Melva said: <I have a little tri cavalier who is just turning 1 year old. She has always been a picky eater but about 3 months ago she started refusing to eat. I tried force feeding her and trying different things to entice her to eat but nothing seemed to help. I took her to my vet and she found ulcers on the top of her throat(soft palate area). She did blood work and it was perfect. The girl had very little swelling of the lymph glands but not a lot. She seems in perfect health except for these ulcers.>
Melva, I remembered this being discussed on one of the lists a long time ago and started doing a little research. This is what I've come up with. The condition is stomatitis - I can't remember the first word - I think it is eosinophilic stomatitis. A Board certified internist first asked mentioned this to a friend of mine years ago, and since then she has heard of several Cavaliers with this condition. The internist suspects it is another Cavalier problem. It is hard to diagnose and hard to clear up. I think treatment is corticosteroids, or possibly long-term antibiotics. They suspect an autoimmune problem is behind the condition. Here is a web site about feline stomatitis - I can't find anything about canine. http://www.dentalvet.com/dentalvet/vets/cats/feline_stomatitis.htm Carol Richards East Tennessee, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.geocities.com/carolscavaliers/ "My little dog, a heartbeat at my feet." Edith Wharton ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
