Coco Vet VIsit no. 5

Chilling on the bed after her visit.

Age: 6 months 2 weeks
Weight: 5kg

DISCLAIMER: This post ain't pretty but for in case there are concerned pug mamas and papas out there who are worried about weird bald patches developing on their little one.

Raised several worries with Tommy the Vet...she's had noticeable bald patches about midway down her back and on top of her little head. Tommy the Vet then proceeded to take out a little BLADE and SCRAPED it across the patches in questions which DREW BLOOD and I somehow didn't shriek in horror. But he needed to to put it under the microscope (KS reckoned the vet was about as excited as that Dermatologist in Scrubs about having something to do haha...) and turns out the little one has Demodex...non-fatal but kinda nasty sounding once you start reading about it.

The patch on her head:

The patch on her back:

I'd read about it before and kind of suspected she could have it (thus the vet visit) because if you Google "Pug" + "Demodex" the results ain't pretty. She's got her treatment for it now (a fortnightly treatment of some sort of liquid medication to be applied like Frontline and anti-biotics for the spots on her muzzle which aren't puppy acne like I thought, but also something to do with the freakin' mites.)

And cripes 5kg! No wonder my back's been aching!!

On another note I noticed on the board at the vets that there's a rescue 8 yr old Shitzu Male dog with a lovely temperament that needs a home with another dog to keep him company...