Hi, Just wanted to thank you guys again for your replies... Thankfully everything is okay with Lily and she is definitely just in heat again. The vet said it sometimes happens after first heat that the second one is close behind and then only becomes regular from then on. Anyway, Back to the beginning ...I called the vet and asked her if she thought Lily could be in heat again already and she said that it was unlikely but possible, but that I should bring her in immediately... Like drop what I was doing in bring her in immediately (she thought what you both did as well and didn't want to take any chances).
Lily had no temp, was alert and happy and her girl doggie parts looked as if she was in heat, but to be sure she ran blood tests, took a swab of the discharge and both came out perfectly clean. I brought her in again the next day and she again did a swab and again it came out clean, but she could see that the cells were changing to show that she was almost at the height of her heat.
Thankfully all is well and we have scheduled her spaying for 6 weeks from now so that we will not have to worry about her getting pyometra. I looked it up on the internet and it is very scary!!! Couldn't believe it when I read that almost 25% of all unspayed dogs get it! Wow!
Thanks, thanks, thanks for the heads up...we were lucky that she wasn't sick but I wouldn't have even thought of bringing her in and had it been something - I don't even want to think about it!!!
