First post in this section , i have a year old ridgeback dog and he is suffering with a skin problem it appears to be concentrated around his neck and ears, we have been back and for the the vets for months, it originally appeared after he trashed a dog bed my thoughts were that perhaps the polystyrene filler had some thing on them but in hind sight now that may be a curved ball and actually have nothing to do with the condition,
So far the vet has been unable to identify the core problem , after spending best part of £1600.00 on steroids and antibiotics they are now saying that he has to go to a specialist to have further tests, that £275.00 for the initial consultation, we are now bumping against the insurance limit once that is gone if he needs long term medication we have a problem.
Moving forward we have thought about moving away from dried foods and feeding him naturally as some people call it that is to me raw meet etc we prep ourselves , i am interested to hear if anyone on hear does the same and what they feed their dogs do you give them any supplements as well etc.
With regards to the vet , i am a bit miffed the vet did not suggest the specialist earlier so am considering changing vet if anyone on here is in the epsom area and can recommend a vet it would be helpful.
Keith
So far the vet has been unable to identify the core problem , after spending best part of £1600.00 on steroids and antibiotics they are now saying that he has to go to a specialist to have further tests, that £275.00 for the initial consultation, we are now bumping against the insurance limit once that is gone if he needs long term medication we have a problem.
Moving forward we have thought about moving away from dried foods and feeding him naturally as some people call it that is to me raw meet etc we prep ourselves , i am interested to hear if anyone on hear does the same and what they feed their dogs do you give them any supplements as well etc.
With regards to the vet , i am a bit miffed the vet did not suggest the specialist earlier so am considering changing vet if anyone on here is in the epsom area and can recommend a vet it would be helpful.
Keith