ The gold standard in natural pet care Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:46:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jennifer http://blog.halopets.com/2008/09/23/allergies-in-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-2083 Jennifer Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:30:28 +0000 http://blog.halopets.com/2008/09/23/allergies-in-dogs/#comment-2083 Good allergy info. My 6yr old cat Emma has been scratching her head behind the ears, on her neck quite often, she also has been shaking her head. When i pet her on the head/ears she shakes her head or moves away. I took her to the vet (Banfield) for a check up, stated my concerns which lasted no more than 15 min (didnt think very thorough), nor informative - took her into back area and was back 5 minutes or less). I was merely given a sheet/checklist and eyes, ears, weight, etc was checked as good. Any ideas as to the causes, could it be ear mites, etc? Also how can this be treated, etc. Good allergy info.
My 6yr old cat Emma has been scratching her head behind the ears, on her neck quite often, she also has been shaking her head. When i pet her on the head/ears she shakes her head or moves away. I took her to the vet (Banfield) for a check up, stated my concerns which lasted no more than 15 min (didnt think very thorough), nor informative – took her into back area and was back 5 minutes or less). I was merely given a sheet/checklist and eyes, ears, weight, etc was checked as good. Any ideas as to the causes, could it be ear mites, etc? Also how can this be treated, etc.

]]> By: Kimber http://blog.halopets.com/2008/09/23/allergies-in-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-1961 Kimber Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:32:24 +0000 http://blog.halopets.com/2008/09/23/allergies-in-dogs/#comment-1961 When we moved from Atlanta to Savannah in 2007, our blue heeler mix became horribly stuffy, his life nostril caked over, and he was constantly sneezing. We took him to the vet (turns out to have been the wrong one), where she decided to do a biopsy instead of allergy tests. She clipped a vein, and the day he came home he sneezed and almost bled to death that night. After two weeks of nosebleeds, and one more near death experience, his nose finally clotted. He was still stuffy all summer, but we thought he was out of the clear. This past Spring he got all stuffy again (nose blocked) and his nose started bleeding again! Just like last time it was a faucet of blood. Last year his rbc was 14, when he took him to the er this year it was 17. Another transfusion, but this time I had to keep his nose clear, put Lil' Noses spray in is nose twice a day, saline solution to keep it moist (ever pick dog boogers? YUCK!) and feed him Zyrtec and prednisone. Allergy season is finally over, sorta, and we dread next Spring. We really don't want him to suffer another Spring of almost bleeding to death (not to mention the 2,000 price tag). He's miserable all summer just sneezing and all snotty. We did allergy tests with the vet, but nothing jumped at them. The only thing I can think of that was different from Atlanta and Savannah were pine trees. We didn't have them up there (but we did have oak, maple, etc). Suggestions on how to keep the bloody faucet and near death experience from not happening this Spring would be great. Thanks! When we moved from Atlanta to Savannah in 2007, our blue heeler mix became horribly stuffy, his life nostril caked over, and he was constantly sneezing. We took him to the vet (turns out to have been the wrong one), where she decided to do a biopsy instead of allergy tests. She clipped a vein, and the day he came home he sneezed and almost bled to death that night. After two weeks of nosebleeds, and one more near death experience, his nose finally clotted. He was still stuffy all summer, but we thought he was out of the clear.

This past Spring he got all stuffy again (nose blocked) and his nose started bleeding again! Just like last time it was a faucet of blood. Last year his rbc was 14, when he took him to the er this year it was 17. Another transfusion, but this time I had to keep his nose clear, put Lil’ Noses spray in is nose twice a day, saline solution to keep it moist (ever pick dog boogers? YUCK!) and feed him Zyrtec and prednisone. Allergy season is finally over, sorta, and we dread next Spring.

We really don’t want him to suffer another Spring of almost bleeding to death (not to mention the 2,000 price tag). He’s miserable all summer just sneezing and all snotty. We did allergy tests with the vet, but nothing jumped at them. The only thing I can think of that was different from Atlanta and Savannah were pine trees. We didn’t have them up there (but we did have oak, maple, etc).

Suggestions on how to keep the bloody faucet and near death experience from not happening this Spring would be great. Thanks!

]]> By: stacy http://blog.halopets.com/2008/09/23/allergies-in-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-1956 stacy Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:46:12 +0000 http://blog.halopets.com/2008/09/23/allergies-in-dogs/#comment-1956 Very Helpful. Very Helpful.

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