Pyometra Infection - Suggestions Appreciated

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by VomHausCander on 10 July 2008 - 02:07

My 2.5 year old bitch was diagnosed with an open pyometra infection today. I purchased her to show and breed so obviously we'd like to avoid spaying her. Her well being is our first prority however. With that said, has anyone had sucess in treating an open pyo infection and later being able to breed the dog sucessfully? Our vet said it was possible but I'd love to hear others opinions on the subject. He did bloodwork (high white cell count), an untrasound (that showed her 4-6 dead pups that would have been due the 30th of this month), and gave a shot of oxytocin to help expel what was in her uterus. We dont want to prolong the spay if she will not be able to be bred and shown anyhow, but we would like to avoid it is it is possible to do so. Suggestions please!!!

by panzertoo on 10 July 2008 - 02:07

yes it can be treated but you need to act quickly and get her on baytril injections and pills and they use lutalyce to contine to expel the infection its pretty stressful on them and you risk uterine scarring and the possibility the dog in not ever going to be able to produce

by PowerHaus on 10 July 2008 - 02:07

I have had a bitch that had a CLOSED pyo. I used a very good vet that was well known for treating top-end horses. He did save the bitch. Had to give her something to open the uterus and expel the infection, this lasted 3 days along with IV antibiotics. Then followed up by about 2 weeks of STRONG antibiotics....each pill was about $10 each! Got her over the pyo and she did well. Vet said I would have to breed her on her next heat to get her hormones all straightened out! I can't remember all the medications that were used, I was too upset and worried to pay too much attention to the details! He did save her and she did have a successful litter after that with no other issues.

Vickie

www.PowerHausKennels.com

by Pam Powers on 10 July 2008 - 02:07

I have had a bitch with an open pyometra that was successfully treated with 5 days of SQ(under the skin) prostaglandins, and 10 days of Baytril. I had bred her, and she developed the pyo instead of the pups! We did an ultrasound which showed a normal looking uterus, that did not appear to have any hyperplasia of the endometrium after the treatment. I will try and breed her again on the next heat, so I am kinda in the same boat, except pyo was open. I don't know whether or not I will use antibiotics prophylactically before she breeds, there are 2 schools of thought on that, do, and don't! Good luck

by Blitzen on 10 July 2008 - 03:07

I had a bitch that developed an open pyo after her third season. We had her treated using prostalglandins and baytril. Bred her on her next season and she whelped a litter of 6 healthy puppies. We did not use antibiotics prophylactically; pyo is a hormonal issue, it is not caused by bacteria. She was only bred one time. After she finished her American and Candian championships, I had her spayed.

by K-9mom on 10 July 2008 - 03:07

I had a bitch who was pregnant, absorbed th epups and got open Pyo. We treated with Prostaglandins & Baytril, she came back into heat in 2 months, the Vet suggested breeding her that heat so I did. I got 9 pups. She was normal for 1 year, had a litter of 8, then got Pyo again as well as Endometritis. I spayed her as it was not fair to contiue putting her through that. I know they say the treatment can cause scaring but we had 9 then 8, then re-occured.

Tina

by RockyMud on 11 July 2008 - 20:07

What is the major difference between closed and open pyo? I know a little about pyometra as I had a black female who develope it on her first heat at 10 months of age. I cannot really remember much of the details about it. I was nerous and all I did was cry. The vet recommend surgery or put her to sleep. Well we had a surgery done and the vet said it was too late to save her uterus. The vet spayed her at the same time to save Shadow some scaring. That's really all I remember. Nikki

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