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Apoquel (OT)
Lennie the poodle is allergic to pretty well everything and now he has
apoquel daily tablets. It's a fairly new anti-itch drug and it's working fairly well, but I would like to find it online a bit cheaper for his mummie, who spends most of her money on him.. It seems to be sold out everywhere online. The cheapest online tablet I found was 70p each, but th ey all sold out so I dread to think what she is paying the vet for them. I have one of those things that you put your meds in to remind you, and now it's for Lennie he still nibbles his feet so he recently got Bitter apple spray on his toes. I've almost sorted him out. His bowels were dreadful., sorted through better diet, went to the vet for his allergies . Toe nibbling is now a habit so I'm hoping the bitter apple will stop it. |
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On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 22:53:30 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote: Lennie the poodle is allergic to pretty well everything and now he has apoquel daily tablets. It's a fairly new anti-itch drug and it's working fairly well, but I would like to find it online a bit cheaper for his mummie, who spends most of her money on him.. It seems to be sold out everywhere online. vetdispance.co.uk has 3.6mg available, but only that dose. 70p for the 16mg dose looks to be the common price. Another site says "Very limited stock due to a manufacturers issue" https://www.zoetis.co.uk/products/do...quel-faqs.aspx |
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"The New Other Guy" wrote in message ... On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 22:53:30 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: Lennie the poodle is allergic to pretty well everything and now he has apoquel daily tablets. It's a fairly new anti-itch drug and it's working fairly well, but I would like to find it online a bit cheaper for his mummie, who spends most of her money on him.. It seems to be sold out everywhere online. vetdispance.co.uk has 3.6mg available, but only that dose. 70p for the 16mg dose looks to be the common price. Another site says "Very limited stock due to a manufacturers issue" https://www.zoetis.co.uk/products/do...quel-faqs.aspx Thanks. I'm not sure of the dose he is on, but's it's been upped to one and half tab/day since Saturday as he is nibbling his feet once again. It makes them so sore, and I've been spraying them with Bitter Apple which only stops him biting at his itchy toes, not stop the cause. I'll have a look at vetdispance if Lennie is on 3.6mg. He just got a new 30 day supply from the vet. I dread to think what the vet charges for it. I am kind of in charge of his meds now because they weren't happening. I fill what is called a Dossit box for him every week,( which has compartments in for every day of the week and three time a day if necessary) for his other dog walker to do. This works well as no doses are now missed accidentally. Unfortunately his other dog walker, Mary, is going in for a hip operation on 9th October. I volunteered to take Lennie out every day last December when Mary broke her ankle and did it until March. Then I did Fridays and Saturdays since then. Which I enjoy. We do very big 3 miles walks on a Saturday. So his mummy asked me if I could help her out. I simply cannot commit to it every day. I said I would do Mon, Weds, Fri and Sat. because I like to go the local markets on Tuesdays & Thursdays. But I got gullty the next day and said I would do Tuesdays too. It's not because he needs a walk, it because he's kind of like Boyfriend with the litterbox - Lennie will not wee or poo in his own garden. I know this is true because when I take him out he wees 4 times within 50 yards and every walk is a three bag one. He is a lovely dog, he is more than perfectly behaved when he is out. Dogs sometime offer to fight. He says no. He's very clever too. If I try and walk on the road, he pulls me on to the pavement, like "are you mad?" Rita claims he knows when Mary is not taking him out and it will be me. Mary takes him out at 9.30 and I do later. On my days he doesn't wait at the door at 9.30. She think it's because she gets poo bags out for me (Mary has her own) I'm committing myself to months. Rita says Mary thinks she will up and about in a month. She won't be. |
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On Mon, 21 Sep 2015 19:42:48 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote: I'm committing myself to months. Rita says Mary thinks she will up and about in a month. She won't be. I hope that Mary heals quickly, AND that the makers of Apoquel get their production ramped back up soon. But imagine the karma points you're stocking up. |
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"The New Other Guy" wrote in message ... On Mon, 21 Sep 2015 19:42:48 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: I'm committing myself to months. Rita says Mary thinks she will up and about in a month. She won't be. I hope that Mary heals quickly, AND that the makers of Apoquel get their production ramped back up soon. But imagine the karma points you're stocking up. g I have huge Karma points for Lennie, and I've grown to love him. But his family need to kick in too, which is why I won't do every day. If they had to pay a professional dog walker, it would cost 8 pounds for a 40 minute walk. I don't want to be paid to exercise Lennie. His mummy gives me a bottle of wine every 6 weeks or so. His Saturday walk would cost 32 pounds if I was a professional dog walker. |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... Lennie the poodle is allergic to pretty well everything and now he has apoquel daily tablets. It's a fairly new anti-itch drug and it's working fairly well, but I would like to find it online a bit cheaper for his mummie, who spends most of her money on him.. It seems to be sold out everywhere online. The cheapest online tablet I found was 70p each, but th ey all sold out so I dread to think what she is paying the vet for them. I have one of those things that you put your meds in to remind you, and now it's for Lennie he still nibbles his feet so he recently got Bitter apple spray on his toes. Had a light bulb moment today when I was out with him. He wees on his back feet when he cocks his leg up when he first goes out as he has a lot to get rid of.. So maybe his own urine is causing it. Not sure what to do about that unless he gets waterproof boots. And yes, he is neutered. Only males that have been neutered as young dogs squat to urinate. Lennie was a very posh stud dog once upon a time. He only got "done" when he was 6 years old so he could live with Rita, who had recently been bereaved of her previous poodle from the same breeder. Ideal situation. Old stud dog, proved kind home. He is perfect for her. She could walk at the time, now she can't. so we do our best to make sure he gets out every day. He totally refuses to use his garden for toilet duties so he waits from 7 pm the night before. No wonder his feet get wet next day :-( I might be on the wrong track but I'm beginning to think he has urine scald and might not need apoquel at all. Could be wrong as he got tested for allergies a few months ago, he has loads. Lots of food allergies plus dust mites. Might phone his vet to see about if weeing on his feet could be the cause of his nibbling on them. I would leave it to his mummy normally but I know she won't. I took me moaning at her for months to sort out his bad diet that gave him the worst explosive bowels in the world. Everyone said I would never do it but I did. In the end. So I now want to sort out his raw toes on his back feet. His Apoquel dose has been upped to one and half tablets/day but he's still nibbling his back feet. To me that suggests that his allergies are not the reason. He's really clever. He knows if we go past his house in the car when we are bringing him back from his big Saturday 3 mile walk. He starts to whine "you just went past my house.." We have to say to him "Lennie, we just have to go down the street to turn the car round" He doesn't like me to walk on the road either, he gets on the pavement (sidewalk) and glances at me like "what sort of stupid are you?" I love that dog. Tweed |
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Christina Websell wrote:
Had a light bulb moment today when I was out with him. He wees on his back feet when he cocks his leg up when he first goes out as he has a lot to get rid of.. So maybe his own urine is causing it. Not sure what to do about that unless he gets waterproof boots. Bit of an odd idea, but how about carrying a small plastic water bottle on his walks so you can squirt it and rinse off his feet directly after he's done his wee? Deb. -- http://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield |
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"Debbie Wilson" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: Had a light bulb moment today when I was out with him. He wees on his back feet when he cocks his leg up when he first goes out as he has a lot to get rid of.. So maybe his own urine is causing it. Not sure what to do about that unless he gets waterproof boots. Bit of an odd idea, but how about carrying a small plastic water bottle on his walks so you can squirt it and rinse off his feet directly after he's done his wee? Deb. Good idea. I might do that. It's only the first big wees that are the problem when he's been waiting overnight. That dog could wee for England. He cocks his leg up even when he cannot sprinkle one more drop. He just likes doing 14 (or more) wees when we are out. Despite he runs out of wee after about 10 times he still pretends to do it. We always report back to his mummy if we saw another dog. Today we saw a Staffordshire Bull terrier which ignored us. We live in hope that we never see that Aylestone Bulldog again. |
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"The New Other Guy" wrote in message ... On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 22:53:30 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: Lennie the poodle is allergic to pretty well everything and now he has apoquel daily tablets. It's a fairly new anti-itch drug and it's working fairly well, but I would like to find it online a bit cheaper for his mummie, who spends most of her money on him.. It seems to be sold out everywhere online. vetdispance.co.uk has 3.6mg available, but only that dose. 70p for the 16mg dose looks to be the common price. Another site says "Very limited stock due to a manufacturers issue" https://www.zoetis.co.uk/products/do...quel-faqs.aspx I am charged by Lennies mummie to find him food that he's not allergic to She spent 300 quid for a blood test. He is allergic to potatoes and all grains. I found a good food that might suit him. Lily's Kitchen duck and chicken. Trying it next week. It's expensive but it's the only thing I've found to suit Lennie's needs. I bought him some He has not seen it yet. Neither has his mum ..... |
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