[Gpdd] <health> scurvy? fits?

Carrie Mazza mazza_carrie at hotmail.com
Thu Apr 28 00:24:05 EDT 2005


Hi everyone,
I don't write often..but I am always reading and appreciate all the advise and stories!

I have a question about my little man...
He has been suffering from "dry skin" for a while now.  I recently took him to an exotic vet and he thinks he has a touch of scurvy.  I have been giving him straight vit. c in a dropper everyday per the vet but his symptoms are still happening:

He has itchy skin that when you scratch him enough he goes into "fit"..he becomes stiff and twisted. I can pull his hair out too with flakes attached.  

 He has induced this fit on his own even a few times and I have found him on his back.  He comes out in a second or two..but it is really concerning me.  I read on Peter Gurney that this sort of thing can be a sign of a fungal infection affecting the system, but my vet doesn't see signs of a fungal infection.  He has had some looser poo the last week or so as well...

Any ideas? Does this sound like scurvy to you guys?

Thanks!
Worried Mommy..Carrie and Itchy Sugar Bear!


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