3031. Sex hormone dermatosis?

Feb 18, 2017

"He bites the family members too," the couple said to me. This male, not neutered, 9-year-old Jack Russell X was treated by me some 6 months ago. Hair loss on both sides of the flanks (truncal alopecia, itchy armpits and paws and lots of scales.

"Not so much scales nowadays," the owners did not continue feeding the anti-allergic dry dog food. "We clip him bald and that is why the hairs do not grow back." The 2 images show the recent condition.

The armpits and paws were inflamed red. Hairs do not appear to grow on the body or were clipped bald. The owners did not come for a review one month later.

"You use some oil?" I asked.
"Yes, we use coconut oil."

I advised neutering. This dog is very aggressive and would bite anybody who stood near his lady owner, including her grandfather. Neutering could cool him down and might resolve the hairs loss problem if it was due to excessive testosterone levels.

The owners would think about it..

A 13-year-old female Schnauzer pees blood in the urine.

2 years ago, operated to remove large bladder stones. Owner did not believe in prevention using prescription diet. Now leaking bloody urine. Stabilised with IV dextrose saline + baytril 4 hours pre op. Operated at 2.30 pm Sat Feb 18, 2017 by Dr Daniel.  

A 13-year-old tortoise vomited blood

Feb 17, 2017

Vomited fresh streaks of blood from the mouth.
Had bought a liquid medicine from pet shop to "increase appetite" when this 13-year-old tortoise stopped
eating. Syringe medicine into mouth.  Vomited lots of fresh blood for last 2 days.

X-ray. No hook or sharp metallic objects inside throat.  Died after vomiting more blood streaks.

A 6-year-old male neutered pug passes blood in the urine this month, twice.

Nervous pug
Sedated for x-ray  xyla 0.3 ml ketamine 0.2 ml IM    effective, last 30 minutes
To review blood and urine test.

A 19-year-old red eared slider lays eggs every year for the last 10 years has smelly diarrhoea

New food
Milk bread causes irritation of gut --- diarrhea --- cloacal prolapse yesterday -- cloaca prolapse traumatic injury  -- profuse bleeding and blood clots.

Today, no prolapse but foul smelling stools

Baytril 0.2 ml IM (1.4 kg), Oxytocin 0.1 ml IM and trimeth PO for gastroenteritis.


FOLLOW UP
Jan 14, 2017
Still has bleeding from cloaca but less. Active.
Eats salmon with medicine, otherwise hard to medicate. Eats vegetables but not pellets. 
No eggs passed.

3026. A 6-year-old female Shiba Inu has 7 bladder stones

dysuria, haematuria, pollakiuria

stones sent to the US for chemical analysis

3015. A 9-year-old female spayed Schnauzer X peed blood.

X rays no stones

blood test NAD
urine test pH 9, bacteria, protein and triple PO4 crystals.

Follow up
After antibiotics, no haematuria
Now on Urinary S/O

This case presents evidences via X rays, urine and blood test.
However, some owners have economic or time constraints and so x-ray or urine test is done.