Tank's ear and a little patch on her belly are showing signs of what
seems to be an allergic reaction to something. It was all bumpy, crusty
and scabbed over. Ear mites and fleas were ruled out, but she's on
Revolution just to be sure. As a result of this, she has a secondary
infection. An anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal and anti-biotic ointment
was prescribed and needs to be applied twice daily for three weeks. My
girl was a trooper! She had to get her ear swabbed and her cells
micro-scoped. I'm surprised she didn't leave anyone bleeding and was
actually pretty calm about it all. Wait, except for that one time while I
was waiting in the examination room while they took her to another room
to swab her ears. All I heard was the most loud, angry and fierce
growling, howling and hissing. I got in "mom" mode thinking WTF are they doing to my baby!?!?! 10 minutes later, an assistant returns her to me saying how there was a dog. Poor thing, I hope Tank got him good! ...juuust kidding.
Animal violence is bad. Aside from that, her nose has been peeling. I
was told that this could be a sign of an upper respiratory infection.
Something about feline herpes (which are not contagious to humans) and
how almost all cats have it. Like how we get colds. Apparently it
usually comes up when an immune system is weak. Like, "Hey guys, her
immune system is wonky, lets have a herpes party!" Brutal! You know
what's even more brutal?
The bill. I should also mention how the vet suggested a biopsy on
Tank's skin and to do this, she'd have to be anesthetized and while
she's napping to extract a tooth (the gum part was inflamed a bit). I
don't know if the vet was taking me on for a ride or what, but I'm going
to get a second opinion before shelling out a couple grand and having
Tank put under. Oh and the Dr. also suggested maybe switching her food.
Which one? Made by who? Hill's (Science Diet) of course. Ew, no thanks.
First four ingredients on the package was: Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn
Gluten Meal, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Corn. I don't think so. Don't
even get me started! Chicken by-product?!? The first 5 ingredients in
Tank's current food is: : Chicken, chicken meal, whole grain brown rice,
ground white rice. It's less than $20 for 25lbs. Seriously, all I saw
were dollar signs over there. Why do all vets recommend food by Hill's? *stressed*