any experiences with pyometra

[bonny]

My collie has pyometra and I feel guilty that I didn't notice anything until she was very unwell. Even with hindsight yesterday she seemed fine and I woke this morning to a very ill dog that went downhill by the hour. She never went off her food or seemed different in any way although I imagine she has been ill for a few days at least. She never had any signs of being on heat so this has come as quite a shock although I new as an unspeyed bitch she was at risk.....

 

[Dobiegirl]

Ive no experience of it as all my bitches have been spayed but I do know there are 2 types open and closed, also once they have had one they are prone to it again. Murphys Minder does have experience of it so if she does not answer pm her. You dont say if your bitch has had the op and if she is ok which I hope she is, it is extremely serious and the quicker you catch her the better.

 

[Chiffy]

The breeder of my youngest flatcoat lost the mother last year. It was so quick, the dog seemed fine in the evening but they were alerted to a problem in the night, she was rushed to the vet but couldn't be saved.
Years ago I had an unwell lurcher, in the days when not so many bitches were spayed. The vets diagnosed a womb infection and were in a hurry to operate. The dog was 11 and it was a huge worry but she recovered well. All my bitches are spayed now after one or two seasons. I do hope your dog recovers.

 

[MurphysMinder]

As Dobiegirl says, I have had experience of it, once in a younger bitch who showed hardly any symptoms but was just not her self. She had a closed pyo and was operated on within hours of me taking her too the vet and luckily survived. Sadly my second experience didn't have such a happy ending, I had a 12 year old bitch who was off colour and started vomiting, scans showed a pyo and she had an emergency spay but although she survived the op she never really recovered and was pts a couple of days later. I will always blame myself for not getting her spayed, and would always spay bitches now.
I hope your bitch makes a full recovery.

 

[deb_l222]

Don't beat yourself up about it, I had no idea Kiera was poorly at all other than she had remained in season longer than normal. It was her 1st season with me as well so I didn't even know what 'normal' was for her.

Vet wasn't concerned by the 4th week of her season but when it rumbled on into the 5th, we went back and he swabbed her and whipped her in that same day. At this point she was still her normal, bonkers self. Not poorly at all (but obviously she was).

She's had no ill effects, as it was caught early enough and she's still as bonkers as ever!!

 

[Cinnamontoast]

Hope your girl makes a full recovery. I can't understand why more people don't do this as routine if they don't intend to breed. It's not the same as having a dog neutered.

 

[bonny]

Thanks everybody for the good wishes, she's just been for a check up at the vets and she's okish....I nearly had her pts yesterday as she's nearly 15 but decided to give her a chance as she is so well otherwise. She's very weak and had to go on a drip again this morning but she's still here and hopefully will get over this.

 

[wyrdsister]

One of mine had pyo a few months ago. She's young & had very odd, overlong heat cycles, so much so that we couldn't get a gap long enough to spay. After a couple of episodes, the vet gave her drugs to take her out of season & wham: pyo. She hardly showed symptoms either, odd quiet moments over a few days. She was taken to the vet on the first day, but it wasn't her normal vet & despite the notes, the possibility was missed. I took her back 48 hours later, her normal vet ran tests & she was on a drip within the hour, operated on the next day. It was very scary at the time, not least because it was subtle. 98% of the time she was her usual batty self. She had a rough op & a rocky couple of days after, but she's fine now. Hope your girly does well.

 

[Bellasophia]

I had a dogue de Bordeaux,aged one,who seemed flat". I noticed a tiny drip of yellow discharge and went to the vet.He assured me it was just a precursor to her first season,all perfectly normal.
Soon after,same dog ruptured her ACL and went in for surgery....whilst under the anaesthetic,she literally flooded the op table with yellow pus.The specialist said it was dreadful ...she was harboring a closed pyometria and could have died.
After this Ive always had a deep respect for the danger of this illness...it is insidious,can kill in 24 hours and symptoms are as subtle as increased thirst,and maybe lethargy.