BrooklynMom
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Hi all,
So, I already have the vet on top of this little mystery I am going to explain, but I am hoping maybe you guys have some thoughts too (or maybe even a suggestion if it sounds familiar).
So...after Brooklyn was spayed, and we took the cone off, she began to (way more than normal) rub her head/ears on the floor, scratch at them and generally enjoyed us rubbing them way more than normal. I thought "ear infection", so off to the vet. But, she couldn't find any sort of infection. She said her ears were "sort of pink", but not anything to signify an infection. Seeing as Brooklyn has already been on a round of antibiotics about 2 months ago for her itchy skin (if you guys remember, she was going at her right leg and back leg like crazy), so they didn't want to dose her with antibiotics again. But the vet though, this might be an allergy since there are no signs of infection...so she gave her a round of low dose steroids to see if that would help. But it didn't. She is still ear rubbing and head rubbing on the floor a lot...way more than normal.
I am clueless. The vet is calling me back about what we should think to do next, so in the mean time, I was wondering if you all had any thoughts. I think the leg/foot biting and itching might be related the head dragging/itching on the floor, but who knows. She has laid off her leg a lot (that is great) still at the paws sometimes, but I can just tell she is uncomfortable in her ear/head area and just always pushing it into the floor or using her paws.
Anyway, if anyone thinks of something we might have missed, just let me know! I wonder if it still might be an allergy...hummm.
P.S. Brooky is now 7 months.
Thanks!!
So, I already have the vet on top of this little mystery I am going to explain, but I am hoping maybe you guys have some thoughts too (or maybe even a suggestion if it sounds familiar).
So...after Brooklyn was spayed, and we took the cone off, she began to (way more than normal) rub her head/ears on the floor, scratch at them and generally enjoyed us rubbing them way more than normal. I thought "ear infection", so off to the vet. But, she couldn't find any sort of infection. She said her ears were "sort of pink", but not anything to signify an infection. Seeing as Brooklyn has already been on a round of antibiotics about 2 months ago for her itchy skin (if you guys remember, she was going at her right leg and back leg like crazy), so they didn't want to dose her with antibiotics again. But the vet though, this might be an allergy since there are no signs of infection...so she gave her a round of low dose steroids to see if that would help. But it didn't. She is still ear rubbing and head rubbing on the floor a lot...way more than normal.
I am clueless. The vet is calling me back about what we should think to do next, so in the mean time, I was wondering if you all had any thoughts. I think the leg/foot biting and itching might be related the head dragging/itching on the floor, but who knows. She has laid off her leg a lot (that is great) still at the paws sometimes, but I can just tell she is uncomfortable in her ear/head area and just always pushing it into the floor or using her paws.
Anyway, if anyone thinks of something we might have missed, just let me know! I wonder if it still might be an allergy...hummm.
P.S. Brooky is now 7 months.
Thanks!!