Prednisone 5mg (S4) and Ranceph 500 Capsules

Happilymarried

South africa.

I need Help. Im in tears.

We got Zues from a breeder in South africa at 10 weeks. He is such a beautiful baby. Today he is a year and 5 months roughly. Never the less...

Since Zues was a baby we fed him emerald gold ( specifically for Bull terriers) but he has recently started itching allot... it cant be the grass because we had grass before. It started with a yeast infection in his ears. I now clean his ears weekly with an antiseptic.

The vet seems to think he has a yeast infection and is allergic to something. We have now changed his food to sciencenplan hills Z/D dog food.

Zues still has bumps (pimples) if i lower the dose of prednisone from 3 tabs twice daily to 1 tablet daily it flared up again.


Also if i lower the predisone his feet starts swelling between his toes. It looks like his toes are rubbing against each other.

His cushions underneath his paws are cracked and rough on both front feet only? Hind feet looks great.

We are also not walking anymore as we moved. Which is probably a good thing because his feet looks so sore.


The image below was taken on the 25th April 2019

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Please let me know what you think.

Zues is such a calm beautiful dog and seem to like being indoors more than outdoors anyway... which is fine by me.

He only goes out for nr 1 and 2 and when i force him to be outside while i sit outside.

When his done pooping i spray it away into the grass. So it cant be that its nasty on the grass. The house is always sparkling clean so it cant be from anything in the house causing this.

I also bath him with a sensative dog shampoo about once montly..

I have not changed routine .. i dont know whats going on.



These are the photos of this morning.

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Happilymarried

The brown liquids on his feet are betadine ointment. These are the pictures of this morning. The "clean" is from two days ago

Neil

Hi there,
We had the same problem with our Bullies front paws.
We tried all the foot soaks and antibiotics, steroids etc.... to no avail.
My wife ended up trying athletes foot powder. There was a significant improvement within days.
Athletes foot powder works for us. It is anti fungal, stops the itch, keeps the area dry and allows it to heal, twice a day, then daily to stop it from recurring.

Happilymarried

Awesome thank you. Will give it a try. Have also ordered ozone ointment. Should be here in a week. But will give that a try. Thank you Neil

Happilymarried

Neil,

Im curious. Does your baby have a skin allergy? If zues is not on his cortisone tablets he gets bumps on his skin. We have changed his food about 2 weeks ago. What does your BT eat daily? No difference with his current diet. Im just curious to know if you might have the same problem.

I dont want to keep him on the cortisone because long term it can cause cancer, and i definitely do not want that.

And with zues being all white its also a concern.

Let me know if possible.

Thank you again.

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Whatupdog

im not sure in regards to helping the situation. I think you are doing the best you can and he is a dog.. let us all remember. If we were not the human that takes care of a dog. Then they will always be survivors and naturally process there condition out of pure survival. I get nervous when I hear he has been on prednisone for a while now. Think that sounds a bit scary in your babys system regularly. Sometimes when anything gets off a medicine. they will need a period to get back to there original state. Patience is key. Sending you all the prayers, love and light. goodluck with your baby

Happilymarried

Thank you so much. I know.. not happy about prednisone either.. but i can see him suffer. I also have been thinking of ozone-ing him as a natural treatment. Will see how the foot powder works.

Have a blessed week. And thank you for the prayers.

Whatupdog

Yes forsure! understand! I had cellulitis a few years back. my leg was a mess. to the place i was scared for my leg. They injected me with ozone shots. it definitely helped at the time. I was in a critical place! So not sure how they ozone an animal. could work. Still all of it is a bit confusing to me at times. Im sure you also. Goodluck. I will be sending healing vibes to your baby and a speedy recovery the best possible!!

Happilymarried

Thank you

Happilymarried

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Whatupdog

interesting!! good to know! update after treatments if you do it! love to know if it helps!

Neil

Hi,
He eats turkey or crocodile meat. If i feed him red meat, chicken or dry food he usually has a breakout of little bumps or a rash. I used to feed him raw meat and he was good for a while, until he got salmonella poisoning.
Lots of trial and error but it looks like we have got things under control.

Oh, btw....Try to dry your dogs feet between his paws thoroughly every time that they have been wet. I know it's a pain in the ass but the benefits are worth it.

melphipps

Could it be one of the cleaning products you are using

corey90260

I have 2 dogs with environmental allergies ,this is their bad time of year. I soak their feet in iodine/water solution at night when their feet get inflamed,Benadryl helps to. Both of my dogs are on apoquel as well .

that1Boomer

I lost my best friend almost a year ago. She was on a long term does of prednisone. I will never ever do that treatment again. It ate all of her body mass and destroyed all her antibodies. Eventually, she lost the will to fight the side effects of her treatment.
My thoughts for you are to look into alternative treatments. Drying his feet is a good first step. The foot powder is another great idea.
I do truly hope you find a suitable substitute. I assure you, prednisone is not the answer. I watched my girl swell up like a balloon and within a year whither away to nothing. I pray for your little boy. Please understand that I don't mean to scare you, I just would never want to see anyone have to see what I did. God bless.

Saricrews22

Try giving him a spoonful of coconut oil everyday. It will help with digestive, and skin problems. A little cortisone can help with the paws as well.

that1Boomer

How is this Pup doing these days?