The Butter Spread

HEY it's been forever. Butter has been doing great, she experienced some recurring UTI just two to three months back but we found out that it's really just due to her hooded vulva. Since then, we've been wiping her vulva at least once a day with a wet wipe, as thorough as we can, and of course wipe her vulva everytime after she pees (which we've always been doing). Her UTI stopped immediately since she was on a course of antibiotics for her inflamed salivary glands. Her inflamed salivary glands were a big scare for us since her neck was so swollen and we were suspecting lymphoma. Thankfully, test results came back negative and her swollen neck got bettee after being on antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medications. So we settled two issues last month! Since Butter is doing great, we decided to find out another thing that has been bothering us - the moles on her legs and face. Of course, Google always yield the scariest results so we brought Butter to the vet - t

A few days after my last post, we stopped having Butter on her cone. It was too hard to look at. She was on the cone for over a year and since my mother was off from work for awhile, she stayed at home all day and looked after Butter, transiting her from wearing cone to not wearing one at all. She still itches and kicks her own skin, but it's manageable and definitely don't require a cone. We tried the Dermacton cream I mentioned in my previous post but unfortunately it makes her itch even worse. I don't think it's the ingredients of the cream, it's probably just feels icky on her neck since there's something sticky and creamy on it. We stopped using it after a few days, but one thing we discovered is that it made her fur grow back on her neck. We were so amazed! We will definitely want to use the cream again, but probably on days when there's someone at home to look after her. So it's vet day today. We went simply to check on her ALT and ALKP leve

It has been almost a year since Butter started her raw diet. We have yet to bring her for further blood or bile acid tests but she definitely seems to be doing well internally. Her right ear which was prone to infection is still itchy from time to time but it's manageable. Butter seem to be having atopic dermatitis, causing dry and itchy skin around her chin and ears. Thankfully, her paws and tail are almost fully recovered even though her fur is not growing back well, but at least it's not red or wounded so I'm hoping as time goes by, her chin and ear will get better too. Butter is still on cone 24/7 because she tend to kick her ears or chin till it bleeds (even with the cone on). So I decided to try this cream with amazing reviews and see how it works out for Butter. Rick recommended it since it's all natural, and we're at wit's end so why not 😅 It has been the third day since we applied it on her chin. Butter kicked her chin yesterday so it's not b

Lack of updates since diet has been very much constant and Butter is doing well. Her ear infection mentioned previously recovered after one week or so, after applying diluted apple cider vinegar very few hours to prevent pus build up and coconut oil to keep the skin hydrated. Her ears totally went back to perfect condition, and the area down her chin also healed and have its fur grown back now. I was overseas for two weeks and during this period it seems like her ear infection slowly came back, but it's all minor. We visited the vet today to which they did a test on her ears, and she has infection on both of her ears, mild but her right ear is slightly more infected. There appears to be a lot of rods bacteria so we were given medication. I'm still contemplating on whether to apply the medication on her or use apple cider vinegar again... Back on the blood test -- Butter did her second blood test today! Previously in June 2017, she had the ALT count of >1000 and ALKP

Butter's previous allergy or detoxification episode with red bumps all over her skin hasn't really gone away entirely. It's still here and there but it's still manageable. We've had her on cone since then. Her itching has always been around her ears, tummy and paws. Just two days ago on the 18th, I realised her ear was bleeding on one side, red on both and had a foul smell. It worsened over time even though she was almost always on e-collar. Today was the worse of all I've seen. On one ear, it spread down to almost her chin level. It was most serious behind her ears and near the bottom of her ear where there's a tiny double flap. It was swollen, red, had tiny wounds and a lot of ear discharge. Rick suggested using apple cider vinegar to clean it everyday, and drip some garlic and mullein ear oil into it. I didn't get the garlic and mullein ear oil yet, so we're cleaning it with 50-50 diluted apple cider vinegar. We started tonight on the 20th. H