Elaina
Juvie Member
I wonder if the poor guy will EVER kick this damn fungus! We are starting the second week of the first of Two courses of antifungal meds. We did this over the summer, and he seemed to have gotten better, but it came back. The vet thinks maybe we should have just treated it longer the first time, which is why we doing two courses of meds this time.
He has a spot on his lip that started as a scale (otherwise it was normal) that wouldn't come off. I helped it along, carefully I thought, and then it got funky when the fungus kicked in. Maybe its started there, I don't even know. He started a couple of months after I got him, maybe less actually..but now the spot is just nasty. It turns dark and the skin gets all soft and gunky. I tried leaving it alone, and the funky skin just built up and built up. So I got nolvasan and cleaned it, and the soft gunky skin just wiped off. It was red and raw underneath, so I put neosporin and antifungal cream on it. I'll keep doing that I guess. It doesn't seem to be IN his mouth, just the lip.
I am feeding him a babyfood/critical care slurry after his meds, since he won't eat on his own (he did that before with the fungus infection too- is it the disease or the meds- again..I don't even know). He bit the end of the syring off!!! I got a Big piece out of his mouth, and the syring was still functional..there was bit of food left, so I tried to just get it over with. This time he bit a very tiny piece off, and I freaked and tried to get it out. I didn't find it. But I did get a nice bite on the tip of my index finger. I was rather impressed actually :?
So now there's that worry- will the peice of plastic pass? I think probably since it was so tiny, but it Is plastic. Argh.
His poop was infrequent before because his eating got sporadic..but the last two poops were very very runny. (Before the syringe biting incident) Bad babyfood? Too much gatorade? Medicine? I got new babyfood, which I will give him without gatorade, and then do the liquid at another time of day to seperate them and see if that helps. I was hoping the critical care might provide some bulk (oh and he ate 4 worms..a record in the last 3 weeks) I haven't seen any poop since then..and I am afraid to soak him because the fungus likes that too much.
I have human acidopholus capsules- could I sprinkle it in his food? Any idea how to decide how Much?
I don't know what else I can be doing for him. He will be two in April. I'm sure we will make it there, but what a crappy life for him. I wish I could do more and get him better.
He has a spot on his lip that started as a scale (otherwise it was normal) that wouldn't come off. I helped it along, carefully I thought, and then it got funky when the fungus kicked in. Maybe its started there, I don't even know. He started a couple of months after I got him, maybe less actually..but now the spot is just nasty. It turns dark and the skin gets all soft and gunky. I tried leaving it alone, and the funky skin just built up and built up. So I got nolvasan and cleaned it, and the soft gunky skin just wiped off. It was red and raw underneath, so I put neosporin and antifungal cream on it. I'll keep doing that I guess. It doesn't seem to be IN his mouth, just the lip.
I am feeding him a babyfood/critical care slurry after his meds, since he won't eat on his own (he did that before with the fungus infection too- is it the disease or the meds- again..I don't even know). He bit the end of the syring off!!! I got a Big piece out of his mouth, and the syring was still functional..there was bit of food left, so I tried to just get it over with. This time he bit a very tiny piece off, and I freaked and tried to get it out. I didn't find it. But I did get a nice bite on the tip of my index finger. I was rather impressed actually :?
So now there's that worry- will the peice of plastic pass? I think probably since it was so tiny, but it Is plastic. Argh.
His poop was infrequent before because his eating got sporadic..but the last two poops were very very runny. (Before the syringe biting incident) Bad babyfood? Too much gatorade? Medicine? I got new babyfood, which I will give him without gatorade, and then do the liquid at another time of day to seperate them and see if that helps. I was hoping the critical care might provide some bulk (oh and he ate 4 worms..a record in the last 3 weeks) I haven't seen any poop since then..and I am afraid to soak him because the fungus likes that too much.
I have human acidopholus capsules- could I sprinkle it in his food? Any idea how to decide how Much?
I don't know what else I can be doing for him. He will be two in April. I'm sure we will make it there, but what a crappy life for him. I wish I could do more and get him better.