Afew problems have sorted themselves out. OB is back to 850g and pooping well. Still getting the odd orange wee and very scary red wee. But I was rewarded with a huge normal wee on the kitchen floor yesterday.
Now I know this is a really bad thing to do. But I really thought OB had not long for this world, so I thought what the hell if it makes him happy because he had lost an extreme amount of weight. Ok excuse over. OB discovered a bit of cereal the kids had dropped on the floor and scoffed it. So for the last month he has had a teaspoon of rice crispies as part of his breakfast [embarrassed]. Now he demands it and scuttles off to the kitchen until he gets it.
Do you thing this might be why his belly has gone bald?
When he wasn't weeing properly his whole belly was soaked in wee and stained orange. Bathing even didn't remove the stain fully. I thought the baldness could be caused by overgrooming.
He has no sores and isn't itching. But the I think the baldness is spreading up his chest. Could he have picked up a mite from the grass ? When his brother had mites (no longer with us) the mites attacked the skin on the back not underneath.
So what do people thing is the cause. Vote a) rice crispies, b) over grooming c) mites or other parasite
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Why is Old Boy going bald?
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fortifiedwithtea · 07/10/2012 01:34
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