New Improvements

Ziggy is doing much better.  The previous episode only lasted about 24 hours and cleared right up.  His skin looks wonderful.  Hair is growing back.  The ears are producing a bit of crusty flakes but doesn't appear to be infection.  The eye is improving all the time.  I am using the cod liver oil at least once a day and it is really helping.  He is much more active and playing with toys.  He's like a puppy again.  I'm very happy with his progress.

Bleeding Foot and Wet Ears

This morning when I took Ziggy out for his walk, he was limping and so I tried to check his pads to see if there was anything stuck in them and then his foot suddenly started bleeding like crazy.  He was upset and wanted to get back in the stroller so I brought him back inside immediately.  I used a warm wash cloth to try and blot the area but this was obviously painful so then I just used the cloth to squish water onto the area so I could see what was going on.  I think it was just another "bleeder".  I gave him some traumeel in water to alleviate pain, wrapped the foot in a soft cloth and went to work.

At lunchtime, he was up and walking around so he was definitely feeling better.  The blood is still stained and clotted on his foot but I'm letting him lick his wounds and deal with it himself for now.  Maybe tomorrow he will be feeling better enough to let me clean it up.

I noticed this morning he also has wetness in the ears and cleaning them with a cotton ball shows yellow but I do not smell any infection.  I'm hoping this is just his body responding to the remedy and flushing out more junk.

The strange part is that this foot has never bled before.  This was the back right foot and previously it was always the front left foot. 

I'll post again in the next day or so.

A Setback This Week

Ziggy was looking and feeling really great last week.  This week is a bit different.  He's licking his feet a lot and this morning I noticed a new bleeding sore on his front left foot... which is the same place he got the previous cysts removed back in Virginia.

The eye isn't too bad but the ears are generating dry crusty stuff.  I clean the inner ear flaps each morning with a warm washcloth and soap.  And I've been using the Zymox cleaners here and there.

The skin around the neck, armpits and legs are still improving so that's good news.  Back left foot is having issues with sticky nail beds but I massaged it with coconut oil this morning so hopefully that will help.

I think that the feet seem to get worse when his hair is growing out.  I scheduled a grooming appt for this week but she had to cancel so I'm trying to get that rescheduled.

I'm giving the remedy dose weekly and hoping he will start improving again.  Everything else seems to be ok (eating, drinking, pooping).

Will post more this weekend.