Fudge had to see the emergency vet last night. She had soft stools yesterday morning when i got up, she was still very bright, no weight loss and eating and drinking as normal. I skipped her morning veg and went to work. When i got home, she then had diarrohea. I put it down to either the metacam or glucosamine upsetting her tummy, as shed just started these the day before due to an arthritis flare up. I gave her some zantac and kept a close eye on her.
I went to clean her bum late that night, and there was a small smear of red blood in her soft poo. I cleaned her up where she then past a semi formed stool.. And then drops of red blood.
We went to the emergency vet, who ruled out stones or uti as her urine tests where normal. Upon examining her down below, she realised the blood was coming from her vulva and not her rectum.. This is worst case scenario as fudge is not a candidate for any anaesthesia due to being in heart failure.
She scanned her abdomen, couldnt find her uterus! Fudge has alot of excess tissue/fat in her abdo in her old age, so she isnt the easiest to scan. The vet said she may have pyometra, but it is open i.e the discharge is draining, hence why fudge is still so bright. She could see an obvious pyo on scan, but couldnt see much so cant rule it out. The other option is trauma to her vagina i.e a hay stalk poke.
I was told to give her septrin (fudge reacts badly to baytril), and to take her to the vets today.
She is still bright today, the bleeding has stopped and her stools are now formed.. But shes still leaking watery stool liquid from her anus despite have semi normal stools- I'm not sure if this is discharge or not. She has also lost 20g overnight (fudges weight is usually extremely consistent at 1022-1026g), but she did have a rough night and slept in the hospital cage, so this could be part of it.
We have an appointment in 2 hours time.. Not ideal, not with usual vets but better than nothing.
Please keep her in your thoughts.. Fudge is 7 and beaten the odds for a year with heart failure. Shes bounced back so many times from illness.. I really hope she can do the same now :-(
I went to clean her bum late that night, and there was a small smear of red blood in her soft poo. I cleaned her up where she then past a semi formed stool.. And then drops of red blood.
We went to the emergency vet, who ruled out stones or uti as her urine tests where normal. Upon examining her down below, she realised the blood was coming from her vulva and not her rectum.. This is worst case scenario as fudge is not a candidate for any anaesthesia due to being in heart failure.
She scanned her abdomen, couldnt find her uterus! Fudge has alot of excess tissue/fat in her abdo in her old age, so she isnt the easiest to scan. The vet said she may have pyometra, but it is open i.e the discharge is draining, hence why fudge is still so bright. She could see an obvious pyo on scan, but couldnt see much so cant rule it out. The other option is trauma to her vagina i.e a hay stalk poke.
I was told to give her septrin (fudge reacts badly to baytril), and to take her to the vets today.
She is still bright today, the bleeding has stopped and her stools are now formed.. But shes still leaking watery stool liquid from her anus despite have semi normal stools- I'm not sure if this is discharge or not. She has also lost 20g overnight (fudges weight is usually extremely consistent at 1022-1026g), but she did have a rough night and slept in the hospital cage, so this could be part of it.
We have an appointment in 2 hours time.. Not ideal, not with usual vets but better than nothing.
Please keep her in your thoughts.. Fudge is 7 and beaten the odds for a year with heart failure. Shes bounced back so many times from illness.. I really hope she can do the same now :-(
