Okay, I dipped the puppies on Thursday after going to the vet. My friend the vet, Mary Ann, felt sorry for me and only charged me for the dip, no visits, no slides to inspect under a microscope. As I have told some of you, the dipping process was horrible, just horrible. Entire house smelled like rotten eggs. You couldn't dry them, just sort of wring them out. My fingernails were yellow, my clothes were yellow, the puppies and Cricket were yellow. They were still scratching - bad and more hair was falling out!!!!So, being that I do research for a living, I decided to look up some home remedies for this type of mange. I found several and took three to do in order! I will kill this parasite!
After church, Kara, Ali and me got started. Kara brushed them all super good. Then I mixed up 3% hydrogen proxide with Borax (yes the 20 mule team) and put it in a shallow tube for after the next step. You put two parts water to 1 part HP and then mix in 3 heaping tablespoons of the borax. it was a bit cold after stirring awhile so I heated it in the microwave. Can't freeze my babies!Then I ran water in the bathtub luke warm and started washing them with the Aveno baby wash / shampoo. I scrubbed them very good and got in between each toe, in their ears, under their tails and no amount of whining would make me hurry up. Ali was standing there with a towel. I pulled the plug and let the water run out and then kinda wrug them out with my hands. I sat the tub of the peroxide in the bath tub and stood them in it and poured and poured it over them into every cranny. Then I hand wrug them again and passed them off to Ali. Oh yes, Ali stood there the entire time telling them that Gabby is a mean old lady for doing this to them. Hmmmphhh.
Then Kara went into action. She towel dried them and then started putting acne / pimple cream all over them Zapitz! It is 10% Benzyol Proxide. She rubbed every nook and cranny that showed any sign of irritation, the tips of the ears, the toes, the bellies and Buster "ego" as Triston calls it. In other words his "wing wang" as I call it. She then kissed them and put them in the crate with the little blower / heater going on them. They shivered, shook and finally nestled in for a nap.
Last but not least, was the mom Cricket. She is in the worst shape and I am sure she had it when I got her cause she was really scratching. I thought it was fleas and bathed and treated that for her. To no avail. Then I take them to the shelter and they misdiagnose it as a food allergy. I changed food twice during all this. So, she gave it to the puppies. The pups are now six weeks but I am going to keep them at least for three more weeks to insure that they have mange free and healthy.After all this, I cleaned everything up and then and go the $25 for 5 pounds of food (all natural - no byproducts) and the canned food that is $2 a can. It has duck meat in it, carrots and potatoes and is the top of the line they carry here. They love it so far. So, at $2 a can and they are all eating about 1 1/2 cans to 2 cans plus the dry, I will be taking a loan on my 401K soon.
Guess what, I get to start this process all again on Thursday when I dip them again and then the home remedies on Sunday with the baths. They say to keep them comfortable and use antibiotic cream and anti itch cream to keep them comfortable. We used one whole tube of the $10 pimple / acne cream and I am hoping the second tube will last till next sunday. Somehow I doubt it. However, I love them more than ever and am super protective of my puppies. They love going outside and are being little champs through all this. Tough puppies for sure! They are even doing well on their potty training. By the time they are adoptable, they will love baths and pee and poo outside. I am now drinking a beer, letting the kids run around like crazy and MB is making dinner for us.
I am exhausted.
Later,Cheryl
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