[Jukes Mum]

Does anyone have any experience with this? I have a lot of information from the Animal Health Trust etc and the pos link to harvest mites etc etc but would appreciate if anyone has any further experience.
I have a very poorly boy. Been on a drip since 7am yesterday. Had anti biotics, anti sickness etc. No improvement yet.

[funkyfish]

Oh I am sorry to hear it! there was an article in the Guardian online Saturday re poss triggered by a bacteria in raw meat..

[Jukes Mum]

2 others (cockers) we were camping with also went down with it. Both are fed kibble and had not eaten anything else.

[in the hills]

How is your boy doing? 

Sorry, I hadn't even heard of this so can't be of any help but thank you for posting as it may help others.

Hope he is on the mend. 

[funkyfish]

 The AHT is the biggest resource I've come across. which area were you?


has the vet reported it? How are his kidneys holding up? is he insured? if so have him refereed to an internal medicine specialist practice ASAP.


Thinking of you!

[Jukes Mum]

Thanks for your replies.
Really good news. The vet asked me to bring him home yesterday morning to see if I could get him to eat or drink anything in his home environment. Had no luck all day, then my OH came home with his kennel mate at tea time and he got up and even ate a spoonful of fish! The vets said I could keep him overnight but had to bring him back in if he wasn't drinking by morning. I went downstairs at 5am and my boy was there tail wagging and fussy I gave him some water and he had a drink and then an hour or so later he has eaten some breakfast and is trotting about
All my dogs get harvest mites this time every year (you need to look really carefully between their toes and up into the 'toe-hole' bit to see them), and never had a problem, but Juke did have quite a bad infestation up to his elbows. Where the vets have shaved his arms for his drips are loads of tiny bites.
We were at the Sandringham Estate this weekend which is known for it (but we have been this time every year with no problems before).
This is not just a probelm at Sandringham though and I would recommend the following (I AM NOT A VET!!!)
Regularly check for harvest mites and spray between toes with Frontline Spray from vets.
Symptoms the affected dogs (including mine) had were
- very lethargic
- stretchy- stretching back legs out
- drooling (not all dogs but mine was profuse)
- being sick
- really odd stance. Slightly tucked up with really protruding ribcage
- diarrhoea (mine didn't get this yuntil later)
I would not recommend waiting, but get to the vets asap and tell them that you suspect SCI.
The vets we went to put on a fluid drip and gave anti sickness injections and antibiotics.
We also went through his coat and sprayed all the harvest mites.
Last night at home I also gave him Loxicom

I hope this never happends to any of your dogs. I love this boy way too much and I really thought I was going to lose him.

which area were you

Sandringham

has the vet reported it?

I'm not sure but I will ask them

How are his kidneys holding up?

good (a little too good actually, he wee'd all the way home in my car :-) This is why the drip to hydrate them is sooo important

is he insured?

no

[in the hills]

So glad that he is so much better.

How do you know if they have 'harvest mites'? 

[Jukes Mum]

Most dogs have them this time of year and usually they don't cause a problem.

(you need to look really carefully between their toes and up into the 'toe-hole' bit to see them),

quite often they have a couple on their tummy buttons too.
The mites are really bright orange tiny dots.

[Jukes Mum]

Couldn't resist adding this piccie of him when he was well  love this boy. The black lab is his kennelmate- Jess

[shygirl]

where are you?
theres been a spate of dog and cat deaths near us at the moment. some people are saying farmers are poisoning the seagulls etc and the cats and dgs are either eating poison or the birds themselves - maybe its something similar?

 

[Jukes Mum]

I was at Sandringham for the weekend.
He definately did not eat anything.

That's awful- where abouts are these poisionings happening?

[funkyfish]

I'm so happy for you! so glad he is doing well! only a small % do well due to the kidneys completely shutting down.

[Jukes Mum]

He is doing really well now. Drinking a wee'ing is normal so hopefull his kidneys are OK. I think getting him on a drip straight away helped.

[shygirl]

I was at Sandringham for the weekend.
He definately did not eat anything.

That's awful- where abouts are these poisionings happening?

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