Page 44, March 28, 1979- North Shore News

‘PET CORNER

By - ‘JOHN’ "ROBINSON
‘D.V.M. |

“He? 's been fighting again

doctor and he. always seems -

to get it in the face”, Mrs.
Bagshaw remarked as she

“put Willie; her 9-year-old

 Pommeranian. on the
- examination table for me to
check over.

He doesn't look very
aggressive” I remarked.
“Are - you sure he’s. been
scrapping?”

“Well” Mrs. Bagshaw
continued “he’s had this
wound on his face just below
the right eye which bleeds
and ‘discharges - and then
heals over: But after a week
or so it’s there again. I think
the dog next door gets at him
through the fence”.

I lookéd closely at Willie.
This was obviously a chronic
condition and possibly might
have been aggravated by his
pawing at the area, but it.
wasn't from fighting. The
condition was a fistula or a

““~passage between the outside

skin and a body cavity - in
this case a facial sinus.

The sinuses are cavities in
the skull which make it
much lighter than “if there
were more solid bone. The
sinuses can become infected
through the nostrils. When
the facial sinus becomes
plugged up with pus it breaks
out through the facial bone
and skin and discharges
through an opening about 4%
‘inch below the eye. A course
of antibiotics will often clear
up this infection without
much trouble.

In other cases we have to
maintain the patient on a
continuous medication -
preferably tetracycline - in
small daily doses. In the old
frail dog this may be
preferable to surgery. Where
the medicinal treatment fails
we give an anaesthetic then
drain the pus into the mouth
by removing the molar tooth
which has its root abutting
into the facial sinus cavity.

This is the largest of the
molars and is called the
carnassful tooth. It may be
difficult to remove as_ its
triple root makes it awkward
to loosen with elevators. If
the hole that is made into the
sinus by removal of the tooth
later closes up, the fistula
may recur.

Mrs. Bagshaw wanted to
have the antibiotic treatment
which proved quite ef-
fective. A high dosage of
tetracycline for 5 days
followed by 50 mg. daily
continuously cleared it up.

I see on the record card
that there has been a refill of
her prescription three times
over the past 6 months so
everything is probably going
along well.

QUESTION: I have a golden
retriever puppy, 9-months-
old, which has developed
hot spots or as my vet called
it -- “acute moist eczema” --
about the size of a hall-

Fitness.
kt gives much more
than it takes.

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and makes worse:.We have
had to treat it with cortisone
shots and ointment. Will he
_outgrow them?

ANSWER:
not! This breed is probably
more susceptible than most.
Any irritation -- be it insect
or flea bites, infected -anal
glands, presence. of tape
worm, ear infection . or

common allergy,- sets. up

itching and your dog does

the rest with his nails or
‘tongue. He can spread a

small area of inflammation
into a big patch if not
controlled soon.

. Cortisone is the most
effective drug to sue. The
hair must always be clipped
from over and around the
inflamed part.

Home remedies include
giving pyrabenzamine
tablets or phenergan syrup
and dabbing the area with
‘after-shave lotion. Also, of
course, stop hime scratching
or licking the part.
~ Prevention is by eliminating

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QUESTION: At what age
should a male cat be
_ neutered? I was told recently
that ff you have a male

neutered at an early age (i.e.

_5 months) it's head won't
grow at the normal body rate

- it will. remain smaller. Is
this true?

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the family.
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