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Originally Posted by Bella7808  I was just wondering since I noticed Bella licking her paws a lot before on and off. When I caught her I always said to her no licking your paws and she would stop. Then some times hide under her blanket and I see movement, haha. She really knows that it's wrong, so cute. I thought it was food related. Right now I'm in slow transition in changing her foods, so I don't see her licking her paws. At what point do you decide to try Cytopoint? When her paws are sore red and itchy? I don't see that now. Anyways, do you just make an appointment to see the vet and say I wish to have the Cytopoint injection and let him/her decide? I'm just wondering for future issues. Thank you for sharing. |
Never wait until paws are red or sore. Licking paws can be a sign of allergies and should be discussed with your vet.
In the case of Cody, I was feeding him Wellness Core grain free kibble, then articles started popping up about
grain-free food might be giving dogs a life-threatening heart problem due to
legumes, like lentils and peas being in the list of the first 10 ingredients in grain free kibble. I discussed this with my vet who told me to get him off grain free kibble and feed regular kibble.
Cody was constantly scratching under his nose area, got to the point where it was red and losing hair. Apoquel was fairly new and hard to get because it was being sold so fast, thankfully my vet had a good supply. He was on Apoquel for several months when Cytopoint came out and he was switched to that.
When I transitioned him to regular kibble the scratching stopped and all allergy meds stopped, but allergy does flair up in Spring due to pollen, so he will get one Cytopoint shot with a 3 day supply of Apoquel until the Cytopoint shot is fully in his system.