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momofreese · 01-18-2012, 02:34 PM

Thanks so much. HE looks much better. Reese is at the beginning of hair loss. I almost feel that if I took pictures of her back for the site, people would agree with my husband that I am nuts, but my daughters (18, 22 and 26) do agree with me and see a change. It is just on her back. We started noticing red skin coming through and then it "balding" in small spots on her back, now it seems to be a line on her torso. A little by her eyelids and a little on the back of her head. Again, I don't think that anyone would really notice unless they have lived with reese. Her coat is definitely thinning and much dryer than it used to be. Now she appears to be perfectly normal. She is not drinking excessively, not urinating more than normal, and her appetite is CRAZY big as always. I am mixing the ziwipeak and natural balance reduced formala but now worried that I should leave her on ziwipeak until her next urine text, two weeks from now. I did, like I said, cut out all vegetables. The only thing I am still giving her is a little low salt turkey and a few cherios..

Any comments would be helpful. Thanks again. Just not sure if I should change her food now and totally confused about all of it. She still licks her front paws as she has for the past 9 years but thankfully isn't losing hair there.

01-18-2012, 02:34 PM	#30
momofreese Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hewlett, New York Posts: 129	Thanks so much. HE looks much better. Reese is at the beginning of hair loss. I almost feel that if I took pictures of her back for the site, people would agree with my husband that I am nuts, but my daughters (18, 22 and 26) do agree with me and see a change. It is just on her back. We started noticing red skin coming through and then it "balding" in small spots on her back, now it seems to be a line on her torso. A little by her eyelids and a little on the back of her head. Again, I don't think that anyone would really notice unless they have lived with reese. Her coat is definitely thinning and much dryer than it used to be. Now she appears to be perfectly normal. She is not drinking excessively, not urinating more than normal, and her appetite is CRAZY big as always. I am mixing the ziwipeak and natural balance reduced formala but now worried that I should leave her on ziwipeak until her next urine text, two weeks from now. I did, like I said, cut out all vegetables. The only thing I am still giving her is a little low salt turkey and a few cherios.. Any comments would be helpful. Thanks again. Just not sure if I should change her food now and totally confused about all of it. She still licks her front paws as she has for the past 9 years but thankfully isn't losing hair there.