Need Help

[No Quarter Kennel]

Mmound come on here originally saying he had a vaginal infection. My buddy said he had one....not a tight friend, just a guy I know really, so I'd rather ask here as to the treatment of a vag infection.
Is there a "flushing" or anything like that or is it, dare I say, strictly an antibiotic situation? The specificity of my question pertains to the actual infection and not the prevention and while I agree, preventative measures are best, it is doing my "due diligence", is it not, to know how to treat it should it occur? Not smart assing Jack,,,,,genuinely wanting to know. It's Friday, I have a half day at work with chores later on and wanted to see what I could learn.

Thanks

[mmound]

Had surgery she made it. But she can never have pups.

[No Quarter Kennel]

Sorry about that Mmound.

[SteelyDan]

I assume she needed to be spayed? Very few vets keep up with newer techniques and even fewer are willing to try something with a low probability.

[mmound]

Yeah SteelyDan spayed.Can pyometra be inherited? I just found out her mother had it.

[Officially Retired]

Yeah SteelyDan spayed.Can pyometra be inherited? I just found out her mother had it.

I would bet a lot of money it's genetic.

In the never-ending "Nature vs. Nurture" debates ... some things are nature (inherited) ... some things are nurture (environmental) ... and most things are some combination of both.

However, the propensity for hormonal imbalances that cause problems, I would think, has to lean more toward the "Nature" (genetic/inheritable) side of things.

That is a guess, but I think a fairly educated one.

[SteelyDan]

I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that hormone imbalances can be inherited. I've never seen evidence to suggest it. I've seen rhesus monkey tests that show prolapse is inherited.

[Doc Ellis]

Has anyone ever had a bitch, that had a prolapse issue, come down with pyometra later on?