We have an 11yr old siberian husky (female)
up til late this arvo, she was a happy content playful dog......then she became lathargic, unhappy and just plain not herself.....
I watched her for a bit and noticed she was cleaning herself down there alot, told DH who checked her out and saw some puss coming out of her...not alot but enough to be concerned....
Being not only a weekend but a long weekend, finding a Vet that was open that was local was hard, the only one we could get into was an emergency vet 25min away......
so we put on her harness and lead and she perked up, DH decided to take her for a walk and see how that went, she came back a little happier, so we let her go for a bit, about 3hrs later we decided to take her in, she was the same and not looking good.....
$302 later all we know is that it could be an Ovary infection (which could be life threatening) or a bone lodge in her tummy.....they wanted to charge us $1600 to keep her in overnight and do xrays and ultrasound......payable when we picked her up, unfortunately we dont have that money laying around, so asked what we could do? he said to give her some antibiotics and meds and keep an eye on her......she had a fever aswell........so he gave her an injection and some meds, sent us home with some meds to take twice daily and told to bring her in if she got any worse.....
So being a public holiday tomorrow, we have to wait til tue to get into a normal hours clinic and be reassesed, as we are able to get it cheaper and on payment plan if we do this.....
so we are praying she is ok until tue.....please say a little prayer for her..... she is a well loved part of the family here and me being so close to birth (i could go anyday now, another story) i really dont want to think about her leaving us now......
Oh your poor puppy and family. Having a sick pet is just awful particularly because you can't always get them the treatment they need when they need it. Fingers crossed the ABs do something and come Tuesday a treatment plan will be more straight forward (and accessible financially!!).
wow I hope she's ok. Assuming she's not desexed (infected ovary comment) I'd be worried about pyometra and leaving it is pretty dangerous. If the vet doesnt think it's pyometra though perhaps it's just a mild infection. And without sounding harsh, if she's leaking "pus" and it is pyometra, it's much easier to treat open pyometra than closed.
I hope that the ABs help and that you get to the bottom of it soon - poor girl. *hugs*
Thankyou everyone - she is still the same, although at times she does pick up just a little.......
EssTee - we are keeping a real close eye on her, its a possibility it could be that.....we feel bad that we couldnt let the vet do what he wanted but money is real tight at the moment and we dont even have that amount sitting in a bank account
As DH is back at work tomorrow, its up to me, my pg belly and 2 boys to take her into the vet (oh yay lol) - def taking her in and getting them to look her over, we just seriously couldnt afford what the emergency vet was going to cost us, if it wasnt a public holiday today i wouldve taken her in today......
I hope tomorrow brings some good news, or atleast affordable news......
Will keep you all updated and i appreciate all the replies
Thinking of you today naomi54... take care and try not to stress. If the vet has a payment plan and they can work out pretty quickly what it is, that's all positive. I agree that emergency vets charge the earth, and they expect it all up front most of the time. It's a lot to ask anyone regardless of how much their pets mean to them.
so we got her into the vet this morning to find out she has pyometra, (open), but not real bad, but still she about to under go surgery.....
will find out later this arvo how it all went...
they do offer a payment plan thing, but she told us easier and cheaper to go for a bank loan then through the system they do.....
luckily for us max quote was $1300, which we have JUST, we will litterly be scraping the barrel to survive til next pay (next tue), but she is totally worth it......
praying that all goes well and we get a good phone call in a couple of hours....
ive had my little cry and am trying to feel optomistic at the moment xo
she had an op as she did have pyometra, she is home now (got home about an hour ago if that) and is doing really really well, she even got up for a bit, we have to take her back tomorrow arvo for a check up but all seems to be well, fingers crossed she keeps it up!
Glad to hear that she pulled through the operation fine Naomi. Fingers crossed for a smooth recovery. She's a very lucky girl to have wonderful owners who care. For her age many would have just given up on her.
Pyo scares me all the time. If I wasn't a registered breeder, I'd desex my females as early as possible to avoid it. As it is, I desex them after they've had their litter.
it would take a lot for us to give up on her - she part of the family and has helped my youngest get over his fear of ALL animals.....
Im just glad we noticed it before it got worse....
Im having to give her fluids through a syringe, which is the only thing im not happy about her recovery.......her gums arnt as pink as they were, so i really want to make sure she getting fluids, its kinda like practice for when bubs no 3 comes along lol, im just glad she has a check up in a couple of hours though...
sorry been a little side tracked, kindy/childcare and work today on top of Neo stuff lol
her check up went really well, although he gave her 48hours to start eating properly.....
littlery had to force feed her, spoke with a friend who is a vet nurse this morning asking for feeding advice, she suggested scrambled eggs, warmed up tin food and chicken (cooked), cooked scrambled eggs and warmed up her mince i brought her she refused both, went off to work on way home brought a chicken and hand fed her, she pretty much ate half a chicken!!!!! was pretty impressed!! she even started to play a little.....went and picked the kids up and when we got home DS1 hand fed her some more chicken......saw her drink plenty of fluids during both times.....
Cutier is the fact she jumped on the DS2's bed (trundle so basically on the floor anyway) and curled up and went to sleep, kids were impressed and excited as DS1 has been begging to have her sleep with him (both boys share a room)
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Our poor dog :(
I hope she's ok!
Hope she comes out ok.
(both boys share a room)
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