Hi all,
My westie who is a year old, has been on raw since January. His diet consists of green tripe, chicken necks, turkey necks, pig tails, ground chicken w/organs, marrow bone (2-3 weeks), steak, beef bones, pumpkin seeds, occasional egg, cheese. All his food is bought through a farmer who specializes in animal raw food. We also give him vitamin e, cod liver oil, dream coat, enzymes and probiotics (he occasionally gets a lot of gas, but that has stopped with the enzymes and probs).
My problem now is that on occasion he tends to scratch himself, but lately it is more and more as well as biting his back paws. I've done elimination of various foods for a few weeks to see if this was causing it, but he continues to scratch. There is no swelling. I did see a few small bumps (looked like goose bumps on your arm), but I'm not sure why this is happening. I do put some eucalyptus oil and it calms it down a bit.
I did check for fleas and he has none. I'm sure that is from the raw feeding. We walk every day 2-3 miles and he spends a few hours a day in our back yard chasing after squirrels. We did have a lot of mosquitoes this year as well. I'm wondering if it is our yard with various trees and grass causing the problem.
I'm not sure what to do, or if I should have certain tests done. I'm posting here to get suggestions / observations. I'm sure I'm missing something, but can't figure it out.
Thanks,
rodwilma
My westie who is a year old, has been on raw since January. His diet consists of green tripe, chicken necks, turkey necks, pig tails, ground chicken w/organs, marrow bone (2-3 weeks), steak, beef bones, pumpkin seeds, occasional egg, cheese. All his food is bought through a farmer who specializes in animal raw food. We also give him vitamin e, cod liver oil, dream coat, enzymes and probiotics (he occasionally gets a lot of gas, but that has stopped with the enzymes and probs).
My problem now is that on occasion he tends to scratch himself, but lately it is more and more as well as biting his back paws. I've done elimination of various foods for a few weeks to see if this was causing it, but he continues to scratch. There is no swelling. I did see a few small bumps (looked like goose bumps on your arm), but I'm not sure why this is happening. I do put some eucalyptus oil and it calms it down a bit.
I did check for fleas and he has none. I'm sure that is from the raw feeding. We walk every day 2-3 miles and he spends a few hours a day in our back yard chasing after squirrels. We did have a lot of mosquitoes this year as well. I'm wondering if it is our yard with various trees and grass causing the problem.
I'm not sure what to do, or if I should have certain tests done. I'm posting here to get suggestions / observations. I'm sure I'm missing something, but can't figure it out.
Thanks,
rodwilma