Help Needed! Emma appears to have a tail pocket infection

[JeannieCO]

On the way to drop her off to the vet, Here's my little stinker.

 

[Manydogs]

SOOOOOOOOOOOOO sweet

 

[dolphin]

On the way to drop her off to the vet, Here's my little stinker. View attachment 66555

It does sound infected, I so hope they'll figure this out. What a sweet little baby, feel better Emma.

 

[brutus77]

Poor baby I hope she feels better soon. Please update as soon as you know anything. She is so cute and looks very relaxed.

 

[RiiSi]

Poor Emma, hope she's all better soon!

 

[JeannieCO]

She is so cute and looks very relaxed.

Her look is deceiving. lol She growled and put her hair up at a very large docile black lab that was in there. She is not pet friendly to other but her own pack. She stayed under my feet and gave all that stink eye look if they dared got too close.

 

[martybc]

Hi! I am new here and by no means and expert cause I just got my first bully however he is only 16-17 weeks old and has a tail pocket infection. We are treating this right now with anibiotics, a soap that the vet gave us to cleanse it with and we were told to shave it which we did and its getting better! we are on day 2 of treatment since its came about on the weekend. The shaving really helps since it needs air. Hes so much better. We also use witch hazel to clean it, then desitin and once it dries completly up we'll use gold bond. Everything I am tellin you I found out here and started it before I went to the vet. Except the antibiotics of course but I am guessing you just need to take the dog in. You'll need the other stuff too but you can try it for a day and see if its better first anyway. Good luck I know other will help they told me to search the fourms for tail pockets!

 

[MrMrsDevilDoc]

On the way to drop her off to the vet, Here's my little stinker. View attachment 66555

(((((Emma!)))))

 

[JeannieCO]

Hi! I am new here and by no means and expert cause I just got my first bully however he is only 16-17 weeks old and has a tail pocket infection. We are treating this right now with anibiotics, a soap that the vet gave us to cleanse it with and we were told to shave it which we did and its getting better! we are on day 2 of treatment since its came about on the weekend. The shaving really helps since it needs air. Hes so much better. We also use witch hazel to clean it, then desitin and once it dries completly up we'll use gold bond. Everything I am tellin you I found out here and started it before I went to the vet. Except the antibiotics of course but I am guessing you just need to take the dog in. You'll need the other stuff too but you can try it for a day and see if its better first anyway. Good luck I know other will help they told me to search the fourms for tail pockets!

Hello there Marty and welcome to EBN! I took her in to the vet today and just got home. Does Bear have a tight tail pocket?

Ok, here's the skinny. Emma has a bad tail infection. Her vet put her on Cefpodoxime (oral) twice daily. He's going to follow up with me when that prescription is done in two weeks to see how she is doing. At that time, if she's not healing up, tail amputation was brought up as a last resort but it was mentioned. I'm not too surprised by that because I've always thought it could happen to her with the way her tail is. It's a wicked bend inward right toward her body. He didn't mention shaving but I'm going to shave her anyway I think. He has a double coat of fur and ti's very thick. I'm always digging in there and pulling out the fur that collects. He did say that I'm doing a great job on her but I do feel that I could have done better. Not beating myself up but......I do feel partially responsible.

I'll also keep her clean with witch hazel twice daily.

I'll keep everyone

 

[JeannieCO]

Hey all, just wanted to give you an update on Emma's tail pocket infection. I'm happy to report that about 4 days of being on the antibiotic and twice a day cleaning, she's all healed up. She just finished her meds this morning. I'm definately be more diligent on cleaning that area, especially since she get a lot of hair in there.

So as long as it doesn't become recurring, she should be clear of having to have a tail amputation.

 

[bullmama]

Hey all, just wanted to give you an update on Emma's tail pocket infection. I'm happy to report that about 4 days of being on the antibiotic and twice a day cleaning, she's all healed up. She just finished her meds this morning. I'm definately be more diligent on cleaning that area, especially since she get a lot of hair in there.

So as long as it doesn't become recurring, she should be clear of having to have a tail amputation.

That is such good news!


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[ddnene]

Wonderful news Jeannie!!!


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[Manydogs]

Great news! Pick that pocket!! Happy she is okay!

 

[cali baker]

GREAT job, mama Jeannie!!