minibull
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Does anyone here have experience with either pyometra or vaginitis? Buttercup finished her heat cycle about a week ago (Note: we had scheduled her spay surgery but delayed due to various health issues and then again for her heat cycle). Yesterday when she sat on a white towel I noticed very trace yellow with green-tinge discharge from her vulva. She had some clear-ish discharge after she finished bleeding so I thought it was a continuation of that process. Today I noticed a larger amount, maybe ~1/8 of a teaspoon.
The discharge does not have any detectable odor. She has been urinating a bit more frequently over the past couple of weeks including a few accidents in the house, which I attributed to her being in heat, but now I'm not so sure. She licks her vulva a few times a day but that is not unusual for her. Her vaginal opening doesn't look very red to me, but I cleaned it with some chlorhexidine just in case it is vaginitis.
Am watching her very closely. We're already scheduled to see the vet tomorrow at lunch for routine care -- I saw the discharge just before the office closed today. Buttercup is eating normally, doesn't seem to have a tender abdomen, and doesn't show any other signs of illness, but I wonder if I should take her to the ER sooner in case it is pyometra. I read that general symptoms like fever, malaise, and lethargy don't present until later so I don't want to miss an infection, but I also don't want to overreact.
The discharge does not have any detectable odor. She has been urinating a bit more frequently over the past couple of weeks including a few accidents in the house, which I attributed to her being in heat, but now I'm not so sure. She licks her vulva a few times a day but that is not unusual for her. Her vaginal opening doesn't look very red to me, but I cleaned it with some chlorhexidine just in case it is vaginitis.
Am watching her very closely. We're already scheduled to see the vet tomorrow at lunch for routine care -- I saw the discharge just before the office closed today. Buttercup is eating normally, doesn't seem to have a tender abdomen, and doesn't show any other signs of illness, but I wonder if I should take her to the ER sooner in case it is pyometra. I read that general symptoms like fever, malaise, and lethargy don't present until later so I don't want to miss an infection, but I also don't want to overreact.