awfarmington
Active Member
We have a 3 yo female EM, got her when she was 8 weeks after researching MANY breeders. Currently she has serious skin issues, allergies, hard time keeping weight on, and extreme thirst. Vet said skin has yeast and bacteria. Ruled out diabetes, cushings. White blood cells are high and indicate allergies. BUT, why the weight loss and extreme thirst? Getting her to eat is a fulltime job, because she only has a good appetite for food she cant resist. I add raw beef, bits of hot dogs and other tidbits she likes, in her corn free dog food to get her to eat. Also add peanut butter, olive oil, fish caplets, bacon grease, tuna in oil, etc to make it tasty and add calories. She eats between 3 and 4 pounds of food (half meat) a day, sometimes more. She is a small EM (114 pounds) would prolly be 130 if she wasn't skinny. Sadie scratches and chews non stop, been giving her benadryl to help lesson it. We have changed her diet, to no avail. She is such a sweet girl, we are just at a loss
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Forgot to add...She has hard black large pimple type things on her back and side. Her skin is turning blackish, nipples thickened and dark, elbows and 'ankles' very thick, black and calloused/scaly.
---------- Post added at 09:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:09 PM ----------
Forgot to add...She has hard black large pimple type things on her back and side. Her skin is turning blackish, nipples thickened and dark, elbows and 'ankles' very thick, black and calloused/scaly.