-Stella is an approx. 7mo old American female, bought at a pet store before I knew any better. I don't know her exact age, this is an estimate based on her being about 1month old when I got her.
-She is housed with Shasta, my other female who is about 1 month younger, and they had some minor issues, but they are doing good now.
-She had a shedding problem just shortly after I got her, she was treated for mites by me with pour-on Ivermectin for at least 4 weeks, and 7 days between doses, but she continued to shed.
The girls are fed unlimited timothy hay (and we just got a shipment of bluegrass today to try!) from KM's hayloft, about 1/4 cup of Oxbow pellets every other day or so (I basically just fill it when it's empty, which is about every 2 or 3 days), and fresh veggies every morning and evening (red and green leaf lettuce always, cucumber, kale, belgian endive, carrots, cilantro switched out during the week).
Now, on to the problem. The last few posts in the last thread were about this ear problem that she's been having. It started out as a small spot on one ear, and has now spread.
This is how it started


I know they're not good pictures, this was before I got my new camera, but you can see that there's just a spot on her ear that looks almost like a sore of some kind. Also, it was just on this one ear. I thought it was fungus at first. These pictures were taken on a Friday evening. By Monday it had spread all over her one ear, and started on the other (I don't have pictures of this).
I took her to the vet that Wednesday (earliest I could get in) and the vet wasn't sure, but she wanted to treat for mites just in case, so Stella got a shot of Ivermectin. By the following Monday she was getting worse, so I called the vet and we scheduled a biopsy to try and see what the problem was. The biopsy was done that Thursday (which was last thursday 6/7/07).
There is more, but I think I should split up the posts... Continued in a minute.
(I'm sorry for starting another thread, I hope it won't be a problem. If it is I can continue on the other one, I just thought this way the subject would be more universal for any future problems we may have)