Itchy Jadey!!

I came home last night to see Jade looking a bit miserable. My OH pointed out several little lumps that his mom had noticed. They weren't there on the morning and about ten of them had popped up all over her during the course of the day. They are about the size of a pea and are very itchy but don't seem painful. I called the vet and she reckons that its an allergic reaction to something. I went out and got some Piriton and calamine lotion to ease the itch. After her half a tablet she seemed to settle a little (until the thunder storm of course!)

I have no idea what could have caused the reaction - the only thing that has changed is the flaxseed oil that I now give her with her meals - shes had it for about a week now - do you think this is what it could be?
She hasn't been anywhere different and hasn't eaten anything else as far as we know - its driving her mad the poor little thing!

Yikes - that sounds really uncomfortable.

I'd guess the thing to do is to stop giving Jade the flaxseed and see if it clears up. Process of elimination, although if that's the only thing that's changed recently, it's probably the cause. Unless she's gone hurtling through long grass or similar and picked up a different type of pollen or something?

She loves legging it through the long grass at the park but shes been through it hundreds of times! I spent my evening scratching her all over and she spent the morning chasing her tail trying to scratch the spot on it!

Hahahaa! I love it when Murdoch chases his tail - doesn't know what to do with it when he catches it!

Probably not the grass then - in all likelihood it's the flaxseed?

Took Jade to the vets last night and they confirmed that she has had an allergic reaction to something. They gave her a steroid injection and 5 days worth of tablets which will hopefully sort her out! She is so uncomfortable bless her and the ones on her legs and feet are starting to get sore cos she keeps messing with them. Fingers crossed they clear up soon.xx

Oh poor jade!!! Hope she feels better soon. Have they run tests to find out what she is allergic too so you can maybe avoid it in the future?

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No they haven't - the vet said that its pretty common and she'll probably never have it again - we'll never know what the reaction was to. I'm going to leave the flaxseed oil off for a bit then start giving it to her again as the vet was doubtful that this was the cause - if she flares up again we'll know for sure.xx

i hope she gets better soon..xx

My two have been on flaxseed oil for a week now and dixie esp has benifited from it. Her coat is a lot softer and her skin isn't dry anymore.

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If they have a reaction to flaxseed its usually in the form of stomach upset. Have never heard of them breaking out in hives from it. Even a bite from a midge or 2 can cause an allerdic reaction and an all over outbreak. Glad the flaxseed oil is benefitting your 2 nikki.

I personally dont think it was the flaxseed. The lumps have all gone down a bit now and aren't driving her mad anymore. I'll leave it for a little bit and then I'll chance the flaxseed again and see how she gets on.

How did your trip go Deb - did you fall in love with Serenity and did you miss Kane and Jett much?!xx

Missed my pups loads Claire but I did get to see and talk to them on webcam and the phone, enough to drive Michael mad with them looking for me afterwards. Serenity is an and I hated to leave without a doubt.