Duna's strange color change on her tummy!!!
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wrote on 12 Jan 2010, 10:09 last edited by
Could you take a pic of her tummy?
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wrote on 12 Jan 2010, 10:10 last edited by
yes Irena…i will take a pic as soon as possible...it would get the idea better....
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wrote on 12 Jan 2010, 14:46 last edited by
Seeing it might help with suggestions..but if it was me, I would take her by the vet for a look see.
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wrote on 13 Jan 2010, 11:10 last edited by
I hope some one can help…..with some advice:(
Oh and an other thing...she's just 1 years old...but since her first heat, her breasts have remained a little swolen...can you see them in this pic?
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wrote on 13 Jan 2010, 14:31 last edited by
Sadly, the photo didn't come through.
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wrote on 13 Jan 2010, 16:00 last edited by
Its ages since i upladed any pics….i've found that imageshack has revolutioned every thing!!! So sorry...will have to try again with my other computer ( at work) where the pics are stored.:(
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wrote on 13 Jan 2010, 17:04 last edited by
I hope some one can help…..with some advice:(
Oh and an other thing...she's just 1 years old...but since her first heat, her breasts have remained a little swolen...can you see them in this pic?
Very normal… many Basenjis think that they are having pups after their heat cycle... and the breast will swell, many times too they will get milk. When was she in season?
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wrote on 13 Jan 2010, 18:43 last edited by
Tanza…she was in season in october...
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wrote on 13 Jan 2010, 18:46 last edited by
I'd like about the odd color on her tummy…it looks a bit sore but she seems fine and doesn't scratch or complain about it. The concern is all mine...you know what aprehensive moms are like dont you?
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wrote on 13 Jan 2010, 18:51 last edited by
I haven't seen any of your photos. A message is up in your post "403 Forbidden" Is that just my computer? Does the spot look anything like the pic I posted in the following thread?
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wrote on 14 Jan 2010, 09:49 last edited by
I've read all your post…i thank you so much...yes, its something like that but its spread more....as soon as i can i'll upload the pic again ...the strange thing is that last evening, with the other computer where the pics are stored, the pics reappeared on my post and were visible to me...I dont know if anyone else saw them....its so strange!!! I will take Duna to the vet today and let you know...
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wrote on 14 Jan 2010, 16:30 last edited by
Tanza…she was in season in october...
Not surprising that she has some swelling…. had she been bred in October, she would have had puppies in December or January. I would say it is normal
As far as the belly rash, again as I have said many times, don't rule out yeast infection. While they can be itchy, I have had bitches that got it and it was not really all that itchy
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wrote on 14 Jan 2010, 16:42 last edited by
Our tri became allergic to grass a year or so ago. His hair was falling out where the grass touched his body where he laid in the yard. He also has food allergies.
Our Vet put him on Iams Kangaroo & Oats, which he did really well on. The downside was the food had a lot of chemical additives and was $70 for a 25 pound bag, could only be bought through our vet.
A strange thing happened though after about 4-5 months on the food. He developed like orange brown bat wing like marking on his shoulders. I kidded our kids that he was growing shinigami wings, (he does have the devil in him), or the kangaroo meat was changing his color as meat kangaroos are often the Red Kangaroo (half joking).
Anyway, we switched his food to Blue Buffalo Lamb & Rice, which he is doing well on. After about 3 months his little wing marks disappeared.
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wrote on 15 Jan 2010, 10:45 last edited by
I'm back…but i'm afraid it was impossible for me to take Duna to the vet yesterday afternoon, as the vet was out and i dont like any other vets to check out Duna. So i'll wait till he comes back as I see she's not having any problems......but I will tell you some thing strange though.
i had a suspect of the cause, but eliminated it as i thought it wasn't probably that....but having read Barkless's post as to allergie to grass...i'm wondering again if it really is what i thought it to be!!
yes...I'll get to the point: Duna very often, jumps on the wall of her outdoor space ( a spacious italian terrazzo) which is 1 meter high and then it has those kind of trellis fancy bricks for an other 2 meters. She jumps on the step that there is between the two kind of bricks and pokes her head and half of her body to see the people pass from down below the street( this terrazzo is upstairs). I've noticed just a few minutes ago that she leans on the wall with her tummy on the part that is brown, that's why her belly button is always scratched then!!!! Oh and on this wall where her tummy is in cntact with, there is a bit of musk growing....could she be allergic to that???? Sorry for my english.....:p
ps. I'll exclude the yeast infection as Duna is raw fed since i got her nearly a year ago and i prohibit to any member of the family to feed her carbohydrates ( biscuits, bread kibble) etc..etc -
wrote on 15 Jan 2010, 20:09 last edited by
So, maybe is like a rug burn, a scraping of the top layers of the skin?
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wrote on 15 Jan 2010, 20:21 last edited by
at last…hope you folks can see the pic now...
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wrote on 15 Jan 2010, 20:29 last edited by
For me, it looks like classic yeast infection….. I think that at one time or another, every dog I have had a bit of a yeast infection on the belly... (or in the case of the boys, many time on their testicles)
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wrote on 15 Jan 2010, 21:25 last edited by
A yeast infection is not caused by feeding bread and I don't think it's that kind of yeast. It's a contact type of dermatitis that is caused by some sort of germ or fungus. From what the experts here have said, it is also unrelated to the type of yeast infection women sometimes get.
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wrote on 15 Jan 2010, 23:14 last edited by
@AJs:
A yeast infection is not caused by feeding bread and I don't think it's that kind of yeast. It's a contact type of dermatitis that is caused by some sort of germ or fungus. From what the experts here have said, it is also unrelated to the type of yeast infection women sometimes get.
Yes, exactly
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wrote on 16 Jan 2010, 09:40 last edited by
Well, I thank you so much for your kind help and i apologize for my ignorance as to fungus and infections in basenjis or dogs.
thanks again…
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