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Old January 20th, 2008, 10:45 AM
TitoandBaxter TitoandBaxter is offline
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detox process on raw diet - ever heard of this?

I have had my 2 dachshunds on a raw food diet since October. Everything was going quite well until a month or so ago, when one of them started having swelling of the pads of one of his feet. He continually licked the foot and made it worse, and the irritation spread to his mouth.

I took him to the vet, who seemed to think this was not an allergic reaction, and he was puzzled. He gave him cortisone and over a couple of days the foot improved. Since then, it has recurred twice, each time getting worse. He has been tested for auto-immune diseases and that was negative.

The place where I buy their raw food has been very helpful, and she says this is part of the purging process for him. Apparently I should not have let the vet give him the cortisone (twice now) because that just slows everything down.

This morning his foot is absolutely raw and bleeding and twice it's normal size. My vet does not know what else to do, except give him antibiotics.

I love the raw food diet, but I am beginning to wonder if this uclerated foot (and mouth) could really be caused by the purging of toxins. Any ideas?

Thank you!
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