janewong
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Sep 1, 2004, 8:00 AM
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Dear all, Hi! I'm new here. I got a Shih Tzu (see the picture) and she's having skin problem. First of all, her name is Miffy and she is 3++ years old. I'm giving her Regal Lamb and Rice bites. Usually I'll mix some wet food (cesar) with the biscuit because she got a fussy eating habit. Besides, I'll give her some meat balls as rewards everyday. I usually keep her hair short as this is much easier to take care especially of the hot weather here. The problem started about a month ago while I was playing with her, I noticed her belly got some red spot looks like a pimple and also looks like some insects bites. I thought that maybe the weather is too hot for her because at that time, she should go for her hair cut again. The hair was quite alot (to me). About a week plus later, the spots were still there and this time, it looks greenish in color. I started to worry because of the puss-like spots. I brought her to the vet and the vet asked me why don't I bring Miffy to visit him earlier because the spots had stayed on the body for some time already, the only thing is i didn't noticed because of the long hair. The vet gave Miffy a jab and some medicines. He aslo asked me to changed the shampoo. The shampoo that i bought from the vet is Bexton Triseb. It is an antifungal and antidandruff medicated shampoo. When i brush her hair, something white color like dandruff came out from her skin. After I bathed her with the shampoo, and finished the medicine that the vet gave, her spots (pimples) disappeared. But I haven't cut her hair yet that time, that's why I can't see her skin directly as it is all covered up by her hair. I thought she had totally recovered, so I never bring her back to visit the vet. About a week later, my sister brought her to her new home. First, my sister said that she acted strangely at her new house. But we thought that it's normal because they never been to that place before. A week later, she started to adapt to the new environment. But the bad news is, my sister noticed that the spots appear again, and this time the pimples are much bigger than the last time and got green color in it. Yesterday, I shaved off her hair...then I was so shocked to see that the pimples are all over on her skin. I straight away bring her to the vet, and the vet said that this time is quite serious, and gave her another jab and some medicines again. I explained to the vet about my miffy new environment and told him about her diet too and asked the vet what is the caused of the skin problem, and he said that it's difficult to know what really causing the problem, but he said it might be the new environment because the dog haven't 100% recovered and changed to a new living environment, this will caused the dog some stress and will caused the skin to have problems again. I'm really worry about my Miffy now. I don't know what to do besides of giving her medicines and applying cream. Can anyone please let me know that what the vet said is correct or not based on the situation of my dog which I have wrote above? I need your advice and opinions. Please help. Hope that I will get some reply as soon as possible. Thank You. Jane Wong
(This post was edited by janewong on Sep 1, 2004, 8:06 AM)
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