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    A Funny Medical Post (Or, Talk About Nervous Moms!)

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    Posted · Edited by PrairieProf

    Beth was recently diagnosed with a histiocytoma on her chest and, much more gravely, my friend's senior grey just had a sarcoma removed from his hind leg, so bumps on dogs are rather on my mind at present. This morning I suddenly noticed a small bump under the skin on Beth's lower abdomen -- I saw a little protrusion and then felt it. I got pretty alarmed as I do about things and got an appointment to bring her in to the vet at 10:00.

     

    So a very experienced tech and then the vet felt it and . . . . it's her bellybutton. :blush Though I can't explain why in four years I never noticed before that in a relaxed position Beth has a tiny visible "outie." I can't say I've thought about dog bellybuttons one way or the other before, to be honest.

     

    And no, they didn't charge me for that. I'm a really good client, as you might imagine. :rolleyes:

    Plain Yoghurt

    in Food and dietary discussion

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    If they need an infusion of probiotics, it helps. If that isn't the source of the problem, it won't help. :)

     

    On the plus side, most of them lovelovelove yogurt and other dairy products. I freeze plain lowfat Greek yogurt (less runny) in Beth's Kong instead of peanut butter -- she needs a lower fat diet -- and she still comes running to her crate for it. I also use a spoonful of yogurt in her bowl at night to get her up for her final pee outing -- she is very conditioned to the sound of the spoon on the rim!

    Hole In Between Toes

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    That is bone or tendon or something showing in the middle of the gap. I would absolutely take him in to the vet for antibiotics and not wait. With a deep wound in that area there is the danger of osteomyelitis (bone infection) developing and that is something you really really don't want. There is a particular class of antibiotics too that is needed to prevent osteomyelitis, but I forget the name.

    Yikes. Now I'm worried :unsure But, I'm pretty sure it's just skin, not bone or tendon.

     

    That discrete little white dot in the deepest part of the hole? I really don't think that's skin. Beth had a deep ulceration in the side of the toe she injured before it was amputated, and the tips of the ruptured ligament looked just like that in the deepest part of the wound.

    Oh, that was sand. I got it out w/ tweezers when I first saw the wound. I will look again when I get home but I'm pretty sure it isn't ligament.

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    Oh OK, as long as you know. I would still really really have him on antibiotics prophylactically.

    Hole In Between Toes

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted · Edited by PrairieProf

    That is bone or tendon or something showing in the middle of the gap. I would absolutely take him in to the vet for antibiotics and not wait. With a deep wound in that area there is the danger of osteomyelitis (bone infection) developing and that is something you really really don't want. There is a particular class of antibiotics too that is needed to prevent osteomyelitis, but I forget the name.

    Yikes. Now I'm worried :unsure But, I'm pretty sure it's just skin, not bone or tendon.

     

    That discrete little white dot in the deepest part of the hole? I really don't think that's skin. Beth had a deep ulceration in the side of the toe she injured before it was amputated, and the tips of the ruptured ligament looked just like that in the deepest part of the wound.

    Hole In Between Toes

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted · Edited by PrairieProf

    That is bone or tendon or something showing in the middle of the gap. I would absolutely take him in to the vet for antibiotics and not wait. With a deep wound in that area there is the danger of osteomyelitis (bone infection) developing and that is something you really really don't want. There is a particular class of antibiotics too that is needed to prevent osteomyelitis, but I forget the name.

    Pimple

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    Probably a sebaceous cyst. Not a problem unless they rupture internally (yes, this happened to Beth, and it was a big mess). They can be "popped" but they will recur unless you get the core out -- it's a firmer, rubber-like bit, like a grain of rice. I've squeezed it out of small cysts on my own; on larger ones the vet has cut a little slit under a local and gotten it out. After the rupture experience I am very proactive about removing them all right away. So a vet visit wouldn't be a bad idea, and don't assume that it will require general anesthetic to remove them.

    Shedding

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    Beth (also a white thick-coated grey) has basically never stopped shedding all summer. I use the Zoom Groom every day and lots of hair comes out each time.

     

    This is my fourth summer with her and each year has been different with shedding and coat.

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