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Originally Posted by
Patch
My thought is pyometra alert as well
It`s not that uncommon in bitches under 5, my girl was just over a year when she had it.
Also, if it were closed pyo, [ which my girl had ], there are rarely any outward signs, no leakage / discharge like with open pyo, temp, behaviour, and appetite can be as normal as usual - again, as was the case with my girl.
The vet got quite a shock when opening her up for `routine` spay to find she had closed pyo ready to rupture - even the pre-op check gave no indication - and could in itself have been enough to make her rupture during palpitation
Hopefully your lass might just have a mild general infection or tummy upset which can be easily sorted, but you are right to take her to the vet to be on the safe side - I think perhaps you have already considered pyo hence being so vigilant and maybe seeing if that`s others first thought too ?
Always trust your instincts on something like this, but fingers crossed that its not something as worrisome after all
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Patch I had an awful,heartbreaking experience with it too
.My Cocker bitch Amber went about as happy as Larry eating normally,was full of life.She was 3yrs when she came to us and overweight we tried every trick in the book to get the weight off her.I even accused oh of feeding her crap etc when I wasn't around.Anyway we took her to vet and she said she's just a little over weight,put her on a diet etc.Took her home and within a week she all of a sudden started drinking loads and just wasn't right
.Took her back into vets and they did an emergency spay
,washed her organs etc
.We got her back the next day with pk and abs.Man I fought with her for a whole week
,sleeping in my hallway with her,never left her side and ended up loosing her due to peritonitis
.We were gutted.
Now I have seen other bitches who have also had this,mostly thankfully open pyo though and guess what all were fat bitches.So my advice is if your bitch seems a tad over weight,get it checked as closed pyo is one mean silent killer,
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