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> > "Tracey K" <dolys...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > On Sep 27, 8:09 pm, Tracey K <dolys...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> My younger mini poodle started walking like he was drunk, has a head
> >> tilt and he has some involuntary movement in his eyes. There are no
> >> visual signs of a ear infection. I took him to the vet this morning,
> >> no temp. She said he could have a deep ear infection and thought he
> >> had some around a tooth. She put him on antibiotics and gave me some
> >> deramaxx. She also said if he wasn't better by monday that we should
> >> do a thyroid test. I asked if the eye thing was a symptom of thyroid
> >> and she said it could be. I said go a head and do it now. It is one
> >> they need to send out for analysis. Other than him losing balance,
> >> he seems "ok". Still plays... no outward signs of any pain
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> >> anything else i should watch or have him tested for? He usually is my
> >> healthy guy
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> >> Thanks
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> > Went to the vet again today and saw his regular vet. I mentioned the
> > excessive watering in the one eye... the tracking has slowed, balance
> > and head tilt the same. He cannot blink on the one side, cannot feel
> > food in his mouth...that is why when i brushed his teeth there was old
> > food. He gave me some prednisone to start in a few days because of
> > him being on the nsaids.
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> > To top things off... i've been cuddling and pampering him all weekend.
> > The little sh*t has been in some poison ivy! So I bathed him today
> > (freaked out and he has never done that) and am wa****ng everything he
> > has been in contact with...
His thyroid was low.. he is now on medication twice a day... patiently
waiting to see how it goes
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