Several weeks ago, I started noticing some thinned hair on Xiao Bi’s forefeet. She wasn’t chewing or scratching, so I thought it was just a temporary thing. It’s also because just two weeks before that, I had to buy a pack of dog kibbles from a brand that I usually don’t for them, as the regular ones were out of stock. I only give them kibbles as morning snacks, not even breakfast, so I thought it shouldn’t be a problem since it’s going to be temporary until our regular brand is back in stock. We eat plenty of junk food ourselves too, right?
I was so wrong.
She only had it for like, 2 weeks, and the hair was thinning. I quickly changed the kibbles, made a complaint with the company because at that time, I also saw worms at the bottom of the pack (!) – and by the way, the salesperson still hasn’t got back to me despite stating during my second phone call that he lost my number after my first phone call. Two weeks later, she started scratching. And chewing. So we started to treat her. And then two weeks later, Coco also started scratching. So, OMG.
And then we realised it’s probably mange from Scooby the dog, the community stray at my late grandma’s that I had been treating for months (I’ll have another post dedicated to this legendary dog later). No he wasn’t staying with us, and I was very careful to clean myself when I’m done with Scooby. But who knows? That poor quality kibbles must have triggered something in Xiao Bi’s system (she used to have some skin problem when she was a puppy) and then one thing lead to another, now I have two dogs who scratch and scratch and scratch…
So as you can imagine, I was horrified. I don’t like the idea of using drugs because it will just go and come. So I went back to my pet care bible, Dr. Pitcairn’s New Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats, and then I decided to fast both of them, together with some lemon rinse.
Today is the second day of their liquid fast and both are doing great, hopping around like kangaroos. Xiao Bi has been happily drinking her broth and juice, but not Coco. That crazy mutt who loves to eat everything has refused to touch her broth twice since we started the liquid fast.
As expected I’m constantly worrying if they’ll be OK with the fast, and I’m checking them more regularly. So of course, Wah said I’m crazy.
One more day to go before we start including vegetables and yoghurt into the diet for 2 days, and then oatmeal for 2 days, and then tofu and eggs for another 2 days, and finally back to their regular meals. Will I survive? :D
