Rickiesmom

My heart goes out to you and your sweet boy dealing with this horrid disease. Prayers the vets will find the meds to relieve pain and give you both some loving quality time.

Gentle hugs to your beautiful boy.

Mia, continue to feel better and wag that tail lots - it makes your mom feel better

So very young, I am so sorry! Run free sweet Charm

Sending prayers for a good recovery and an easy journey through chemo

Will be watching for updates.

My heartfelt sympathy. Run free Dylan

So good Mia is showing signs of improvement - when do you expect to get the TBD results back?

Sending prayers that all goes smoothly tomorrow. You and Snickers will be in my thoughts

Alisha, what a worry - 3 PM not too far off now, we'll have all fingers and paws crossed here, waiting for an update.

Prayers for peace and strength.

So glad she knew love

What a beautiful girl, my heart goes out to you.

Sending thoughts of comfort and strength.

I am so sorry - cats with that sort of devil-may-care attitude are so hard to resist. Richard, go create a little excitement in the hereafter!

When Arlie arrived her breath was so bad it filled the room. She had a dental, one tooth extracted, and the dental surgeon made me promise to brush, which I do. Her breath up close in the AM is not thrilling, but overall it's fine and her teeth are pretty clean except for the really hard to get to places.

Whew - that's a relief! Hopefully her meds will have Mia Bella all comfy and back to herself in no time.

Ditto!! Feel better soon pretty Mia Bella!

Thank you for posting this link - just read through the thread. Perhaps Maggie Mae's mom will give us a "one year later" update. Based on her experience and the comments of others, I really hope we can keep this under control without surgery. Arlie has not been having UTIs which is a real plus, and I'll look into the Malaseb pledgettes and other treatment options suggested by Dr. Feeman. We have a recheck on May 22 so I can discuss with my vet then. I'll also see if I can get a couple of pictures to show exactly what the issue is.

My heart breaks for you as it does for all facing this horrible disease in their dogs. No experience, only

There is no urine leaking; apparently because skin is sort of folded over the vulva at the base, it is a major collection area for bacteria, causing irritation - so she licks, causes more irritation so more licking. The vet also believes it probably burns when she pees, poor baby. Not sure why she is licking her anal area as well - maybe just proximity. She has been tested a couple of times for parasites and always come up negative so that doesn't seem to be it. She'll be going on Interceptor at the start of June as well (not that it gets everything). Hope others who have dealt with this or similar issues will share their experiences. Edited to add: Arlie did have a bad anal gland issue awhile back, but they are fine now. In fact when she was licking a lot recently I thought it was another occurrence of the anal gland issue and this is how the new (to me, maybe not to her) issue was found.

I have read on this forum that prolonged testosterone administration in females can change the shape of the vulva, but that following retirement things usually gradually return to normal. Unfortunately this is not the case with Arlie and she is a potential surgery candidate. I would appreciate your experiences and thoughts. Here is the story: We don't have the commonly associated UTI issues, thankfully, but she does lick the area persistently, and her anus for good measure, so both are usually pretty sore looking. We have been treating the "natural" route - cleaning with a baby wipe, drying, applying cornstarch as you would baby powder, and then Unda 270 ointment, which is like vaseline with herbal additions. This works well as long as you do it religiously twice a day, but things regress badly if you miss even one day. We went back to the clinic on Saturday and now are using Surulan instead of the Unda product. This is a prescription product containing antibiotics and a small amount of cortisone. The idea is to see if this works better over a two week period, and if yes, then to gradually decrease the frequency of application until we establish the maintenance regimen. If it doesn't work, then surgery to restore the area to normal is recommended. My vet tells me there are generally no complications beyond the usual for any procedure involving anaesthesia, unless she rips the stitches out. Would those of you who have been through this please comment on whether the topical approach was sustainable for you long term, and if not, what you chose to do; if surgery, what was the outcome? Many, many thanks!

So glad Nevada is doing better and enjoying her PB fix(es).

What a shock for you. I am so sorry. Play with the angels Buddy!