Allergy Update

When Emme began chewing on her feet a week or so ago, we took her to the vet who thought it was the result of allergies to the high pollen count, and prescribed an antihistamine, Chlorpheniramine, I think. The handwriting on the pill envelope is difficult to read. He prescribed a half a 4 mg tablet twice a day for ten days. If that worked, he said they we could keep her on the antihistamine whenever the pollen count was high and she was itching. For the first few days, we gave Emme the tablets, washed and dried her feet in the morning and again at night when she went out on dew covered grass, but saw little improvement. After about five days, however, she stopped chewing on her feet and has not started chewing again. So we have gotten another 30 days of the antihistamine. We will keep her on it until the first day of summer and then for about a week, we will give her only one dose a day and then discontinue. If the foot chewing reoccurs, we know what to do in the future. I don't like putting chemicals into her body, but I like the foot chewing less. We will continue with the medication until she no longer needs it.