hiya everyone not been on a while due to work, anyway tillys anal glands burst a few month ago and since ive been back the the vets twice one with anti biotics and again checking, the vet said it should heal on its own. Anyway 2 month on its worse!!! im so fed up and tilly seems to be in alot of pain with it the sac sometimes opens but wont express anything out. What else can they do?!?
You might want to see a more specialist vet my friends dog had to have his taken out. Sorry she's still having problems
yes her poos are fine shes on a good diet this abcess has been here for months getting her in vets tomorrow
Oh poor Tilly, how distressing for you both I'd be asking if there was a specialist I could be referred to I think.
Someone on one of my FB groups needed surgery on their labs anal glands - I think it was removal of the gland (if that is possible) rather than just cutting/incising it to let it drain out better. What has your vet said with regard possible future treatment?
I know I've heard of the surgical procedures, they've been pretty useless if I'm honest they did her glands then gave her antibiotics for a burst anal sac.. We went back for a check up and it was still swollen and he said leave it it should heal on its own.. Well it's not ! I've been trying heat compressions but it opens the sac then it re heals and goes back to a abcess again a hour later and she growls when I do it so somethings not right I might suggest a cone of shame to and maybe something external before surgery tbh
She's being sedated tomorrow and. They're surgically cleaning it and taking a swab for tests to get best antibiotics and see what caused it
Ah what a stress , we don't like anything going wrong with our dogs but anal glands can be unpleasant all round .... Hope the investigation helps to decide an effective course of treatment ... Good luck ,I know you will feel grim from for her tomorrow x
Removing anal glands is not a pleasant op, avoid it if you can. My German Pointer had problems years ago and I added some bran to her food which cured the problem, then withdrew the bran.
yeah shes not having them removed, should be fixed after this the woman vet was much much better and informative. Shes had a painkiller for tonight and possibly will have some tomorrow with some cream and a cone. I added bran sweet potato iron for dogs everything it made no difference her poops were solid the abscess is a huge problem that never got better cant wait for tomorrow be over hopefully she will feel alot better once its done too
shes on anti inflammatory meds, pain killers and anti biotics until the test results come back with the right antibiotics prescription. Shes very tired and had to bring her home earlier as she was barking and stressed in the cages in the vets but shes doing ok
