Doubled up on medication

[aclivity]

One of our dogs - a West Highland Terrier - has a bit of a skin problem. She is on lots of vets advice foods etc but is on a course of steroids at the moment. She has been sent to a different vet and has been placed on a double amount of steroids for 2 weeks.

Today my wife fed her a double dose then went to work without telling us. Later on - half an hour to 1 hour later - my daughter gave her 2 tablets.

She slept most of the morning.

She seems fine, is there any chance of anything bad happening?

[Smurfsarepeopletoo]

I would contact the vets just to be sure,

I also have a westie, have you tried coconut oil on their skin, and a company called Stinky Stuff also do products that are meant to help.

[moorx]

Smurfsarepeopletoo said:

I would contact the vets just to be sure,

I would too.

[aclivity]

Was waiting on the call - finally spoke to them!

They said it was fine, she may be a little sleepy (she was) but they think she will survive!

Re the oil - tried that, tried EVERYTHING but nothing seems to work other than the expensive food we are on at the moment! She is nearly 4 years old and has had skin problems since she turned 2, we know all of the prospective solutions!

[Thevet]

Agreed with the no problem with double dose steroid.
Ask about Apoquel for the skin.

[BoggoStump]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/bedsforbullies/per...

Never tried it myself but saved the post incase i need it

[BoggoStump]

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=27...

This stuff is meant to be magic. Again never tried but saved the post incase i need it

https://www.facebook.com/PetlabCoDogs/videos/27026...

Edited by BoggoStump on Saturday 19th December 01:10