Wednesday, 18 April 2012

My poor balding Dock

My vet was away for 2 weeks, so I chatted with her yesterday to bring her up to speed and see if she recommends I increase Docks medication.  I told her about the thinning hair, the balding patches, how Dock follows me all over, the obsession about the dishes, how she just sits and stares into space sometimes.  I also mentioned that she has peed in the room I feed her in.  The vet believes she has a type of self induced Cushings disease due to the high dose of prednisone she is on.  She is apprehensive about increasing her meds at this time, as the behaviours she is exhibiting are quite manageable, and increasing her meds will cause further issues if there is a Cushings disease going on.  We will hold off on increasing the meds until the behaviour dictates we do, or until she starts having more tremors or seizures.

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