Please pray for Mandy ... warning: disgusting picture inside

[cassiesmom]

.sarah, how is Mandy's sore today? I hope the meds are helping.

[.sarah]

.sarah, how is Mandy's sore today? I hope the meds are helping.

Sorry for not updating for a while. Thanks for the good thoughts everyone. Mandy is feeling much, much better. She's been wearing an elizabethan collar because she keeps wanting to lick it and it is still too painful for her to run but other than that she is back to normal.

[jennielynn1970]

I grew up with German Shepard dogs, but I don't remember my mom and dad ever dealing with anal glands.... maybe they just never talked about it.

What causes that to happen? Is this something that can happen in cats as well? I know I've heard of cats getting their anal glands expressed, which confuses me as well... What causes them to be blocked or whatever it is that makes them have issues (the anal glands). Just curious. I would have been a wreck in your shoes, cause I have never seen anything like that!

Glad she's doing better! I've done warm compresses on foster cats that had bite wounds and stuff, and they actually really liked them. I think it felt calming and made them feel better and relaxed having them done. Big hugs to Mandy!

[animal_rescue]

Awww poor Mandy! I'm glad she's doing ok now!
What does this mean for the future? Will you have to have it expressed regularly now or will it even come back?

[.sarah]

What causes that to happen? Is this something that can happen in cats as well? I know I've heard of cats getting their anal glands expressed, which confuses me as well... What causes them to be blocked or whatever it is that makes them have issues (the anal glands). Just curious. I would have been a wreck in your shoes, cause I have never seen anything like that!

Diet is a huge factor but it can also be caused by genetics, I think. With Mandy, who is fed a raw diet, she can't handle as much bone as my other dogs without getting constipated. Lately I've been so busy that I've been neglectful to paying attention to it ... unfortunately she's the one who had to pay for it. I need to start feeding her less bone than I have been.

Cats can get it too.

Awww poor Mandy! I'm glad she's doing ok now!
What does this mean for the future? Will you have to have it expressed regularly now or will it even come back?

I used to have to get them expressed every so often but once we switched to raw all of her problems stopped. Like I mentioned above I haven't been paying enough attention to her bone:meat ratio lately like I should have been. I think if I start feeding less bone everything will be okay. She always scoots whenever her anal glands are impacted so I can tell if she's having problems. So no, hopefully we won't have to get them expressed.

[KYS]

So glad Mandy is doing better.
When your post mentioned raw bones:
I give ROcky bones to chew on. (mammouth or knuckle bones from the pet shop.)
I sometimes notice he gets stomach problems and his stool is dry.
I throw out the bones when he starts breaking them down now,
incase it is from the bones.
Poor Mandy wishing her a quick recovery.