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Date:
09 November, 2011
Focus: Small
animals - dogs, cats, hamsters, guinea pigs, turtles & rabbits
Follow-up: Oro-nasal fistula in a Chihuahua had
pyometra which was not reported by the owner's mum
Dr Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow), MRCVS
09 November, 2011
2. The video ended with the operation done successfully.
The dog goes home.
The follow up:
2.1 SEVEN DAYS LATER - mum happy. No need to clean up
the non-healing wound as the infected tooth root had
been extracted. Healing takes place.
2.2 SEVEN MONTHS LATER, Upper respiratory tract
infection. Treated OK.
2.3 EIGHT MONTHS LATER,
Seriously ill. Anaemic. IV drip. No hope.
"Any bleeding recently?" I asked. The dog was not
spayed and could have got an infected womb. This is
called PYOMETRA.
"No," the son said.
"Yes, around 2 months ago....(see my notes) and
case at:
CONCLUSION
The dog would have lived to a ripe old age if the mother
had her spayed or told the son that the dog had been
bleeding and contact the vet. The son is a busy
marketing man and so he is not the care-giver.
Unfortunately, the mother had not communicated with him
about the bleeding episode which was a case of PYOMETRA.
The bacteria in the infected womb continued its attack
on the dog, spreading toxins and infecting other organs.
When the dog came to the vet, she was at death's door.
The son was actually the one who loves this dog as shown
by his actions. But he did not know the dog had a
serious bleeding problem as the mum did not tell him. In
retrospect, spaying this dog early would have had
prevented this death. But many Singapore owners feel
that it is "cruel" to spay or neuter a dog.
This is the new-age thinking but such owners need to
check their dogs daily to ensure that there are no such
illness or growing tumours during old age and get early
vet treatment.
I am grateful to the two Temasek Polytechnic Vet Tech
students who do not want to be acknowledged and their
interesting video is as follows:
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