Butt Pimple? Aquitaine Is Bleeding Lightly From Under Her Tail.

[carronstar]

I woke up this morning to find blood on Aquitaine's bed. I thought that something happened with her leg stitches but no, those are fine. Went all over her and finally found a small bit of blood under her tail. I cleaned it up. Let it dry, then checked again and there is a tiny pin-point of blood. She walked fine and pooped fine. No straining, no blood.

 

Does anyone have any idea what this might be?

 

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Thank you all for your responses. My vet says that since it looks like a popped zit and the bleeding stopped, that I don't have to worry.

 

He will look at it next week when he takes her stitches out of her leg.

Edited December 18, 2009 by carronstar

[CaliforniaGreys]

Hard to tell without seeing it, but you tell that little girl that's enough!

We need her to be 100%

[DaisyDoodle]

Do you know how to express the anal glands? Don't do it if there's blood, but is the blood coming from that area of the rectum? Around 5 o'clock and 7 o'clock to the rectum. If that's where the blood is coming from, then it might be a ruptured or infected anal gland.

[fionasmom]

I would suspect the anal glands. Fiona had a problem with a ruptured gland and the symptom was blood at the rectum.

Personally, I could never get the hang of expressing the glands myself; some groomers will do it if you don't want to incur a vet visit cost.

Edited December 18, 2009 by fionasmom