My girl pug (confirmed Cushings & confirmed calcinosis cutis) / Tobey has passed

Renee, I do believe I remember reading where Trilostane may have some effects on a girl's private parts...let me see if I can find that.

Aha!

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Other adverse reactions included: nocturia, corneal ulcer, cough, persistent estrus, vaginal discharge and vulvar swelling in a spayed female,

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http://www.dechra-us.com/files/dechr...ts/Vetoryl.pdf

Do you think that this is what's happening with Tobey?

Lori - you are UNBELIEVABLE!! Yes, this is exactly what is happening! I can't wait to talk to my vet about this.

I cannot thank you enough for even thinking of this. A side affect of the vetoryl was the last thing I would ever, ever have thought of.

It seems such a crazy and completely unrelated symptom.

Renee, Zoe had vulva swelling and then ended up with a small tumor on her vulva.

Talked to my vet on Saturday about the possible side effect of vetoryl and Tobey's vaginal discharge. She was pretty surprised and said she would definitely call our local IMS to talk about it.

The discharge is continuing, but sporadically. She's not displaying signs / symptoms of UTI, but I'll probably run her in for another culture anyway, just to check... again. Sheesh! I need my own home culturing lab to keep up!

Tobey goes in for another stim test this friday, so we will see if the numbers have continued to drop at her current dose.

The vaginal discharge has continued, so the vet is going to check things out on Friday too. I'm so confused about whether this could be a symptom of UTI (no other symptoms currently), or if it is a side affect of the vetoryl or something else entirely? I asked her to consider running a culture on the discharge itself. We will see what she thinks after she sees her.

Sorry to hear about the mystery of this discharge! And yes, doing a culture might be a good idea, I think. We'll see what your vet thinks.

Good luck on the stim test, though. It will be really interesting to see how it turns out! ;)

Marianne

Friday stim results: baseline 3.8, post 3.2. So... just a bit up on the baseline and a bit down on the post from the previous test. Not sure why the baseline is higher than the post, but, even if the numbers were accidentally switched, they are both still in good range. I'm happy with these numbers, so barring any major changes, I will run another test in 6-8 weeks.

As for the mystery discharge - my vet felt it would be a waste to culture it, since it would be very contaminated with bacteria anyway. What she did do was a free urine catch (no blood, no abnormal cells), a swab of the discharge (again, no blood and no abnormal cells) and an external examination. She tried using a scope to look, but Tobey was getting upset so she stopped. Nothing appears out of the ordinary, so at this time, we are going to assume it's a side effect of the vetoryl.

I do want to get a dental on Tobey some time in the next few months, so if the discharge persists, then while she's under, my vet will have a chance to do a more thorough exam, including looking inside with a scope.

Those are good results! Yay! I love it when the babies are doing well. :)

The discharge makes me shake my head. I swear this little cush babies have it rough. I wonder if Vagisil or Monistat or even a topical antibacterial would help any.

Excellent results and a good plan of action for the future too.

Way to go Renee. :)

hugs

Hi there... when my grandpuppy got an infection of her vulva during her first heat, the vet had us use stridex-type pads once a day (in addition to anti-fungal cleaning pads for yeast infection, but that was separate) to keep things cleaner. He had us get the type that had both salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide.
Maybe ask about that?

Hope things clear up! Poor baby!

Regards,
Samantha and Zanya and crew