LoremIpsum Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 A couple of days before Martha, my six-month old Lab, was spayed, I noticed she was doing very frequent, small wees and was licking her vulva. The next day, the vet nurse found two pimple-like infections on her vulva. They expressed pus when squeezed. The vet expressed them completely when she was under getting spayed, and she has since been on antibiotics. They've cleared up, although the two tiny little lumps still remain. They didn't appear to worry her at all after her operation, when she was on antibiotics. She is in rude good health, recovered from her spaying within 24 hours, and the area isn't tender. She's going back to the vets for a check-up on Monday, but I just wondered if anyone else has had this experience or knows why she might have picked up an infection. Is there anything I could have done or could do to prevent it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VJB Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 What does "rude" good health mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoremIpsum Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 What does "rude" good health mean? It's an expression. "Rude health" means "very healthy" or "robust health". See here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VJB Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 What does "rude" good health mean? It's an expression. "Rude health" means "very healthy" or "robust health". See here. Well what about that,,,,, never heard that expression before... I am glad to hear that you girl is in rude health. As for the girlie bits, I'm unsure about infections in that region. Did they give it a name. It wasn't a bite from an ant or something?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puggy_puggy Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Could it be that the area was moist all the time and became infected? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff'n'Toller Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 We see it sometimes in young bitches and it's generally either a skin allergy causing pustules or hormonal. Nothing to worry about unless it continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puggy_puggy Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 We see it sometimes in young bitches and it's generally either a skin allergy causing pustules or hormonal. Nothing to worry about unless it continues. Actually that rings a bell. One of my foster pug puppies actually had a bit of an irritation near her vulva that the vet said was something, I can't remember, and usually fades away as they get older. And he was right it did go away as she grew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoremIpsum Posted December 6, 2008 Author Share Posted December 6, 2008 We see it sometimes in young bitches and it's generally either a skin allergy causing pustules or hormonal. Nothing to worry about unless it continues. That's very reassuring. I wish my vet nurse had said that, rather than, "It's an infection. We don't know why she got it." It does stay a bit moist down there because she's constantly weeing on the fur that surrounds her vulva (sorry it that's TMI), so I will keep it trimmed in future and keep a look out for any infections. Thanks all who replied. Just wanted to make sure it wasn't potentially symptomatic of something more serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff'n'Toller Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 No probs, hopefully that's all it is. She could be squatting in the grass too low and is actually a little allergic to it at the moment, OR if her vulva is a bit inverted she is getting an irritation as you say when she toilets. The usual fix for that is to let them have a season so the vulva grows out a bit and then spey, but you probably would have noticed problems earlier if that was the case. I agree keep the hair trimmed for the moment. My Stafford first came up with cyst/blister type things before she was speyed at 2yrs and every now and then she will get another, they disappear of their own accord normally. Mel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam&Saki Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 It does stay a bit moist down there because she's constantly weeing on the fur that surrounds her vulva (sorry it that's TMI), so I will keep it trimmed in future and keep a look out for any infections. Oh no Sounds like my girl, she has an inverted vulva (An inverted or recessed vulva is if the vulva doesn't stick out a decent way from their body. If it only sticks out a little they are constantly moist, uncomfortable and prone to infections. It's really hard to tell just by looking! But bitches with normal vulvas do not pee on themselves or have moistness there all the time.) It may well never correct itself if you've had her desexed I HATE that some vets will desex bitches with inverted / recessed vulvas - so WRONG Usually only takes a heat or two to correct it. Otherwise only options are (a) lifelong problems with infections, vaginal dermatitis, vaginitis, damaging her fur / stinging her skin from the urine touching it or (b) surgery on her girly bits Perhaps go to a reproductive specialist and find out if it's inverted or not? x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam&Saki Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 BTW sorry to sound so doom & gloom! Hopefully that's not the case at all with your girl, but be good to rule it out x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoremIpsum Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 I'll ask the vet tomorrow Sam, but I doubt it's inverted. It certainly doesn't look inverted — in fact it seems to stick out a fair way. But she has a kind of curl of long hair that sits over it. I actually think the problem is more likely to be some kind of allergy, as at five months she had some kind of allergic reaction on her tummy. (Which was successfully treated.) The vet did suggest though that she might have a grass allergy. (I didn't connect that vulva infection to that allergy until Staff'n'Toller suggested it.) Anyway, I'll take all these ideas to the vet and try to get a better answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam&Saki Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Ah cool, glad to hear it's something more treatable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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