Dear Pam,
I believe this case here is too complex to resolve in this forum, but if you would like me to help, you may write to me off list (furryboots at pobox dot com is my work address).
Some other comments:
Indeed. I'm on the east side of WA, not as drippy.
For some interim relief, as he likely has depleted adrenal glands by now, the fol nutrients can help:
Ascorbic acid to bowel tolerance (use pure ascorbic acid crystals ot avoid nasty excipients)
Pantothenic acid, get 500 mg capsules as they have less exceipients than tablets, and avoid magnesium sterate if possible) , about 150mg a day for a SiIky
And Vit B6 about 3 or 4 mg a day.
Mix the three with something to taste nice and divide te doses up into two or pref three.
These are the nutrients and ratios tha will help the adrenal glands cope better, and may bring relief.
The Ascorbioc acid you could start with 250 mg twice a day.
One cap of Moducare a day also can help as he clearly is Th-2 skewed and needs Th-1 stimulus.
Use Thorne Research brand, humans or "vet" with no flavot added, (they are identical) found on-line NOT the one in HF stores as the latter has awful excipients that cause tummy upset and includes magnesium stearate which actually reverses some of the effect as it damages the very organ the supplemenet is desgned to help - thymus.
(go figure!)
Not a good idea to use, but I can hear your desperation in what you write.
Are you SURE it wasa yeast discharge - was it looked at under a microscope?
Exzema is an allergic response rather than an infection response - the above shoud help a bit in the meantime.
I was going to ask about diet next.
He needs a proper carnivore diet, and no plant toxins (no veg, fruit or herbs or plant proteins or plant fats) or meat surface toxins (raw meat has toxinsfrom bacteria, and it is better to cook the meat. That will have yhe same nutrients as raw meat without the bacterial toxins. THe reaon he is not handlingraw, is tose basterial toxins., They deplete his internal atioxidants and being adrenal exhauisted he has none to deplete, so he responds to the toxins.
Bacteria which make these nasty toxins, get onto the meat at slaughter time, there is no way to avoid it.
If the meat is eaten immediately, as in 20 seconds after slaughter, there is time for bacteria to grow and roduce the toxins on the meat surface. But from then on they do grow, in transit in storage, in the froge etc. This makes raw meat WORSE nutritionally than cooked meat which also destroys the toxins.
....Yes i know it is the fad out there to feed raw, but there is no science behind it, only the false assuption that raw in a house is like raw in the wild. That is far from the truth. It is not the rawness that matters - but the protein quality - and cooked is better. It is not as if meat has enzymes or ANYthing that cooking destroys.
Meat we feed is worse than fresh kill mainly becasue wild prey is full of extremely nutritious blood. Slaughtered meat is bled out before processing. A lot is lost that no amount of "raw feeding" can make up for.
Your little SKye is the perfect example of why NOT to feed raw. Most dogs fed raw are not so adrenal depleted as to get sick in an obvious way from the toxins, they just use up their internal antioxidants (having less to fend of disease) and the owner continues oblivious to the issue they are causing by feeding raw.
Rabbit is very very hard to keep fresh. It just goes off many ties as fast as other meats, not sure why but it does. SO the bacterial toxins will be there in quantity.
A sigle protein source will lack some nutrient over time.
Rabbit is very low in sodium, which is a nutrient used up under stress.....and adrenal depletion (from allergiers or whatever causes the itching) is all about stress.
A Silkye will not hunt pigs and usuaslly the protein sources that work best are prey size.
He will likely have issues wih fish at the moment becasue they can cause histamine production as he has too much of that to cause itching already.
You also need to feed meat that did not itslef eat GMO. In other words organic meat is needed as GMO casues leaky gut which will make his condition deteriorate badly.
What does he think of orgianic unbasted turkey, or other fowl besides chicken? It has more copper and iron than chicken, and etter quality fatty acids.
For dogs best is a combination of rice bran and plain cooked pumpkin. Quarter to half teasp each daily. Stay away from all food with saponins, lignins, cyanoglycocodes, phenolics, etc etc for which carnivores have no liver enzymes.
A small piece of Nori (not other seaweeds, they have lignins) is okay.
Otherwise stay clear of ALL plant products.
Use only carnivore antioxidants:
fish oil
vit C
Vit E
taurine (nontoxic and useful even in high amounts, suggest 500 mg a day)
plain cooked pumpkin has carotene in a safe form (essentil to the carnivore immune system; it is used as is, NOT converted to Vit A for dog immune system esp in gut area, but used directly as carotene)
I would add a little low potency calendula to this, like 10X or 5C (NOT herbal anything.)
They are toxic and will go through his compromised skin anyway.
Homeopathic Calendula is good for healing of skin.
Horrible list of remedies IMO.... Those can not possibly all match him!
Needs a consult to find a true match.
Trust them to sweep everything under the rug
What you need is the opposite - to HELP the immune system, regenerate depleted adrenal function and regenerate TH-1 activity from the thymus .... and baby him through the nutrition needed meanwhile to maintain him while working on healing the gut (whih takes a good three moinths to replace from iside to outside layer, with new healty tissue)
Supplement fish oil from SMALL fish (salmon or smaller like anchovy/sardine) up to a full capsule per day(Do not buy liquid fish oil, it will lose antioxidant ability when it hits the air)
ALso 100 IU VIt E daily or 200 IU every 2nd day.
(I know these are high doses, as are the three vitamins, but depeted systems need them)
AVOID anything that comes from a plant other than the two exceptions above.
Carnivores have NO system designed to handle plants, and they become toxins he has NO resources to handle currently, and can make such a depleted dog quite ill/poisoned.
SO no foods with plants added, no herbs (for any reason; stick with homeopathy as thre is no toxic risk), no fruit, no greens, no cereals, no legumes. (maybe a little rice if he needs pure calories as it has no saponins, but better he eats real carnivore food with helpful nutrients.)
Avoid all plant fats, and avoid large fish like tuna, which are more inflamatory from omega-6.
Gut health is an important area (I include it in all my consults as it is a complex area in carnovres. They produce oran supporting short chain fatty acids there anD a host of vitamins that omnivores get from plants - but only if the gut is healthy.)
I would also avoid all drugs, they kill the carnivore gut system among other toxic effects.
Does he have a flea problem? (Hope not)
Find good proteins he tolerates, and swap them now and then (not often).
Does he handle egg well? Dilute and lightly scramble if so. Remember one egg for us is like fifteen or more for a Silkye! So go easy on amount.
Hope this helps.
Namaste,
Irene
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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
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