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Originally Posted by alisonJ  Mike,
If it is the foxtail that is making Eddie sneeze, I don't understand how antibiotics would help. Maybe the vet prescribed antibiotics in case the sneezing is caused by something else????
I watched the video, and except for the sneezing, Eddie looks GREAT. In fact, it doesn't look like you are holding back on the kibble, if you know what I mean. Maybe he's just getting a little fluffy 
Your summers sure are short. Leaves falling from the trees already. |
First of all, Eddie's not fat. He's big boned! LOL, actually, and I'm being honest here, he's in pretty good shape. He was 11 1/2 pounds at the end of winter, admittedly a porker, but he's down to 10.3 now. I've been so worried about it that I weigh him every week. But everybody is telling me he's fat. It's just because he's so fluffy. I never let his hair get this long. I'm searching for a new groomer after a bad experience at Petco!
As for the rest, ugh. With the exception of when I insisted on the scoping, the vets have been treating him as if there's nothing in there other than an irritation or allegy. They're doing that because searching for something tiny in a Yorkie nose is almost impossible, so that's their only option. They're forced to presume there's nothing in there and treating what else it could be.
I honestly hope they're right, and there's a chance they're right. The most plausible explanation I've heard from them is that something went up there and poked him, causing an irritation. He's sneezing because he thinks the irritation is an object.
The problem is, now I'm sort of stuck having to wait and try the vets' approach. Scoping him most certainly caused some irritation in the nasal passage, and anyone going in with another scope right away wouldn't be able to tell what was caused by the previous scoping and what was caused by any foreign object. So as I'm waiting for it to heal from the scoping, I might as well hope the meds work.
He's had a few small sneezes this morning but nothing violent. I hope that's good news.