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Post by bitbyter on Jun 13, 2013 10:56:55 GMT -5
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Post by Heather on Jun 13, 2013 12:59:57 GMT -5
I'm glad you may have actually found out what your little one might be allergic to. That is such a huge task and often just trying to figure out where to start is an issue. ciao
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Post by bitbyter on Jun 13, 2013 13:07:57 GMT -5
So what do you think about the biopsy indicating early AD? Has anyone heard of it being detected in this manner before? I'm going to get a copy of the report and post exactly what it said in relation to that.
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Post by Sherry on Jun 13, 2013 13:30:44 GMT -5
I'm not familiar with it personally. Doesn't mean it isn't true though
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Post by bitbyter on Jun 13, 2013 14:16:46 GMT -5
The only other possibility as to the cause of the reaction that I can think of would be something air born and the only way to rule that out will be to wait until this time next year.
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Post by bitbyter on Jun 13, 2013 14:41:27 GMT -5
Here is the lab results of the two biopsies:
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Post by Sherry on Jun 13, 2013 16:35:01 GMT -5
Looks like they are suspecting early adrenal from the lack of hair bulbs in the sample.
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Post by bitbyter on Jun 13, 2013 17:48:58 GMT -5
and I spoke to soon. Came home tonight and both back paws and portions of her head are all swollen. On the back of her neck where they shaved her I can see what look like two distinct bites. Something or somethings are biting my baby and I have no idea what it could be!
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Post by nancyl on Jun 13, 2013 17:54:13 GMT -5
I just read through this and wanted to say that if you have access to a compounding pharmacy they can compound a liquid version of Allegra (fexophenadine). Right off the top of my head I don't know the concentration but if you're interested I can find out. I gave this to Ling for years after his repeated episodes of anaphylaxis. It will require a sweetener but they can use an artificial one and some flavoring. I don't remember what I had them put in mine but he always slurped it up like it was the greatest stuff in the world.
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Post by nancyl on Jun 13, 2013 17:56:47 GMT -5
Given that you can see bite marks it might be time to move everybody out of the house and fumigate the crap out of it. I'm sorry it wasn't something simple like the detergent.
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Post by bitbyter on Jun 13, 2013 18:27:16 GMT -5
The strange thing is that myself and Socks aren't suffering any bites. If it is some kind of bug / insect why isn't Socks getting them? They live in the same room so I don't see how she wouldn't be affected as well.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2013 18:31:34 GMT -5
I really don't want to suggest this, but could it be bed bugs? there are outbreaks everywhere.
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Post by bitbyter on Jun 13, 2013 18:49:11 GMT -5
I can't rule anything out at this point. But again, why is only one of my ferrets affected? Why haven't I had any bites?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2013 19:35:35 GMT -5
Growing up in Florida, we had fleas alot (regular and sand fleas). I was the only one who was bothered by them, and i mean bothered. Also, I have read many books about the concentration camps in Germany during WWII. most survivor accounts described terrible bed bug infestations. But as bad at it got, it seemed like, they would always have a family member, neighbor or someone they knew who wasn't bitten. As I understand it, its about blood chemistry. That's why a course of B vitamins is often advised before you go camping. After I started taking B vitamins, Fleas didn't bite me, mosquitoes leave me alone. I'm hoping its not bed bugs, but since you are open to any ideas, who knows. check the seams of the bedding. That's the first place that you might see them.
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Post by bitbyter on Jun 13, 2013 19:56:40 GMT -5
God this is embarrassing. I think I've found the cause. In my ferret room there is a small hole in the floor near one of the walls. It is just big enough that it made me nervous about it with the ferrets so when I was setting up the room I did the following. I placed a large piece of plywood on top of it, the huge old 150lbs 1940's dresser that I have their bedding in on top of the plywood and then the college sized freezer on top of that. Wilma is a food stasher so I work hard to find her stashes before they dry out and make her sick (to hard for her to digest the pieces). One of her stash spots is under the dresser (which I regularly clean out my laying on the floor with a flashlight). So trying to find the cause of what I think are bites I took down the freezer, moved the dresser and low and behold the tiny space between the plywood and the wall I find remnants of her meals, bone fragments, dried out meat bits, etc. aaaaaannnnddd my very own small colony (about 30 larva & adults) of black carpet beetles: www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef601.asp living in that space and under the plywood. If she was laying under the dresser and eating she easily could have gotten bitten. She also sleeps in the WOOL blanket I use under the cage where she also stashes food. I think I'm going to have to pull the baseboards off and seal everything up with silicone or something else. I think I might be going back to stricter feeding times (with the cage closed) or more cage time with the girls to prevent stashing. So they could have been biting her or she could simply be having an allergic reaction to their feces. I identified them by their larva and the power of Google image search. www.ozanimals.com/image/albums/australia/Insect/carpet-beetle-larva.jpg
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