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Originally Posted by tpaxton23  Thanks for the update. I have a 2 year old yorkie, Dylan that has a collapsed trachea (CT) and the humidifier at night will help. It sounds like your yorkie probably does have a slightly collapsed trachea. If it is only slightly collapsed it is hard to see on xrays anyway. I switched vets because my old vet didn't really know what to do for the CT.
Dylan currently isn't on any medications because he is so young and the new vet wants to wait until he really needs them. CT usually continues to get worse as they age. University of Tennesse does surgery on CT babies but only if the dog cannot be managed with medicine anymore. The surgery is pretty risky and the success rate is not that great yet. I'm hoping by the time my baby needs surgery that they have made lots of progress with the procedure.
My new vet said the most important thing for a CT baby is to keep them from getting overweight and keep them in good shape. I hope your little one continues to do well.
Did you get her spayed? |
Thank you for the reply! It makes me feel better to know others are dealing with this as well (even though I wouldn't wish it on anyone's babies).
I did have her spayed and she came through with flying colors! Her recovery was extremely fast and she didn't even seem phased afterwards thank goodness!
She does love her walks so we make sure to do that daily (as long as it isn't bitterly cold out) as well as playing around the house.
I do free feed and probably give too many treats, but I am starting to cut way back on the treats and give tiny tiny treats as opposed to larger pieces.
She's just over a year and is 4.2 lbs.
At her annual coming up soon I will be talking more in depth about the CT issue to see what else I can do to help her through this.
Thank you so much again!