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Old English Mastiff Discussions / UTIs, Spaying, Vulvas (what a topic, huh?!?)
« on: September 01, 2005, 08:01:19 pm »
Our puppy has a UTI, which we suspect she's had since we got her about 2 months ago. She's been on APO (amoxicillin) for about 3 weeks. At first, it seemed like her infection was clearing up, but we checked her yesterday and she's got a bit of discharge again. The UTI seems to be back (or it never went away!)Â
She has been diagnosed with an inverted vulva and we were advised once to wait until after her first heat to have her spayed, and the other vet said that it's very controversial to have them go into heat before spaying.
Supposedly it's supposed to "push" the vulva outwards when they go into heat.
We have her appt. for spaying set for next week but we aren't sure whether or not to do it yet.
We've been giving her yogurt during her course of antibiotics, and have bought some cranberry supplements for her after the UTI is gone. Does anyone else have any experience with inverted vulvas, or even recurrent UTI's, that can give me some advice?Â
Thanks!
She has been diagnosed with an inverted vulva and we were advised once to wait until after her first heat to have her spayed, and the other vet said that it's very controversial to have them go into heat before spaying.
Supposedly it's supposed to "push" the vulva outwards when they go into heat.
We have her appt. for spaying set for next week but we aren't sure whether or not to do it yet.
We've been giving her yogurt during her course of antibiotics, and have bought some cranberry supplements for her after the UTI is gone. Does anyone else have any experience with inverted vulvas, or even recurrent UTI's, that can give me some advice?Â
Thanks!