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Another Trip to the Vet

Roy’s doing quite well, though he’s pretty sleepy. He had two baby teeth removed. He also had a skin scraping done. He has a tiny bald spot on his head that we previously asked the vet about, but they didn’t seem worried. They checked it out today since the spot is still bald. Turns out Roy has a very mild case of demodectic mange, which is thankfully not contagious. We have to put some cream on this spot every day and go back for a re-check in 3-4 weeks.

Sleepy Roy
Here’s a shot of Roy from just before he passed out for the night.

Rainy Roy
This photo is from yesterday. We were going to go to the dog park, but it started raining out on the way. Instead we waited for Dave to get off work. Roy was mad I wouldn’t roll down the window, since he likes to stick his head out the window. I thought it was a nice shot of him with the rainy window.

Tomorrow is going to be a fun day. If Roy’s feeling up to it (and I’m sure he will) we are going to the Pug Meetup and then to Pugtacular 2004. Then maybe on Sunday if we haven’t had too much pug fun, we will go to Pug Sunday in San Francisco.

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One Response to “Another Trip to the Vet”

  1. John Cummings Says:
    January 6th, 2005 at 8:13 pm

    Can you tell me the name of the cream you are using on your pug? here is my problem:

    Hello,

    I live in the Philippines and one of my pugs, a 2 year old male has demodectic mange. The vets here tried treating him with a wash of Amitraz, but he had a severe reaction to it within an hour. He had a staggered gate, acted dizzy, wouldn’t sit down, and then he vomited. I finally washed the dip off of him with a mild shampoo and he recovered within 30 minutes.

    We went back to the vet and they then said they would treat him with a shot of Ivermectin every 10 days. It has been about 5 days since his last shot and he is scratching very aggressively again. Reading Pug sites on the internet we have tried rubbing him with lemon and that has cleared up the red skin, but I’m sure it isn’t killing the mites, just providing some temporary itch relief.

    The vets here are marginal at best and I’ve checked with people in surrounding towns and they all use one of the two vets I have taken him to.

    I have the ability to get some meds from other Asian countries and even the USA. Is there anything you can recommend we can do to treat him more effectively?

    Thanks in advance for your assistance.

    John Cummings
    Retired USAF EXPAT in Asia.

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