He had bloodwork done in may and his liver was fine. The blood work done a couple of weeks ago at the e-vet just showed one liver enzyme slightly elevated which they thought was from dehydration. So I'm hoping liver is not the problem yet. I should hear back from the vet about the results tomorrow. Luckily we found the mucocele while it was still only a partial blockage... I sure hope the ursadiol and low fat diet will take care of it...
Thyroid questions: Senior Sheltie w/ multiple health issues
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Bloodwork came back today!
In happy news, *everything* that was previously abnormal is now normal. Liver is fine, triglycerides are fine, etc. No problems there. Pancreas is fine.
His total T4 was 1.2.
His cTSH was 0.10
Vet said while the T4 was on the low end of normal, since his cTSH was low-normal, that meant he was fine.
His skin is still driving him slightly crazy. He's pretty itchy. Cushings is probably unlikely and I don't think I'm going to pursue that diagnosis since I don't think I'd even want to treat it. I'm thinking of taking him to a dermatologist to see what they think about his thyroid. What do you think?
In the meantime, I'm giving him claritin every day, will continue to bathe him once or twice a week and consider having all the carpets cleaned since I feel like the skin problems started shortly after we moved to this new apartment. Maybe there's something on the carpet he is allergic to?
In happy news, *everything* that was previously abnormal is now normal. Liver is fine, triglycerides are fine, etc. No problems there. Pancreas is fine.
His total T4 was 1.2.
His cTSH was 0.10
Vet said while the T4 was on the low end of normal, since his cTSH was low-normal, that meant he was fine.
His skin is still driving him slightly crazy. He's pretty itchy. Cushings is probably unlikely and I don't think I'm going to pursue that diagnosis since I don't think I'd even want to treat it. I'm thinking of taking him to a dermatologist to see what they think about his thyroid. What do you think?
In the meantime, I'm giving him claritin every day, will continue to bathe him once or twice a week and consider having all the carpets cleaned since I feel like the skin problems started shortly after we moved to this new apartment. Maybe there's something on the carpet he is allergic to?
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I can't comment on his blood counts. US does it different than Canada.
The rat tail though is a definite sign of hypothyroid.
You don't need a dermatologist.
Whatever you are bathing him in stop right now! No scents. Especially if it has oatmeal in it. Dogs with seborreah have a fungus infection built in. Oatmeal only makes it worse. Go you to your local pharmacy and go to the dandruff section and pick up a bottle of Nizoral. It truly is your best friend. Water it down and bath your pup two times per week until the skin funk clears up. If it doesn't clear up then ask your vet for a dose of antibiotics (in reality I would do it in tandem) Bacca lost all off his undercoat and some of his guard hair until we went through the regime of baths and antibiotics. Now he almost has his coat back.
Staying on top of Bacca's meds is also important And in his case also a lower protrein for the liver.
The rat tail though is a definite sign of hypothyroid.
You don't need a dermatologist.
Whatever you are bathing him in stop right now! No scents. Especially if it has oatmeal in it. Dogs with seborreah have a fungus infection built in. Oatmeal only makes it worse. Go you to your local pharmacy and go to the dandruff section and pick up a bottle of Nizoral. It truly is your best friend. Water it down and bath your pup two times per week until the skin funk clears up. If it doesn't clear up then ask your vet for a dose of antibiotics (in reality I would do it in tandem) Bacca lost all off his undercoat and some of his guard hair until we went through the regime of baths and antibiotics. Now he almost has his coat back.
Staying on top of Bacca's meds is also important And in his case also a lower protrein for the liver.