carronstar Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 (edited) 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? ______________________________________________________________ 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaGreys Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Hard to tell without seeing it, but you tell that little girl that's enough! We need her to be 100% Quote Missing my little Misty who took a huge piece of my heart with her on 5/2/09, and Ekko, on 6/28/12 For the sick, the lost, and the homeless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyDoodle Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 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. Quote DonnaMolly the Border Collie & Poquita the American-born Podenga Bridge Babies: Daisy (Positive Delta) 8/7/2000 - 4/6/2115, Agnes--angel Sage's baby (Regall Rosario) 11/12/01 - 12/18/13, Lucky the mix (Found, w 10 puppies 8/96-Bridge 7/28/11, app. age 16) & CoCo (Cosmo Comet) 12/28/89-5/4/04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fionasmom Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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