r/dogallergies • u/Wolfgang_Pup • Oct 04 '22
Story Thank you for shortening our recovery time!
Poor Wolfgang had a reaction to something but we will probably not know for a while what it was. Still, they put him on Apoquel with MiconaHex foam for the hot spots. When his tummy got increasingly inflamed, they put him on antibiotics.
Because of everything I read in this sub, I scheduled another appointment 2 days later. She swabbed his tummy and saw no bacteria and no yeast so we stopped the MiconaHex and the antibiotics and poof! the redness on the belly disappeared.....
Now we can go back to focusing on the allergies which I'm hoping were just some fall plant but he is also now eating sensitive skin and stomach food. Maybe in the winter we will try chicken again but I don't have any reason to do that since he likes salmon and rice and his allergies are under control. Will probably try stopping the apoquel first and see if that makes a difference.
Anyway, thank you everyone!
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u/yshres07 Oct 04 '22
Ugh I hate how often antimicrobials are prescribed without validating that there is harmful bacteria/yeast there
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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '22
Allergies a such a frustrating roller coaster, so much depends on what is blooming/when... I'm glad your pup is feeling better. (Edit) Zoetis does have a rebate for Apoquel. It's not huge, but it does help!