Another update:
How did I not know that scabies in dogs is MANGE?!?! Why did my vet mislead me or talk over my head, as the case may be? Am I the only one this has happened to? I can't help but be furious over this...did he think that I would love them less if he used the horrid MANGE word?
*Rant over*
Anyway, this is a new vet that I had never used before and I am waiting on a call from another vet that I have used and that I trust...Vet #1 wants me to bring Chloe & Nitro back every other day for 4 treatments (dipping) to rid them of the mange (scabies, in his words) but not to start until their kennel cough was better. I asked if it was something I could do and he said a resounding NO!! (Each dip is $28 per pup = $56 per visit, every other day x 4 = $224 so I imagine it's not something he wants me to deal with at home.)
I want to know from Vet #2 if this is what he wants me to do (had to use Vet #1 since Vet #2 was on vacation) or if he would recommend using Ivomec, as I have done for rescue pups in the past. (<$20 for a years worth of treatment for worming/heartworm AND treatment of the mange.)
They are both feeling much better but we have got to start treating this mange immediately. Wish us luck!
Peace & Love,
~Barb~ |