Pam, I am no expert, by any means; but I remember we had to have the anal glands surgically removed from our first cocker and she lived to be 18 1/2 years old, 12 years without those glands. She had just a problem with them, we were taking her every month to the vet to have them expressed and the smell was rather sickening; but rather than go through this month after month, we had them surgically done and she was fine after that--absolutely no problems. Good luck and I will be interested to hear other's advice on this situation. Gayle Draus at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela A. Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 8:59 PM Subject: [CKCS-L] Anal Glands
> Hello, > > Last week my 10 year old girl had her yearly checkup and my Vet couldn't get > her anal glands expressed. He said he didn't want to hurt her any more and > said that he would try again next week when she was having her teeth > cleaned. > Tonight when picking her up, they suggested having her anal glands removed > since they didn't have any more luck on getting the glands empty. They said > the glands were the size of a dime and hard and it seemed that the opening > had scared over. > I am puzzled at this and don't know what to do. > My girl has never showed me any signs of discomfort or scooting. The last > time her glands were expressed was two years ago by a different Vet and I > don't remember the difficulty in doing it. > This Vet thinks that they will rupture soon and it would be better to take > them out. > I would appreciate all comments on making this decision. > > Pam Brown > Ohio > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
