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11-01-2006, 09:12 AM | #1 |
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| Pyometra Hello Breeders, I am wanting to learn more about Pyometra. The links that I found when I searched the web were vague at best. If anyone has had this problem, please share your experiences. Thanks in advance, Teri
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11-01-2006, 09:37 AM | #2 |
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| I have been very fortunate to never have a bitch with pyometra in 35 yrs of breeding...but know many who have had it. I always make sure all the placentra's are out..give a shot of oxyie to clean the bitch out..take her temp each day for the first week...and watch for any signs of infections..the problem is, pyo can be closed and there will be no discharge...so it is very important to watch for any signs, temp, not eating, panting, restless, refusing to stay with pups... Of course, if you do not breed your female, then spaying is very necessary to prevent pyo...each time the bitch comes into heat she is in danger of getting an infection from the uterus being open during the heat cycle...spaying will prevent it. |
11-01-2006, 09:47 AM | #3 |
Phantom Queen Morrigan Donating Member | i've never seen a breeding bitch have a pyometra but i have seen plenty of unspayed pets come in bleeding all over the place. its not pretty. Most of the time the owners didn't want to get the dog spayed for whatever reason they had or they just didn't know better. So i say you can do this the hard way or the easy way. The easy way would be to get the pup spayed at 6 months and never have to worry about it. the hard way would be to not spay the pup. then after a few heat cycles the dog will most likely develope a pyometra and end up bleeding all over herself, you, your floors, furniture and car. then you'll HAVE to get her spayed and pay even more for it. plus there is a chance the infection is so bad that the dog will die. i say just spend the $300 or what have you when the pup is 6 months instead of probably $1000 later on to get her spayed and replace/clean what she bled all over.
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11-01-2006, 09:54 AM | #4 |
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| Thanks Thanks. That is basically what the sites that I found aluded to....early spaying being the ultimate prevention. What I am wondering is what makes one bitch over another more prone to it over another one? Can it be genetic? One site said that it more frequently presents in older bitches that have been bred. They hardly addressed bitches under one year of age if at all. Teri
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11-01-2006, 10:14 AM | #5 |
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| pyo It can be a problem in older, unspayed females. With age comes other health problems that compromise the immune system. I would doubt genetic's have anything to do with it...bacteria is the cause..no different then a human...why do some people get an infection in a cut or incision and others do not..immune system no doubt plays a role, but to what degree in this case I do not know...thank God, it is totally preventable. |
11-03-2006, 10:02 AM | #6 |
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| I'll just add that it is usually caused by a hormone imbalance, that is why every dog is prone to it after each heat cycle and older females are more susceptible. |
11-03-2006, 02:01 PM | #7 |
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| Thanks! Thanks for the responses. Anyone else? Teri
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11-05-2006, 07:47 PM | #8 |
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| My best guess would be hormonal coupled with possible stress that lowers immunity leaving it open to infection to seat itself. Or?????????? I do know what it looks like as I have had it happen twice. I was showing a 2 1/2 year old bitch, got more than half way there to her championship and she came into a heat a bit earlier than expected but 5 months since the last is not unheard of. She had never been bred before, I bred her, don't know for sure if it was the right time of the cycle, she didn't take. Not long after pups would have been born if there had been any, I noticed a discharge. I was lucky in that it was an open pyometria so was obvious. She was spayed and placed in a pet home. Once a pyo occurs, I won't mess with it. I talked to my repro vet at length and he described a process that I could do involving manipulating hormone levels coupled with antibiotics and breeding on next heat. I didn't want to do that, so had her spayed. Hormones can play a role although bitches can go through heat cycles without ever getting pyometria, unfortunately you won't know if yours is one that will or won't if you leaver her intact until it happens or doesn't. Another bitch I had, got it 2 weeks after whelping. Don't know what happened there either, it was an open one too, she was spayed and could not nurse the puppies anymore. She had two pups, I lost one to the infection she had, picked it up in the milk. This can happen and I was lucky I didn't lose the other. I bottled the other for another week or so adding a little pablum to the formula when she was 3 weeks old. She is still with me a lovely Yorkie I want to show next year. The first one had no signs until I saw the discharge. The one with the pups, by the time I realized a problem she was pretty sick but she survived. I was lucky. She is spayed and in a great pet home. |
11-06-2006, 09:04 AM | #9 |
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| Thank You Thank you Lorraine. I am glad that both of your girls survived. This is a serious problem that anyone who breeds needs to be educated in. If anyone else can come up with any new material on Pyometra, please add it to this thread. Thanks again, Teri
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11-09-2006, 05:52 PM | #10 |
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| Here's a good link for pyometra to add to this thread. http://www.petplace.com/articles/art...=1&conID=16049 |
11-10-2006, 09:34 AM | #11 |
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| Thanks! That is one of the best sites yet that I have read. Thanks so Much, Teri
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