Second phantom pregnancy!

Mazz · #1 05-09-10, 11:00 AM

Our little one is going through her second phantom pregnancy, and its only her second season. Shes 16months old, being treated to reduce the milk with GALASTOP. Shes had 5 days of it, 2.9ml back to the vets still full of milk. Gave her another 6 days of GALASTOP. On her third day she still is swollen with milk. Waiting to have her spayed but advised not to the first season because she was not developed properly (innie).
Any one had a similar problem, if so what was the out come?
Next stage might be anti-biotics.
Shes obviously hyper at the moment!
Nesting and barking!

LOVEGSD · #2 06-09-10, 11:41 AM

Sorry I have no experience with this as I have boys....I hope she's over it soon though...xx

Eve · #3 06-09-10, 03:24 PM

my girl had phantom pregnancy after each seson... after all this she got pyometra...and is now spayed

Mazz · #4 06-09-10, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by LOVEGSD

Sorry I have no experience with this as I have boys....I hope she's over it soon though...xx

Thanks for your kind thoughts..

Mazz · #5 06-09-10, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Eve

my girl had phantom pregnancy after each seson... after all this she got pyometra...and is now spayed

Sorry for being ignorant, but what is pyometra?
Vet did mention this?

lauraburns · #6 06-09-10, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Mazz&Bazz

Sorry for being ignorant, but what is pyometra?
Vet did mention this?

Pyometra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Very nasty! There are 2 types, open and closed. Closed pyometra is the worst as you don't always see the symptoms until it is too late.

Mazz · #7 06-09-10, 06:37 PM

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Pyometra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Very nasty! There are 2 types, open and closed. Closed pyometra is the worst as you don't always see the symptoms until it is too late.

Thanks for the info & link.
We are now watching her hair grow!

Booked into vets again on Wednesday for another checkup

Caryll · #8 06-09-10, 09:47 PM

The first dog I ever had was a Border Collie bitch. Her first season was fine - no problems at all. However, after her 2nd season she had a phantom, the same after her 3rd. Then after her 4th season she developed pyometra & we nearly lost her. She was speyed immediately & lived until she was nearly 16 years old!

I'm not a great lover of neutering a dog for no reason, but some bitches really do suffer from phantom pregnancies & it upsets them terribly. For their own health & peace of mind speying is the kindest option.

Mazz · #9 07-09-10, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Caryll

The first dog I ever had was a Border Collie bitch. Her first season was fine - no problems at all. However, after her 2nd season she had a phantom, the same after her 3rd. Then after her 4th season she developed pyometra & we nearly lost her. She was speyed immediately & lived until she was nearly 16 years old!

I'm not a great lover of neutering a dog for no reason, but some bitches really do suffer from phantom pregnancies & it upsets them terribly. For their own health & peace of mind speying is the kindest option.

Nice story.
Thanks for your reply.

I agree, we wanted her done after first time, were told to wait until the next time, because of other problems.
Now this problem. We've a 2-3 week window for this to clear up, then we can have her speyed...hopefully

Caryll · #10 07-09-10, 10:05 PM

Good luck. I would say that the right decision is to spay. It's a shame, but otherwise you could be putting her through this every 4 or 5 months with the chance of milk infections & pyometra. Such a shame, but her health obviously comes first & she'll be so much happier afterwards.