I think the vet was trying to tell you sm
Posted By: mlstoo on 2006-05-30
In Reply to: Why she was put down. sm - JJ
she would develop pyometra-pus in the uterus-and yes, it is life threatening. My female had it when she was 7 and was very, very sick. She never really had heat cycles to my knowledge, at least not to the point where there were male dogs lurking around. I had come home from work at 4 and she usually spent most of her time sleeping in the basement in the summer so I didn't see her until around 7 o'clock. I called the emergency vet number and explained her symptoms to the vet. He told me it was probably pyometra and to give her aspirin to relieve some of the pain in her back end so she could walk. That helped and I got her to the vet at 8 the next morning for labs, eval, etc. By that time, she could barely get up and move and was dehydrating. He called me at 11 am and said he needed to do an emergency hysterectomy as the infection was extremely advanced. She stayed two days, came home and was much better.
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