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The tip of his tail is bald again and he has a couple of other little bald spots and he's panting like crazy with any exercise - even a slow walk. He's not eating or drinking loads but he is having episodes where he's peeing a lot. He just seems a bit stressy and he's looking a bit bloated in the tummy region.
Oh, and he's whinging a lot - just seems really unsettled
Yes I can see where that would be a concern. Put together with the whining something seems to be going on.
Let us know what the test shows.
Will do - he's not booked in until Tuesday next week but was a bit unsure if doing it so late in the day would be a problem or not.
I'm bracing myself for a battle though - because if he does need to go back on meds, I'm determined that I want twice daily dosing and a very low dose, given what happened the last time and I'm expecting the vet to disagree with that.
Just phoned another vet and they're so much cheaper for the test but they're miles away from us and I'm not sure how stressed he'll get with the car journey.
That's another thing - it's almost like he's got agoraphobia - if he goes on a walk in our own area and it's where he knows, he's happy but if I take him in the car (which he doesn't mind being in) somewhere different for a walk - he's anxious and stressing and wanting back in the car - it's like he can't cope with being somewhere he doesn't know
I believe I would have a CBC/chemistry panel with an urinalysis performed first before the ACTH stimulation test, something might just pop up on that blood panel that could account for those symptoms.
He's in tomorrow to get drops put in his ear - little devil was playing me up when I tried - took him in today and he sat there as good as gold, like butter wouldn't melt - made me look stupid!! LOL
I'll mention it to the nurse tomorrow and see if we can get that organised first
Well, the boy just got his stim test today - we had to cancel it last week. She says he's perfectly fine - she phoned my mum and his levels were 420 (15.22) post stim.
I just did a quick scan through Cairo's thread and saw an ACTH stimulation test was done in July 2014 (pre ~ 120 nmol = 4.34ug; post ~ 400 nmol = 14.49ug), was this stim the last one performed before the one today?
If so, it seems like his adrenal glands have regenerated nicely, YYYAAA!! How are his symptoms?
Hugs, Lori
How is his tail looking now?
They always do play us up and then get to the vets and make liars of us all. :) little buggers. Got to love them! LOL
Yeah, that stim test in July last year was the last one he'd had.
The main symptom was the tip of his tail going bald again and a couple of teeny tiny bald patches - on the backs of his legs (vet says it's where he's lying but he doesn't lie on his legs like that - he lies with them stretched straight out behind him) and on his side and the edges of his ears are ever so slightly bald again. He's not drinking that much, isn't eating much but we certainly can't get the weight off him (though now we're not sure as there was a 3kg difference between two sets of scales at the vet! )
We cancelled last weeks appointment because he was on ear drops and I think they had steroid in them - little devil wouldn't let me put them in, so I was taking him up to the vet so his favourite nurse would do it - and he sat there like an angel for her to do it - in fact, he even turned round to make it easier for her to do the other ear. Mind you, she put the drops in a syringe to administer them and I'm thinking that he didn't like the nozzle of the bottle going in his ear because I did it over the weekend, using the syringe and he was as good as gold.
I'm starting to wonder if he was misdiagnosed in the first place - just don't understand how he could have Cushings then suddenly not have it
Hi everyone,
We've not been around for a while. Cairo has been doing OK but hasn't been on meds now for nearly 2 years.
He's had his stim test repeated a couple of times in that time and they've said that his cortisol levels aren't high enough to warrant putting him back on meds - especially not after the reaction he had.
He broke a tooth and I had him at the vet yesterday and she gave him a good going over and asked if we'd noticed one testicle was a lot bigger than the other - I confess I thought it was normal.
He thinks he has a tumour, so he's to go in and get the tooth out but also castrated at the same time and they'll send the offending items off to the lab.
I'm worried sick. I should have got him castrated years ago but one vet said that because he was such an anxious dog, we shouldn't get him done as the bit of testosterone would help give him a bit of confidence.
Is there anything we need to be worrying about with the anaesthetic and him not being on meds any more and the potential that he still has Cushings?
I'm worried sick for the poor little guy - he's 10 and a half and has never been away from home like that.