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Originally Posted by Fantastic49  thank you so much!!!
i wish the smell was in her mouth, but it's her  ... i figure it's gotta have something to do with this old nasty food, but i'll have her off of that very soon!!! it's transition time, baby!!!  i think she'll be much better when i changer her food and deal with her skin condition....
now, she just went to the vet on friday, but i'm trying to figure out when i need to take her again. i don't want to put her in panic mode or anything and the one she went to said she's healthy and gave her waaaay to many vaccines  , but i want to find out (a) what i need to do about her skin condition, (b) whether she needs anything special done on her teeth and (c) about how old she is ... her foster mom told me the vet said she was between 2 and 3, but her vaccination form says 5+ years. so i just want to know for sure. i also need to see where she is with heartworm, etc. oh, there's just so much, but i'm glad to do it. 
what do you use for flea treatment?!? she came with the flea collar, so i didn't want to take it off until i had the alternative together. i know those aren't really safe for them.... |
I think you're better off with no flea treatment at this point. Those flea collars are nasty things! If they can burn a ring into a wooden dresser, imagine what they can do to your baby's neck!
Did your baby girl come with her health files? If not that is something you need to have in your hands to show your vet. Otherwise, some vaccine happy vets will do her vaccines all over since they can't verify she's up to date. Even if she just saw a vet before being placed with you, you need to take her in ASAP to have her checked out and to have all your questions answered. I know you don't want to stress your baby but the vet trip is for your own piece of mind. Kaji had 3 vet visits in a matter of a week and a half when he came home. His first was right before he was given to me, the breeder took him; his second 3 days from him coming home, and the third was on day 6 of him coming home for his neuter. I was able to ask the vet a zillion questions which really gave my mind a break. It was going a million miles a minute those first 2 weeks!