Moss Is Seriously Ill

[Debbie Reed]

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A good friends whippet, (which I bred, so have a special interest in) is in a critical condition tonight and just wondered if anyone had any ideas or come across this problem themselves.

He had a cold type bug at Christmas which left him with a very snotty nose which he has trouble clearing.

The vet x-rayed his head and flushed out his nose/ sinuses and gave him a prolonged course of anti biotics, which seemed to help.

Over the last couple of weeks he has got progressively worse despite constant vet visits.

Over Sunday night he became very poorly and had trouble breathing.

The Vet kept him in this morning for more x rays which revealed pneumonia. He also has a temperature of 105.

He is on strong anti biotics and has been allowed home overnight but has to return tomorrow. We are also awaiting the result of blood tests taken today.

The vet, which I have known for a number of years and trust implicitly, is as much at a loss as to what is causing this problem as we are.

At present Moss's future does not look too bright so if anyone has any thoughts on this matter we would be glad to hear them.

Debbie

 

[nicky12]

sorry cant help but ..hope he gets better :luck: :luck: :luck: :luck:

 

[05whippet]

Oh poor Moss

I hope that he recovers very soon.I have never heard of anything like that in dogs before. I am thinking of your friend and Moss and sending lots of good luck wishes :luck: :luck: :luck: :luck: :huggles:

 

[doris]

poor baby! sorry I can't suggest anything

get well soon Moss :luck: :luck:

 

[georgina]

Poor Moss, really hope he recovers soon

 

[julieleigh]

I hope the poor little fella gets well soon... :luck:

Im sorry but i can not offer any advice, wish i could...

:huggles: to moss

 

[Terry & Sheila Smith]

Whippets (& other ling muzzled breeds) can get fungal infections in the nasal cavities. It is very hard to treat we lost a bitch to it last year. Hope you have a better result.

Terry Smith

 

[abbey]

Whippets (& other ling muzzled breeds) can get fungal infections in the nasal cavities. It is very hard to treat we lost a bitch to it last year. Hope you have a better result.
Terry Smith

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I work for a vet and have done for the past 14y. I have seen this several times in dogs, unfotunately it can be the prescence of a tumour that is often difficult to pick up on x-ray. In some cases it can be a deep seated infection, but it does seem to have been going on a long time. Often nasal tumours are difficult to diagnose initially as their prescence is not apprarent. Have swabs been taken to try to ascertain the type of infection and to look at which antibiotics will be most effective if the Vet thinks infection is the route of the problem? Blood tests will help to pinpoint what/where the problem is. I hope that the dog begins to improve.

 

[Millie]

Sorry to hear this Debbie. I'm hoping he makes a full recovery :luck:

It was only just over a week ago, that I got a letter from a person who had a puppy from me 4 yrs ago, to say he had passed away after not responding to treatment for respiratory problem

 

[Karen]

Hope he picks up soon. :luck:

I guess the vet has tried all other things, the nose complaint my be nothing to do with the lung complaint. There is probably nothing you could do but I have seen grass seeds do this damage. Through the nasal passage and down through the throat and lungs. also lung worm and heart worm.

Only trying to think of other things, my SA vet used to say. ' if you hear hoof beats in the dark dont just assume its a horse'

 

[dessie]

My Coco, who I only lost a couple of weeks ago at 12 years old, had suffered respiratory problems since she was about 14 months old. Over the years she had every test done known to Vet science and everything showed up negative yet she coughed and had a snotty nose. The only treatment that would control the problem (we never cured it) was steroids combined with on/off courses of ABs. Pred was not particularly successful because it made her very depressed but we settled on Betamethasone (used to be Betsolan but no longer made so human prescription).

 

[~elizabeth~]

Everything crossed that Moss gets better soon :luck: :huggles:

My Coco, who I only lost a couple of weeks ago at 12 years old, had suffered respiratory problems since she was about 14 months old.  Over the years she had every test done known to Vet science and everything showed up negative yet she coughed and had a snotty nose. 

Do 'repiratory problems' include reverse coughing? When I was looking a health surveys for Iggies and whippets last week I was surprised to see how seriously it is taken as a respiratory problem by some authorities :unsure:

 

[dessie]

Do 'repiratory problems' include reverse coughing? When I was looking a health surveys for Iggies and whippets last week I was surprised to see how seriously it is taken as a respiratory problem by some authorities  :unsure:

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All mine suffer from bouts of reverse sneezing from time to time. Coco suffered with it quite badly when she got herself panicky from not being able to draw enough breath after a coughing fit.

If I hear any of my dogs doing it I always intervene my placing thumb and index finger either side of their trachea as high up as you can and pinching quite hard to make them swallow deeply 2/3 times which clears their airway again. They do it because the soft palate lodges the 'wrong way'.

 

[Trish]

Do 'repiratory problems' include reverse coughing? When I was looking a health surveys for Iggies and whippets last week I was surprised to see how seriously it is taken as a respiratory problem by some authorities  :unsure:

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All mine suffer from bouts of reverse sneezing from time to time. Coco suffered with it quite badly when she got herself panicky from not being able to draw enough breath after a coughing fit.

If I hear any of my dogs doing it I always intervene my placing thumb and index finger either side of their trachea as high up as you can and pinching quite hard to make them swallow deeply 2/3 times which clears their airway again. They do it because the soft palate lodges the 'wrong way'.

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mine do that a lot,the vets told me it was reverse sneezing,but never said to do anything about it,phoebe gets very panicky when she does it,i will try to do what you do dessie and hope it helps them.

good luck to moss :luck: hope its nothing serious

 

[starswift]

i have pm d you debbie

 

[~JO~]

My Coco, who I only lost a couple of weeks ago at 12 years old, had suffered respiratory problems since she was about 14 months old.  Over the years she had every test done known to Vet science and everything showed up negative yet she coughed and had a snotty nose.  The only treatment that would control the problem (we never cured it) was steroids combined with on/off courses of ABs.  Pred was not particularly successful because it made her very depressed but we settled on Betamethasone (used to be Betsolan but no longer made so human prescription).

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As some of you know, my Stanley suffers from this as well

He too is controlled on steroids, if he doesn't have them it ends up in a massive infection in the nasal area and high temp etc therefore we have to go down the route of ab's. I have tried so many things and nothing seems to help, only the steroids to almost 'dry' him up.

Stanley caught a sneezing type bug at a show at 6 months which cleared up pretty quickly, then at 12 months he had the KC vaccine up the nose and he developed this 1 month later - who knows whether it was connected. He too had a bad infection and had his nasal cavities flushed out etc etc but all they found was snot basically.

I would think a strong dose of AB's should clear this up with Moss - well I dearly hope so :luck:

 

[doris]

anyone know how he's doing?

 

[alfie]

Sorry to hear Moss is so poorly- I hope you get some good news soon :luck:

My IGs and Whippets all 'reverse sneeze' occasionally- I normally block their nostrils so that they have to open their mouths to take a breath- this seems to make them swallow as well, and stops the sneezing :thumbsup:

Thinking of you and Moss :huggles:

Liz and the Monellis

 

[lizzyb]

Hope Moss is making progress and we have some news soon :luck: :luck: :luck: