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by Hershill Depp on 02 October 2008 - 11:10
Thanks for your advice PowerHose. 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 Blitzen on 02 October 2008 - 14:10
If you have her spayed before she comes into season again, she will never develop another case of pyometra. I don't think food makes any difference; this is a hormonal disease.
by eichenluft on 02 October 2008 - 15:10
The only way to prevent re-occurance of Pyometra is to breed the female (and only if she is pregnant) or spay her. 100% cure for the problem and 0 risk of Pyo with the spay solution. Any intact female is at risk of Pyometra, but the risk increases a great deal for a dog who has already had a Pyo. A female who has had a Pyo must either be bred, or spayed. She must not be allowed to go through a heat cycle without being pregnant, again. Pyometra is very dangerous to her health and her life. It has nothing to do with diet.
molly
by malshep on 02 October 2008 - 16:10
If you are not going to breed, spaying is the best answer. It is best to spay before going into season again. It is very stressful on the dog if you are having to spay during a pyometra situation.
by AKVeronica60 on 02 October 2008 - 21:10
Be sure it really is pyrometria. I had a vet want to do an emergency spay on my German Import bitch, and I took her to another vet where the diagnosis of flatulence was the cause of her distress.
Veronica
by Zac on 02 October 2008 - 21:10
by Blitzen on 02 October 2008 - 14:10 If you have her spayed before she comes into season again, she will never develop another case of pyometra.
Thats not always the case.
My bitch had pyo, we mated her next season and 2 years later she developed another pyo.
Thankfully she survived, but only just!
Should have had her spayed before the first! its the only way to be certain .
Zac

by missbeeb on 02 October 2008 - 21:10
Zac. spayed bitches don't have seasons!
Veronica, flatulence? Any Vet confusing pyometra with flatulence needs to be avoided.
by eichenluft on 02 October 2008 - 22:10
LOL flatulence. New vet is the only solution to that idiocy.
Zac, as I mentioned before, pyometra can only be avoided two ways. Spaying - this will prevent it 100%. Or pregnancy. So your female had a pyo, and you bred her the next season. No pyo (because she was pregnant). But then you let her have open seasons (did not breed her) after that? This increases the chance of pyo MANY MANY times for a female that has had a pyo. Your vet should have told you that. For a female that has had pyo - either breed her (every heat, no heats open) and then spay her before an open heat - or spay her immediately. You can never safely let a female that has had pyo, have a heat cycle without being pregnant - chances are she will get another pyo on her open heat, and as you said it could be worse, could threaten her life. For a female with history of pyo, you must never again allow them to come into heat without breeding/becoming pregnant. Or spay.
molly
by AKVeronica60 on 03 October 2008 - 00:10
It was a Pet Emergency Clinic vet in Anchorage. These emergencies always happen when your own vet is not available, don't they? Since then, I've found a better Emergency clinic to use when the dogs hurt themselves or get sick at the worst times.
I doubt the vet was really that incompetent. Just a greedy and uncaring ass. I'd told her I had thousands in the bitch as a breeding bitch, imported from Germany, and she still wanted to do the emergency spay, saying there was nothing that could be done to treat Pyrometria other than spaying. Which is patently untrue. Fortunately, I refused her "treatment" despite her dire warnings of my dog's iminent death and took the dog to my regular vet the next day, who could point to the pockets of gas in her intestines from the very xray the emergency clinic vet took at the time of our visit. She proceeded to have 9 live puppies the next time she was bred, too.
Veronica
by Karla on 03 October 2008 - 02:10
I've had nearly the same experience. Brought imported bitch into emergency clinic, I was concerned it could be pyometra since it was shortly after her season, stated my concerns and the vet informed me they would prepare her for immediate spay - I did not let go of the leash. I told her it could be treated - the vet had no idea that there was any other option than spay. An x-ray showed it was a slight blockage (bone) which she passed the next day.
Karla
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