Itchies and Scratchies

The Devine Miss Emma made a visit to the vet yesterday.  She had a bad case of the scratchies.  I can imagine this was terribly uncomfortable for her and she made the humans in her life crazy with scratching and biting and licking non stop.

The verdict is that she was bitten by sand fleas at the beach....ick.  Oh, and she has an extreme sensitivity  to said bites which is what was causing the extreme scratching.  Geez....

So - to fix Miss Emma - she got a steroid shot - this makes the scratching stop (which I will say has worked like a charm - I don't believe she has scratched even one time). She got some fancy medicated shampoo - it has an antibiotic in it and will soothe all the irritated spots on her skin.  She had a bath yesterday once we got home and will have another on Thursday.  Then she will have one once a week til the shampoo is gone.  We also changed her to a new product on the market that is a heartworm, flea and intestinal parasite protector all in one monthly tablet.

She also had her regular stuff that was due - bordatella, heartworm test (negative I am happy to report).  All in all she is a pretty healthy girl and since she came home from the vet she seems like she feels pretty good.

As a precaution - we Frontlined the kitties - just in case.  None of them show any flea related signs but the last thing we need is a seven critter flea outbreak.  Clooney just happened to have a bath yesterday or the day before so he is good to go.  Miss Madison also received a bath as a precautionary measure.  Nigel is not in the danger zone so per the vet no action needed.

Cripes...I am so happy that the pup is not itchy any more....