After your dog has grown, it needs special care. Including her mammary glands, because they are under great strain during this period. A rather unpleasant disease that occurs during this period is mastitis . Although the disease is sometimes not associated with the birth of offspring. So, what if the dog has mastitis?
Causes of mastitis
The impetus to the development of the disease can be one or a combination of such factors:
- Bacteria that get into the mammary gland through trauma most often occur during the period of puppy feeding;
- excess milk, its retention in the glands;
- blockage of nipples;
- urino-genital, gastric, intestinal infections;
- supercooling, overheating;
- false pregnancy .
Symptoms of mastitis
- Mammary glands blush, swell, thicken.
- The temperature rises.
- The dog becomes sluggish, refuses to eat.
- Milk is excreted with an admixture of pus and blood.
Treatment of mastitis in dogs at home
Mastitis in dogs can be treated at home with medicinal and folk remedies. For example, you can use these methods:
- washing of nipples with water infusions of camomiles and calendula;
- taking antibiotics, for example, bicillin-3 at a dose of 15,000-20,000 e. d. for each kilogram of dog weight;
- the use of a short novocaine blockade with a 0.5% solution of novocaine in an amount of 5-20 ml into the connective space between each diseased packet and the abdominal wall;
- at a stage when the inflammation is gone, apply warm poultices, warming compresses, but only if there is no purulent inflammation, otherwise there is a risk of opening the abscess and worsening the situation;
- Mastomerin is widely known for restoring the function of the endometrium and breast, stops the inflammatory process, it is used together with Travmatin intramuscularly or subcutaneously at a dose of 1-2 ml (course - 3-5 injections).
If you see that all the medical measures you provide do not lead to positive results, you need to contact the veterinarian as soon as possible. Probably, it will be necessary to solve the problem surgically, followed by treatment with antimicrobial ointments and emulsions.