Post by moletteuk on Nov 19, 2014 17:17:32 GMT
Some of you may be aware that Flossie has had some breathing issues for quite a while now, she occasionally gets a sniffly nose, and over the last month or so she has occasionally made audible squeaking noises while breathing. We have been aware for a long time that she reacts badly to dust, she once chewed madly on a cardboard tube over her head and all the tiny particles that were falling in her face caused her to go quite sneezy and sniffly. Anyway over most of this year we've done quite a bit to try to reduce as much dust as possible.
Over the last month she has been on metacam for its antiinflammatory properties to see if that would help and then she has been on bricanyl bronchodilator to open up her airways and I've also been attempting to do steam inhalation with her (that's a story in itself). The vet has listened to her chest, which wasn't producing any significant audible sounds, felt around her head and face to check for bumps from bad teeth or painful sinuses etc without finding anything. The squeaking sound she makes appears to come more from her nose than chest. Her weight is stable. Her eating is completely normal. She chews a lot of wood.
Since the metacam and bricanyl and steaming haven't made much difference we took her to the vet today to get some investigations done under anaesthetic. She had chest xrays, and two views of her head done. They also did a saline rinse of her nasal passages to get some samples to look at. There wasn't much material produced out of the nose, but they had a quick look at any cells under the microscope, and now the sample is being sent off to the lab for culture. Her lungs showed some slight 'patterning', but nothing too much to worry about, her teeth looked perfect visually (apart from the split incisor she has had for nearly a year), the vet wanted a second opinion on the dental xray but thinks it was fine.
So all in all a very stressful day having to leave her with the vet and wait for the phonecall, but very pleased she came through it like a trooper and they haven't found anything horrible. Unless the nasal culture shows up anything, we continue with the theory of either an irritant or allergy being the cause of her trouble. The vet said she would get in contact with 'the university' (don't know which one) and see if they could find a safe steroid inhaler or antihistamine that might be a possible avenue of treatment if she gets any worse.
I can't recommend Eden Vets in Carlisle highly enough. Absolute highest level of care, attention and effort and very reasonable cost.
Over the last month she has been on metacam for its antiinflammatory properties to see if that would help and then she has been on bricanyl bronchodilator to open up her airways and I've also been attempting to do steam inhalation with her (that's a story in itself). The vet has listened to her chest, which wasn't producing any significant audible sounds, felt around her head and face to check for bumps from bad teeth or painful sinuses etc without finding anything. The squeaking sound she makes appears to come more from her nose than chest. Her weight is stable. Her eating is completely normal. She chews a lot of wood.
Since the metacam and bricanyl and steaming haven't made much difference we took her to the vet today to get some investigations done under anaesthetic. She had chest xrays, and two views of her head done. They also did a saline rinse of her nasal passages to get some samples to look at. There wasn't much material produced out of the nose, but they had a quick look at any cells under the microscope, and now the sample is being sent off to the lab for culture. Her lungs showed some slight 'patterning', but nothing too much to worry about, her teeth looked perfect visually (apart from the split incisor she has had for nearly a year), the vet wanted a second opinion on the dental xray but thinks it was fine.
So all in all a very stressful day having to leave her with the vet and wait for the phonecall, but very pleased she came through it like a trooper and they haven't found anything horrible. Unless the nasal culture shows up anything, we continue with the theory of either an irritant or allergy being the cause of her trouble. The vet said she would get in contact with 'the university' (don't know which one) and see if they could find a safe steroid inhaler or antihistamine that might be a possible avenue of treatment if she gets any worse.
I can't recommend Eden Vets in Carlisle highly enough. Absolute highest level of care, attention and effort and very reasonable cost.
