Whenever I get cases with two or more seemingly unrelated problems I automatically start looking for the possible connection. It dogs me (no pun intended) until I figure it out (or the specialist does it for me).
For starters, I hope that Luby will be fine. I'll keep my fingers crossed for her.
I'm always curious about cases like these. I often wonder if pet owners in these kinds of situtions leave out infomation as a way to prevent the verbal 2 x 4 that often follows.
I know there are cases where the owners are simply not aware of what is toxic to their pets, which I find really strange. If I'm calling somebody to my house to put down any kind of pesticide or herbicide, the first thing I ask them about is how toxic is it for pets and kids. If it's toxic, I refuse to have it done. I'm a fan of Neem oil which I also keep away from my son and my pets.
When I was working at the animal hospital, we had countless cases of peoples animals being posioned by a well known lawn company. Animals were ingesting grass that was coated with anywhere from 2-4 different types of herbicides and not one of these owners bothered to ask the sales people of this company if their products were pet safe. Then there were the people that used flea products for dogs on their cats & ferrets, but that's a whole other issue.
Then we had the owners that were pot smokers and their pets would get into their stashes. Their animals would come in all wigged out and having various symptoms, but those owners required a firm hand in order for them to admit their dog was high on a bag of weed.
I lost count of how many bottles of liquid charcoal or carbon we went through within the first year of working for the hospital.
As for the pyometra...all I can say is yuck! A nasty problem that can be easily prevented.
I'm happy to report that Luby's doing much better. Her clotting times are back to normal. (Thank God for Vitamin K!) Unfortunately, the status of her uterus is still in question. Her white blood cell count (usually indicating infection) is still climbing slowly. I'm just biding my time until I feel I can safely spay her. I'll keep you posted.
I'm always curious about cases like these. I often wonder if pet owners in these kinds of situtions leave out infomation as a way to prevent the verbal 2 x 4 that often follows.
I know there are cases where the owners are simply not aware of what is toxic to their pets, which I find really strange. If I'm calling somebody to my house to put down any kind of pesticide or herbicide, the first thing I ask them about is how toxic is it for pets and kids. If it's toxic, I refuse to have it done. I'm a fan of Neem oil which I also keep away from my son and my pets.
When I was working at the animal hospital, we had countless cases of peoples animals being posioned by a well known lawn company. Animals were ingesting grass that was coated with anywhere from 2-4 different types of herbicides and not one of these owners bothered to ask the sales people of this company if their products were pet safe. Then there were the people that used flea products for dogs on their cats & ferrets, but that's a whole other issue.
Then we had the owners that were pot smokers and their pets would get into their stashes. Their animals would come in all wigged out and having various symptoms, but those owners required a firm hand in order for them to admit their dog was high on a bag of weed.
I lost count of how many bottles of liquid charcoal or carbon we went through within the first year of working for the hospital.
As for the pyometra...all I can say is yuck! A nasty problem that can be easily prevented.