Thursday, January 8, 2015

1171. SCRIPT. Prostatic enlargement inside a perineal hernia

http://www.halifaxvet.co.nz/assets/Pet-Info/Paws-For-Thought/PAWS-35-Prostate-disease.pdf






Prostatic problems in the older male dog.

The prostate is a small gland enclosing the urethra at the neck of the bladder. It produces semen to transport sperm.

Many Singaporean male dog owners deem it cruel to get the dog neutered. In the older male dog, prostatic problems do occur but the signs and symptoms may indicate that the dog had difficulty standing up due to "hip arthritis". Perineal hernia is more common in the non-neutered male dogs than in neutered ones.

In this case, the prostatic problems of benign protatic hypertrophy was present with the perineal hernia in a 10-year-old male non-neutered Pomeranian.














 

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

1170. The red-eared slider has a gigantic middle ear abscess

Otitis media in a red-eared slider. Biggest abscess seen so far. Yet the terrapin continues to eat and drink normally and does not have head tilt.

Abscess was curetted (dug out), under physical restraint or isoflurane gas anaethesia.
The pus is not the usual liquid type. It is inspissated (dried thick type).
The terrapin went home after a few days of in-patient treatment with antibiotics

1169. SCRIPT - A chelonian love triangle

Jan 6, 2015

JANUARY 4, 2015

"The two bigger terrapins were living peacefully together," the lady then introduced the younger one into the small tank. "They attacked the younger one and the tank was filled with blood. I had changed water and the reddish-brown water you saw in the tank was a second change of water!"

The small terrapin, 4 years old, male was bleeding and the owner brought him to consult me. "He had a swollen grey erect penis of more than 8 cm long by 1 cm wide. Most likely he tried to mate with one of the bigger terrapins in the small tank and he was badly attached in his penis.  




Dr Daniel pushed back the penis with a pair of forceps.
"A purse-string suture 3/0 nylon is best used to prevent the penis from coming out of the cloaca," I said.


JANUARY 5, 2015
Sutures taken out 24 hours after stitching. No more penis coming out.

JANUARY 6, 2015
Back to normal. The terrapin goes home. Overcrowding had caused shell injuries. This male terrapin would find a new owner. Readers interested, pl email judy@toapayohvets.com or tel 9668 6468



 CONCLUSION
This was the first case of traumatic penile injury. Love triangles in people can sometimes result in beatings or murder of the rival. It looked like the red-eared slider had been a victim in this love triangle too.

Rectal prolapse is more common. See images or videos.

1168. Perineal hernia or right hip dislocation surgery?

Perineal hernia repair is more important as the intestines and bladder may get twisted inside the hernia. The dog can still survive on a right hip dislocation.






Sunday, January 4, 2015

1167. Sunday's interesting case. A 16-year-old cat has a left facial swelling

Sunday Jan 4, 2015

"My cat is not eating. Blood dripping from the left side of the mouth", the gentleman said.
16-year-old cat is over a hundred years old in human age. What to do?

1166. Final Video: An elbow wart in a dwarf hamster

Jan 3, 2015.

A vet missed seeing the lower elbow wart based on general examination without lifting up the hamster to examine the lower side and diagnosed the itchy hamster as suffering from environmental causes.

I noted a right sided scratching, a circular right- sided flank wound and right-sided ear area inflammation. When I examined the dwarrf hamster upside down, there was a large hidden wart just in front of the lower side of the elbow. Inflamed and bitten. This would be the cause of the tichiness.

Electro-excision of the wart should resolve the problem. No more sand bath or deep food bowls to irritate the elbow.

It is best to examine every part of the itchy dwarf hamster as the cause may likely be just an irritating lower elbow wart. 

Every hamster owner expects no anaethetic death on the operating table. In this case, isoflrurane gas is given in just sufficient amount with the hamster in a container. The wart was
excised in a split second. The hamster went home the next day.

No bleeding if you use electro-surgery.

Friday, January 2, 2015

1165. The aggressive female Silkie Terrier has false pregnancy

January 2, 2015

This thin shivering, female, 17-month-old Silkie of 2 kg bodyweight came in for vaccination and a veterinary check-up . She vomits "gas" suddenly, as if there was gas inside the stomach.

"She bites my fingers with her back teeth nowadays, but not my daughter's," the owner said. "She pants with her tongue out for the past few months. I am worried about her health!"

"When was her last heat period of vaginal bleeding?" I asked. 
"6 months ago," the working lady owner said.



"The heart and lungs are normal," I had checked with my stethoscope (video). "No swollen uterus indicating pyometra and no vaginal discharge."
"Was there any vulval licking 2 months ago?" I expressed white milk and light brown fluid from the breasts. "Your dog has false pregnancy which occurs around 2 months after the heat period. The aggressive behaviour is due to the hormones of false pregnancy."

A blood test is taken and the dog will come back next week for spay.

CONCLUSION
Some busy owners may mistakenly report that the female dog was on heat 6 months ago. Actually it was 2 months ago as milk was present without the owner's knowledge. This was false pregnancy. Spaying and dental scaling will be done in 7 days' time. The dog was vaccinated and dewormed and went home.