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by Hershill Depp on 02 October 2008 - 06:10
Friends help me please. I couldn't recognised it earlier after 2 months I discovered that my female dog has Pyometra. I am treating her with oral antibiotics now, but is there any kind of food which I can change in her diet?

by PowerHaus on 02 October 2008 - 08:10
Pyometra? Are you sure? Usually Pyometra is pretty deadly left untreated by your veterinarian! Pyometra will kill your bitch with in a couple of days if it goes undetected and the usual treatment is to spay the bitch!
Are you sure you don't mean Pyoderma? If it is pyoderma, make sure you treat for fleas and you can try a raw diet or a hypoallergenic diet found at your vet.
Vickie
by Hershill Depp on 02 October 2008 - 10:10
Thanks for your advice. Its not pyoderma...Its Pyometra, it usually started immediately after her heat cycle....the vet asked me to give oral anti-biotics & didn't advised me anything about feeding. As it has been 5-6 Months will I culture her urine & spay her? After spaying will I be able to save my babies life? Please Help....
by DKiah on 02 October 2008 - 11:10
Feeding has nothing to do with pyometra.. unless your girl doesn't want to eat and thenyou will feed her anything you can get her to eat..
Did your vet explain that pyometra is infection of the uterus??? There are 2 types - open and closed, open is when you will see a nasty discharge and in a lot of cases with meds the uterus can be saved... in closed that is not the case, the infection stays way inside and both are life threatening if not caught, especially the closed for obvious reasons....
6-8 weeks after a heat cycle is the norm al range of time in which you will see a pyo as well although cases have been documented occuring in the heat cycle itself ..
Hope this helps..... you need to get meore info from your vet and I'd avice some research into the condition
good luck

by missbeeb on 02 October 2008 - 11:10
Get her spayed as soon as possible. Pyometra is a "pus filled womb" and anti biotics just seem to "keep the lid" on it.
There seems to be 2 types of pyometra, "closed" and "open". With "open" pyometra, there is usually a pretty constant discharge but the "closed" pyometra shows you nothing other than a bloated look. Both types make for a very sick dog BUT I believe the closed variety is the most dreaded.
She should be absolutely fine after being spayed. Don't hang around is my advice!
by k9vangogh on 02 October 2008 - 11:10
You should go and see another vet immediately. Something is not right there. A normal vet would be much more concerned because as Powerhouse mentioned Pyometra can be deadly very fast and/or ruin the dogs health forever. There are two forms of Pyometra, a closed Pyometra means that the female has to be spayed imeediatly because by the time you find out about the infection the uterus is already so infected that antibiotics would not do the trick. And then there is an open Pyometra which means that the dogs has discarge and vet normally try this kind of Pyometra with antibiotics, but often also only pay will help. I had an old bitch once with a closed Pyometra and by the time she showed symptoms (she started drinking a lot !!) her uterus had the size of a handball and was filled with pus. So needless to say she needed to be spayed which was a bit of an ordeal because her over all condition was already a bit weak and her kidneys started to shut down.
So don't ask members of a Forum for advice see a vet.
by Hershill Depp on 02 October 2008 - 12:10
Thank you all....Pray for her so that she can post a new succesfull message.........Love You Guys
by AnjaBlue on 02 October 2008 - 12:10
A friend of mine had a female Alaskan Malamute with the "closed" variety - she was immediately spayed, and lived a perfectly normal, healthy life thereafter. Good luck with your girl, and please follow the advice given above....... it really is a very serious condition.

by missbeeb on 02 October 2008 - 13:10
I had a bitch with the "open" type, as usual, shortly after a season. I didn't hesitate to have her spayed having seen a few that had been cured on anti biotics, only to have it rear its' ugly head again shortly after the medication ended.
Gabi was totally "goofy" once she was rid of the offending womb... it was hard keeping her quiet for a few days. Happy days!

by SchutzhundJunkie on 02 October 2008 - 23:10
A friend of mine has a Supreme Grand Champion AB Bitch with a BST- she had Pyometria- and recovered to whelp again. She was on antibiotics for quite awhile and then they bred her and it didn't take (about 6-7 months). A year later she produced a small litter of very nice pups. The animal in question is very special in her breeding and beauty and the owner desperately wanted to get offspring from her line.
The vet was in Southern Cali and was a specialist in reproduction- admitted that almost all vets insist on spays but some can reproduce again if treated properly.
Good luck,
Julie
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