Friday, June 5, 2009

Callus between the toes request

Today we took Goshen to the vet. He is a very prominent vet, quite expensive, but the best around. He is also a very widely thinking man, who is very good at perceiving signs of things that might be the origin to the particular disorder and he always prefers the most natural treatment, going for the cause rather than the symptoms. Poor Goshen both has a stress/allergy-related dermatitis, as well as a skin parasite that causes infection. This combined disorder is very difficult to treat and takes time and patience. An allergy can in a very acute stage be treated with some cortisone. I could even agree to that if the case was severe, but in this case it is inappropriate and I am happy for that. On the other hand antibiotics are necessary to fight the infection in the skin. Most importantly though, we are changing into a hypo-allergenic feed and we will see to that she will become happy and free from stress again by lots of activation and quality time with us. Because as I have said before, the poor thing is a divorce child with no means to communicate her despair, in comparison with the kids, and she has been somewhat neglected in the process.

I cannot wear any shoes right now. My new flip flops gave me blisters both on the side and between the toes (soooo sensitive in the beginning of flip flop season) and to squeeze these wounded feet into whole shoes in this heat is torture. So, I am barefoot for a few days until I get callus between my toes...

3 comments:

Svensk chekchouka said...

för att hâlla flipflop kulan mellan stortân och pektân hârd pâ vintern kan du gâ med flipflop inomhus... :)

Jojo said...

Jag gissar att det faller sig mer naturligt nu när jag kommer att tillbringa vintern i Israel... ;)

Unknown said...

Håller med Svensk chekchouka..låter som en smart strategi!