The Butter Spread

Butter's previous allergy or detoxification episode with red bumps all over her skin hasn't really gone away entirely. It's still here and there but it's still manageable. We've had her on cone since then. Her itching has always been around her ears, tummy and paws. Just two days ago on the 18th, I realised her ear was bleeding on one side, red on both and had a foul smell. It worsened over time even though she was almost always on e-collar. Today was the worse of all I've seen. On one ear, it spread down to almost her chin level. It was most serious behind her ears and near the bottom of her ear where there's a tiny double flap. It was swollen, red, had tiny wounds and a lot of ear discharge. Rick suggested using apple cider vinegar to clean it everyday, and drip some garlic and mullein ear oil into it. I didn't get the garlic and mullein ear oil yet, so we're cleaning it with 50-50 diluted apple cider vinegar. We started tonight on the 20th. H

Just early last week, Butter got a really bad allergy reaction to pumpkin. We're not even sure if it's allergy, but we brought her to the vet and the vet said there's no infection, so it's likely that it's allergy, even though it doesn't look like it externally from her experience. She sent us home with an antibiotic shampoo, but we were too skeptical about it so we didn't use it at all. Before this, I emailed Rick and he was thinking Butter might have a Candida infection and gave us some directions on foods to feed for that. It was actually the same food to feed for fleas and tick prevention, so we started feeding her almost immediately. We continued even after the vet said it's not Candida infection because she didn't see any yeast on her skin. Taking this chance to move her off Revolution, we're feeding the following: 🌿 1 clove of garlic (slowly move to 2 cloves) 🌿 blended ginger 💊 3 capsules of acidophilus 💊 3 capsules of bifidu