She had always been a little bit of an itchy dog and had some tummy sensitivities to certain foods, but nothing like this! Maya’s parents immediately got her checked out and we were able to run some simple tests and analyze cytology of the material on those itchy areas, and found that she had superficial bacterial and yeast infections on her skin and inside her ear canals. Maya presented to the clinic this Spring and wasn’t her usual bouncy self! Poor Maya had become very itchy, with a raw red muzzle moist, red, irritated local rashes called “hot spots” all over her body she had chewed up the webbing between her digits and created local inter-digital skin infections her ears were hot, red, and smelly and the skin of her lower abdomen was very thickened, greasy feeling with blackened pigment. If you wish to see the polyp it is on display at Saseenos Veterinary Services. We were able to grasp and remove a plum sized polyp from the back of her nose! She is now eating and breathing better than she has in years! A completely new cat! A mass could be seen compressing the back of her throat. It is risky to anesthetize a cat with breathing difficulty but it was imperative to examine the back of her nose to decide what was causing the obstruction under anesthetic. Kanga is a very sweet kitty but she has been a bit of a snuffler all her life – her snorting and noisy breathing had however progressed to where it was difficult to swallow. Moral of the story Bones can be VERY dangerous! Within 36 hours she was eating, and is back home and now feeling happy and hungry! The damaged intestine was removed, and the healthy ends reattached. It was discovered during surgery, that the last 6 inches of her small intestine had been so severely damaged by the bone fragments passing through that they were black in colour and dead. Her blood tests indicated severe infection, and ultrasound showed that it was coming from a damaged gut. Within 3 days she was vomiting and rapidly became extremely ill. She got hold of a piece of Thanksgiving ham bone, and devoured it with gusto. Her feet are almost back to normal and she is able to be back to a happy, pain free life. Biopsies helped identify an underlying allergy, and now she is on a never ending anti-inflammatory medication. We found an infection with yeast, and when that was treated, her feet improved but were still sore. Kailee is the sweetest girl, but the chronic ulceration and infection between her toes was so painful that it was hard for her to even walk. It turns out Ricochet is aptly named – if only he could tell us what happened to him while he was out on his adventure! We took x-rays and discovered that Ricochet not only had a healing pelvic fracture, he also had a gun pellet imbedded in his femur! With pain medication and some TLC from his Mom, Ricochet was able to heal and is back to his usual self. Ricochet is a very lucky cat! He initially presented to the clinic back in December after he had gone missing for 2 weeks! Thankfully, he made it home, but his Mom noticed he was limping on his hind leg and didn’t jump up the way he used to.
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