OT: QI has a problem....

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- Kate in MI
  
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13 years ago

Fri, Mar 11, 2011 3:12 PM

My older QI -- Samson (a 5 year old yellow lab) has a lick granuloma on his left foreleg. Everything I am reading talks about how difficult it is to treat them -- as they might be psychological more so than "medically caused".

Does anyone have any experience? As for causes -- we introduced a 2nd pet -- 2 years ago -- and this is a new problem so I'm thinking it probably isn't because of Jazz. Nothing else has really changed. I keep my floor littered with a variety of toys and rawhide chews.

Right now it's about the size of a quarter -- and I don't want it to get bigger so any suggestions would be helpful.

Thanks

Kate in MI

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13 years ago

Fri, Mar 11, 2011 3:37 PM

Kate, probably the quickest remedy would be to get a cone for Samson's head. That will at least keep him from licking the wound. Once it's completely healed he may never go back to it. You can try neosporin to treat and then cover it for faster healing. Could have just been a minor boo boo that he's licked into a larger one. The cones can be picked up from Petsmart more reasonably that at your vet's office. If there's more of an underlying reason it might be difficult to figure it out. Sometimes I really wish they could speak in human language!

Good luck.

Kim in NJ

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13 years ago

Fri, Mar 11, 2011 10:48 PM

We went through this with one of our cats. Prednisone did not work. It get infected from licking it, so he was on antibiotics. During this time he developed acute pancreatitis----caused maybe from either of the meds. He was in ICU for 6 days, tube fed then and then tube fed for 2 weeks after discharge. We were told that granuloma is often caused by a food allergy. Since all 3 ate the same thing it would have been hard to change foods. However, since hospitalization, he will eat only canned food (which the other 2 won't eat), and the spot has cleared completely. I don't know if a change of food would work for Samson, but it might be worth a try. The vet at the hospital also a flea bite will cause granuloma. Gen

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13 years ago

Sun, Mar 13, 2011 6:23 AM

"Gen" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:ile8s8$73s$ snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org...

Ah yes, flea bit allergy - that was what sprung to my mind immediately. Sometimes the little pests get resistant to one type of ward-off and it might be useful to change the brand or even the substance entirely. Or it might be a recently developed food allergy, as Gen said. Anyway, I hope Samson will be better soon, and a cone will help him a lot, I'm sure.

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