Re: [Chihuahuas] Diagnosis of Color Dilution Alopecia CONFIRMED in Zoey.

[Ronnie Kidder]

Heather, go to rivivalanimal.com  and look for "Doc Roy's Forti-Cal "  and put in ontop of her food 2 times a day . I woulduse 3 teaspoons/ per time. And put her on Pur. One Lamb & Rice .  How  old is she again ?  Heather Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:                                     Well We took Zoey back to the vet today cause my husband and I were noticing last night that she has hair loss mainly on her blue spots and someone mentioned that this may be a possibility.  You can literally just pull the hair out without much effort.  It is also very dull giving her the 'moth' eaten look.  On cytology of her hair you can see the irregular clumps of melanin within the hair shaft... So the Diagnosis of Color Dilution Alopecia has been confirmed! :(  This just makes me SO sad.  I can't believe it.  My poor little girl.  I am
 going to try possibly switching her diet to boost her immune system and try so vitamins and herbs as well, but it looks like I'm gonna have a patchy bald little girl.  I have been doing A LOT of research and have come up with a lot of info on it.  It is unfortunately Genetic, here is a quote:      "Breeding advice  Affected dogs, their parents and siblings should not be used for breeding. The condition can be entirely avoided by the use of non-colour-diluted dogs in breeding programmes.".    But if anyone else has any information on it or what shampoos/treatments help the most I would appreciate it.  Does anyone know does the hair ever grow back?  Or does is remain
 patchy for their entire life?  Her ears look 100% better today!  YEAH!  But still has the crustiness on her face and ears, but they aren't as inflamed.    Here is a link that I've found about it:  http://www.upei.ca/~cidd/Diseases/dermatology/colour%20dilution%20alopecia.htm     Heather Thompson  Visit My Dogs on Dogster: Zoey : Jakob : Chloe
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