General Chat

Thursday before last when I got home one of the dogs (Labs) was acting a bit strange and a little while later I noticed that she was panting and trembling.
We phoned the vet and took her over, she wetted in the car and in the vets (something she never does).
The emergency vet gave her a good going over, did some tests and thought it might be a urinary infection. Painkiller and anti-inflamatory injections were given.

Back to see our own vet the next day and she was put on antibiotics.

Back to the vets last Saturday and the test results were back.

It was e-coli. We were horrified.

The vet thought she might have picked it up from eating an infected snail, bird droppings or a dead bird.

Thank God we noticed it so quickly and took her over straight away, as the outcome could have been nasty - although she's still on antibiotics and there could be other complications.

Sorry to hear about this Brian. What a worry for you but I'm glad you got help quickly.

I do hope she is recovering well now.

Were the other dogs OK?

Gwyn

Hi Gwyn,
Yes, the others (our other Lab and MIL's Yorkie) and fine.
The snails and slugs aren't, many of them met an untimely end on Saturday.

Apparently there's a glut of slugs and snails because of the mild damp winter, so please watch out for what your dog is snacking on.

Ooo nasty.....well done for acting on it pronto.

Would this effect cats too do you think...??

Our cat Seuss likes birds....!!

Hope he recovers soon, Brian.

Doesn't bode well for hedgehogs either does it?

OMG my party piece at BBQ's was to pick snails off the garden wall and scoff them...shells as well...Colin scurries off to throw up!

ITS RAINING HERE IN THE BORO

and ive just been out with the salt

killing the little monsters xx

Brian, I hope she is ok, thanks for the warning,


Caz xxx

The vets have had four other cases in the past fortnight, so watch out.