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09-06-2006, 05:35 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: US
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| We May have found it!! After a long seven months of struggling with allergies and skin infections, we may have found at least one of the culprits... I think Trixie may be allergic to potato. Her last vet diet was R/C duck and potato, and despite the medication (antihistamines and steroids), she was extremely itchy and started to have welts like acne on her belly. So against vet advice of keeping her on the food for at least 3 months, I switched her to Natural Balance Fish and Sweet Potato (thanks VHESKETT!!!), it's been a few days and I have noticed the itchyness has dramatically decreased. I haven't seen her bite her paws AT ALL. I'm hoping her belly will clear up soon! Is anybody else's dog allergic to potatoes???
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09-06-2006, 06:28 PM | #2 |
Mimi & Gabby too! Donating Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Vineland, NJ
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| That is awesome!!!! |
09-06-2006, 06:31 PM | #3 |
Dogs Rule Cats Drool! Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tennessee
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| Thats great!! I hope you found it....Lexie & Peanut were ichy all summer but its seems to died down...
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09-06-2006, 06:37 PM | #4 |
Crazy about Kacee! Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas
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| I sure hope that's what it is!
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09-06-2006, 08:13 PM | #6 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: US
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| I feel a little bad because I might have given her an upset tummy because I didn't do the whole gradually getting her used to her new food. I just noticed all of the food we tried out in the past seven months that made her itchy had potato in it. So one day I gave her Natual Balance food without potato and she was fine. And the next day I gave her her regular vet diet food with potato and she was itching like crazy - biting her paws, rubbing her head on the floor, scratching her belly. So I decided to just give her the new food right away, better an upset tummy than itching constantly!!!! I'm keeping my fingers crossed this is it...
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