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07-31-2014, 11:32 AM | #16 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Urbana, IL USA
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| I'm glad she's doing better! |
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07-31-2014, 12:34 PM | #17 |
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| I'm glad she's doing better! I'm so glad you didn't return her. |
07-31-2014, 01:29 PM | #18 |
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| That's quite a difference, you are doing a great job with her care.
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07-31-2014, 01:43 PM | #19 | |
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07-31-2014, 01:44 PM | #20 |
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| Oh, just finished reading and see she is doing better. I should have read all before posting.
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07-31-2014, 01:47 PM | #21 |
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| I think I'm totally in love with your sweet girl!!! What a precious face and demeanor she seems to have from that picture! I'm so in love with her sweetness. I'm so sorry to hear she has these problems and sure hope you can get this darling girl some help soon.
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08-01-2014, 04:54 AM | #22 |
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| Wow, she looks great! So glad you kept her & are giving her the care she needs.
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08-28-2014, 11:12 AM | #23 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2014 Location: Trujillo Alto, PR, USA
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| It seems I celebrated a bit too soon. Mia got sick again and all her new hair fell off. The vet said she had a fungus and put her on a lime dip treatment that smelled horrible. When that didn't work, I took her to a different vet. Long story short: The first thing the New Vet said when he saw her was that she had CDA. The vet was very honest about how costly it will be to care for her infections the rest of her life, so we are now deciding whether we keep her or return her to her rescuer to find her a new home, as I am unemployed and I cannot afford to give her the care she needs. As it is, we have already paid for three vet visits in four months and she has a follow up appointment in two weeks. This is one of the saddest things I've had to go through because if I give her up, I will always worry about her and how she is being cared for. We have started her on Melatonin and we are hoping and praying that it will work for her. There is about a 50% chance. Wish us luck. Does anyone know if the Melatonin will help her with the infections or if it's only a cosmetic fix? At this point we don't really care about the hair, it is the infections we are worried about. |
08-28-2014, 12:40 PM | #24 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | I don't have experience dealing with this, or the efficacy of Melatonin. But I am kind of wondering if immune booster treatments might be the way to go. If her immune system is compromised it may respond to immune boosters. I will PM pstinard as he has done extensive research into CDA, and see what he has to say. Also we have another owner on here with CDA and she might have some suggestions for you. It is very hard to hear that you don't have the funds to help her. Is there something like Care Credit in Mexico? If you don't have the funds perhaps the best although a very painfull thing to do, is to return her to the rescue you got her from, in the hopes that they have the financial wherewithal to help her. I am so very sorry to hear that your gal is suffering again. ((hugs to you and her)))
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08-28-2014, 12:50 PM | #25 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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| When I saw her coloring I felt she had CDA. Im sorry if you dont have the funds to care for her properly there is no shame in returning her to the rescue. You will be able to supply the rescue with info about her condition and they will either find her someone to adopt her and give her the care she needs or they will foster her out and provide the care she needs
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08-29-2014, 02:42 PM | #26 | |
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Vet Blog : The Use Of Melatonin In Dogs, Dose Rate, Info, Side Effects. It doesn't specifically address CDA, but Melatonin is one of the drugs used to treat Cushing's Disease, which shares some of same symptoms as CDA. Maybe the vet is hoping that Melatonin will help with some of the underlying problems? I hope Mia recovers soon and that you don't have to give her back to the rescuer! | |
08-29-2014, 03:27 PM | #27 |
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| I had a foster pup with AlopeciaX and yes, melatonin does work. They say that if you stop giving it after the hair grows back, it will not work again. Before and after pics of Sunny D, my foster who was on it for his hair loss:
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