Meg has allergies. MAN does Meg have allergies. She went from mildly
scratching to HIVES with chicken in just under a year. The last "bite of
chicken" she had was a piece of canned (people) chicken, about the size
of a 50 cent piece and out came massive hives. Therefore, since then
(nearly 3 years ago) chicken does not even get into the house. Nor
turkey. Nor eggs.
Within the last 2 - 3 weeks, suddenly Meg is getting hives. First I
thought it was because she licked what little "juice" out of a cup of
"chicken flavored" soup was left after I ate the noodles, the veggies
and drank the liquid. I figured "Okay, she's progressed to where chicken
bullion is causing the problem so no more cup of soup." Well, no. No
soup cup -- but she got hives. Nothing new in the house. Haven't washed
her blankets during the time. She has minimal contact with my clothes --
but doesn't matter. No new soap. No new fabric softener.
So, the vet has me watching the "whens and whats" and I was some worried
she had developed a sensitivity to the raw beef she eats (one of the
reasons I went to raw beef was her allergies to almost any ingredient
found in even premium dog foods). The hives seemed to come up with the
last 5 packages of frozen meat I pulled out. So I checked with the
butcher to make sure since it was "dog food" that maybe someone wasn't
quite as careful as they should be. This is a REAL butcher -- where you
bring in you beef, hog, sheep, goat for slaughter and processing. They
also process venison and it has been deer season around here. But, no,
dog or human, they maintain strict protocols to make sure there's no
cross "contamination" between animal types. Next I called the vet and
asked "Could it be something the cow ate?" because it was very possible
some particular cow was "represented" in the last 4 or 5 packages I
pulled out. "Could be, but haven't really heard of that."
Fast forward to all new set of frozen meat ... 2 weeks after the last
batch purchased so no way would the same beef be represented in the
packages. Still hives. Oy, surely she hasn't become allergic to beef
now, too. But no. She has gotten hives even before eating. Under the
vet's orders, she's getting Benadryl 2 - 3 times a day. Generally, since
breakfast and dinner times seem to be when the hives are popping out,
she gets 2 Benadryl with her meals. Then to consider -- she goes out
first thing in the morning, does "yard patrol," and all her "business"
and then comes in to eat. Does the same procedure for dinner.
Tonight, I didn't check before she went out, but after she was out long
enough to do "yard patrol" (where she checks what bird, rabbit, possum
or CAT might have been in her yard today while she was in and to make
sure they have all properly left her yard) and came in while I was
measuring her food and boiling some water to warm it up (she doesn't
like it refrigerator cold and adding hot water makes sure it's
thoroughly defrosted, warmed and she's drinking extra water), I check
--- HIVES! just starting. So. I think now there most be some weed /
plant / growth in the back yard that wasn't a problem so much in the
summer but in getting COLD has somehow "condensed" the plant enough to
cause hives. It was just about the time it actually started getting
truly cold the problem started.
And there ain't nothin' I can do about it until spring. But how do I
determine what she's contacting that's getting the hives started? At
least the vet said she could do the Benadryl trreatments every day with
no adverse effect. Small victories!
LisaW
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