by pitsnok » June 21st, 2011, 8:38 pm
I will say, this still sounds so much like a thyroid issue.
When we first noticed something was up with Harlow she was really ... lazy. She didn't seem lethargic necessarily, but she was NOT her typical bouncing off the walls self. She was also pretty 'grumpy' for lack of a better word. Just a little less playful with Degan, and had less patience than she normally does. She also was shivering a lot...like she was FREEZING at all times. This was in the winter so we just thought she was cold, but realized it was actually because of her thyroid.
The biggest similarities I'm seeing though, are how you say Toby seems to be 'hurting' a bit, and his weird appetite. Harlow wouldn't eat out of her bowl, but she would take a piece of food from our hands or would eat it off the floor. It was bizarre. Like she had no interest in eating whatsoever if her food was in a bowl. She also had gained a little weight, but not enough that we had really noticed it. She wasn't jumping up on furniture like normally, which could have been attributed to her lethargy, or to weight gain, I'm not sure which was the actual culprit.
The other symptoms we realized she had once the vet pointed them out were little 'blackhead' looking bumps on her neck area and under her chin. I am pretty sure the vet said they were actually 'clogged sebaceous glands', but don't quote me on that. She has almost no hair at all on her chest and neck so we just thought she had blackheads, or dirt on her neck. Also her hair was duller, and thinner in some places. But like I said, it wasn't enough that we had noticed it until our vet pointed it out.
Anyway, keep on with the updates. I'm glad to hear Toby has improved!
~Brittany, Degan and Harlow's mom
"It is true that Pit Bulls grab and hold on. But what they most often grab and refuse to let go of is your heart, not your arm."