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OffgridK9lover said:
In humans Hexamine / Hexamine hippurate can be administered as a preventative for chronic UTI's it works by break down in liver forming Formaldehyde in the urine, Would the metabolic break down work the same as in K9's. As some do suffer from easily getting UTI's this would be some thing some could consider if effective.

Evaluation of methenamine for urinary tract infection prevention in older adults: a review of the evidence - PMC

Urinary tract infections (UTI) commonly occur in older adults and can lead to more severe, life-threatening infections. Physiological factors that change with age are thought to contribute to the increased frequency of UTI recurrence in older ...
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Methenamine hippurate for preventing urinary tract infections - PMC

Methenamine salts are often used as an alternative to antibiotics for the prevention of urinary tract infection (UTI). This review was first published in Issue 1, 2002 and updated in Issue 4, 2007. To assess the benefits and harms of methenamine ...
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Searching internet on “dog UTI Hexamin”
Hexamine also called Hiprex.
 
OffgridK9lover said:
In humans Hexamine / Hexamine hippurate can be administered as a preventative for chronic UTI's it works by break down in liver forming Formaldehyde in the urine, Would the metabolic break down work the same as in K9's. As some do suffer from easily getting UTI's this would be some thing some could consider if effective.

Evaluation of methenamine for urinary tract infection prevention in older adults: a review of the evidence - PMC

Urinary tract infections (UTI) commonly occur in older adults and can lead to more severe, life-threatening infections. Physiological factors that change with age are thought to contribute to the increased frequency of UTI recurrence in older ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Methenamine hippurate for preventing urinary tract infections - PMC

Methenamine salts are often used as an alternative to antibiotics for the prevention of urinary tract infection (UTI). This review was first published in Issue 1, 2002 and updated in Issue 4, 2007. To assess the benefits and harms of methenamine ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

en.wikipedia.org

Hexamethylenetetramine - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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I know a woman that takes 1 nitrofurantoin dose after sex as a preventative. Otherwise 90% of the time she would wind up with a UTI post-sex.
 
erphy said:
I know a woman that takes 1 nitrofurantoin dose after sex as a preventative. Otherwise 90% of the time she would wind up with a UTI post-sex.
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Just like I wrote earlier, only that she used Selexid (a version of penicillin used solely for UTI)
 
OffgridK9lover said:
In humans Hexamine / Hexamine hippurate can be administered as a preventative for chronic UTI
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AKA methenamine hippurate, "methenamine is a salt that ultimately exerts an antibacterial effect in the urine as it becomes converted into formaldehyde."

Formaldehyde , while our own bodies produce and even deal with it, I'm not so sure about adding more. Perhaps the quantities that get converted is minuscule enough, however repeated dosing I think I'd look for something that isn't a known carcinogen. I prefer my DNA non DPX protein crosslinked thank you!
 
Dr, is a house trained cat whining alot and pissing all over consistent with a bladder infection?
 
GAThrawn said:
I am hoping you could dispel the myth and old wive's tale that when a dog tastes blood they will hunger for more. I have seen them expand upon it by saying only if they bite you. Dogs are not sharks and I don't believe that there's any truth to it nor have I seen any truth to it from personal experience.
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There’s some research out there on the factors leading up to dog bites. With a bit more done more recently, but to my knowledge nobody has done a more comprehensive review.

What stands out to me is dogs who bite have a higher chance of being socially isolated, combined with victims inability to successfully communicate with dogs.

They do mention intact male status, but I firmly believe that should be read as a general lack of owner medical and general canine care that manifests as not being neutered, and has nothing to do with the presence or absence of testicles. That research and data (testosterone increases aggression) is a whole soap box that I can go into if folks are interested, but suffice it to say I don’t agree with the premise.

What I can say is that statement is not backed up by any scientific data whatsoever—dog bites are a complex of behavioral, social, and cultural interactions that can’t be simply blamed on the dog.
 
OffgridK9lover said:
Team up I can provide the Ether n Chloroform!

Do they still use Chloral Hydrate in any medications, I know it been mostly superseded by newer meds, In humans it is still used in children as a pre-surgery anxiety tamper, and in adults for same or to treat some sleep issues.

been trying to find medical studies in more detail as to mechanisms of action in ruminants and the half life.
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Chloral Hydrate—I had to look it up! We don’t use it in my mixed practice for ruminants. Looks like there’s some interesting new stuff being done with laboratory rodents as of last year.

As I’m sure you’ve found, anesthesia of ruminants lags woefully behind our knowledge of small animals. I adore cows, and wish I had enough money to personally fund the kind of precise anesthetic and surgical research knowledge we have on dogs in our ruminants, but sadly the production world doesn’t really care, so that funding would have to come from bovine athletes (like rodeos) or research animal models or something else.
 
The dog is certainly going to be more apt to bite again if biting got the dog it's way. IMHO biting should be met with a strong, terrifying response no matter what the reason. (Except maybe clear cases of self defense..etc) A dog who bites is a dead dog. Some poor kid steps on the dogs tail and now the kids getting his face stitched together.... your dog is dead. Same with horses and kicking.... Your can't put someone in the hospital for bumping into you at Walmart....
 
Deagle113 said:
Chloral Hydrate—I had to look it up! We don’t use it in my mixed practice for ruminants. Looks like there’s some interesting new stuff being done with laboratory rodents as of last year.

As I’m sure you’ve found, anesthesia of ruminants lags woefully behind our knowledge of small animals. I adore cows, and wish I had enough money to personally fund the kind of precise anesthetic and surgical research knowledge we have on dogs in our ruminants, but sadly the production world doesn’t really care, so that funding would have to come from bovine athletes (like rodeos) or research animal models or something else.
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Ya cheaper to fill freezer mentality, but as you know well, being prey animals a lot of the injuries that require more in-depth work usually in vain, partly why so few bother. Best course is to avoid any injury!
PonyTrot said:
The dog is certainly going to be more apt to bite again if biting got the dog it's way. IMHO biting should be met with a strong, terrifying response no matter what the reason. (Except maybe clear cases of self defense..etc) A dog who bites is a dead dog. Some poor kid steps on the dogs tail and now the kids getting his face stitched together.... your dog is dead. Same with horses and kicking.... Your can't put someone in the hospital for bumping into you at Walmart....
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why mouth play is important, they need to learn acceptable force, dogs are very good at graduating the bite force from corrective action to actual attack, all mine if they miss the stick at best you end up with a good indent, because accidents happen.

So them learning proper pressures is cheaper than hiding bodies.
 
SxaBeast said:
Small doses stop alcohol metabolism and turn anyone into a total lightweight as I proved many times @ uni
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It doesn't stop but competes for the metabolic path way, same way that Alcohol stops the body from metabolizing Ethylene Glycol (antifreeze) as it is a competitive binder that the enzyme is better tuned to act upon, so it leave the glycol to be removed by the kidneys.

Funnily enough antifreeze is totally harmless inside the body until the liver gets a hold of it, back in the logging camp we had a couple bottles of 195 proof vodka, it was labeled "Emergency use only" a lot of guys would laugh at that and ask what emergency could there be that alcohol would help. Well, one guy found out, some idiot filled a pop bottle with antifreeze and never labeled it and he drank it thinking it was juice of some sort.

Not precise but ensuring they're drunk till they hit the hospital ensured 100% recovery, other then the head ache from the alcohol, luckily it was discovered fast, thus the very good out come. Luckily this works for dogs too, if you know they drank any amount a dosage of alcohol sufficient to see an observable affect will ensure the glycol is out competed by the ethanol.
 
OffgridK9lover said:
It doesn't stop but competes for the metabolic path way, same way that Alcohol stops the body from metabolizing Ethylene Glycol (antifreeze) as it is a competitive binder that the enzyme is better tuned to act upon, so it leave the glycol to be removed by the kidneys.

Funnily enough antifreeze is totally harmless inside the body until the liver gets a hold of it, back in the logging camp we had a couple bottles of 195 proof vodka, it was labeled "Emergency use only" a lot of guys would laugh at that and ask what emergency could there be that alcohol would help. Well, one guy found out, some idiot filled a pop bottle with antifreeze and never labeled it and he drank it thinking it was juice of some sort.

Not precise but ensuring they're drunk till they hit the hospital ensured 100% recovery, other then the head ache from the alcohol, luckily it was discovered fast, thus the very good out come. Luckily this works for dogs too, if you know they drank any amount a dosage of alcohol sufficient to see an observable affect will ensure the glycol is out competed by the ethanol.
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I have been know to practice this drill on the weekends , you know to be sure I know how to deal with potential ethylene glycol poisoning if that ever were to happen to me!
 
erphy said:
I have been know to practice this drill on the weekends , you know to be sure I know how to deal with potential ethylene glycol poisoning if that ever were to happen to me!
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You can absolutely add everclear to an IV bag—and I have—in cases of ethylene glycol poisoning!
 
Deagle113 said:
Howdy zooville!

I work as a mixed animal veterinarian, and am willing to answer any and all animal health questions you may have to the best of my ability. Keep in mind that I’m only one person, and my medical opinion is just that—an opinion, however well informed it may be.

Anything you’re curious about?

Edit: feel free to Dm me if needed!
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Impressive an additional 5 pages and grunches (great big bunches) of comments and queries since page 2! Of course, unsurprisingly, the large majority deal with canines with only a very small smattering of large animal questions. How much of your practice deals with large animals, specifically equines?
 
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EponasDevotee said:
Impressive an additional 5 pages and grunches (great big bunches) of comments and queries since page 2! Of course, unsurprisingly, the large majority deal with canines with only a very small smattering of large animal questions. How much of your practice deals with large animals, specifically equines?
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Probably a third, with the opportunity to increase that. I started out working with another doc who had all the horse knowledge of a seasoned veteran, but he’s since moved on, leaving me as the sole equine person (along with one of my nurses) in the practice. It’s been a huge learning curve and very humbling—I never thought I would deal with horses as much during veterinary school, so took more bovine classes and have had to catch up in my knowledge while also being thrown into the ocean of horse medicine, so to speak.

Thankfully, my clients have been wonderfully understanding, and I’m slowly building competency and experience—lots of the medicine is comparative, a suture is a suture, but all the unique quirks and traits of horses are fascinating and sometimes intimidating!
 
Lisadlov said:
Getting knotted /stuck with male dog and human female in sex is that normal?
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Ya know, not having those parts myself I can’t help you there XD.

My suspicion is you have to keep the dog in place based on the anatomical confirmation of human females, but again I wouldn’t know—don’t want to give you incorrect advice.
 
Are spayed girls more prone to get UTIs than intact ones? The first family dog I had would get a UTI every time I did oral and other spayed girls would have similar reactions. But my last girl, who was not spayed, never got one. Is it breed specific or is a dog not able to produce as much helpful bacteria when they're spayed?

Also, a spayed girl tastes a lot different (not good lol) than an intact one and I'm not sure why.
 
the lack of hormones weaken the urethra sphincter which makes it more easy that bacterias can enter, u can give a spayed girl artifical hormones called ,,incurin,, to prevent that

and the change of hormones can change the vaginal flora too - which could lead to a change in taste
 
Deagle113 said:
Probably a third, with the opportunity to increase that. I started out working with another doc who had all the horse knowledge of a seasoned veteran, but he’s since moved on, leaving me as the sole equine person (along with one of my nurses) in the practice. It’s been a huge learning curve and very humbling—I never thought I would deal with horses as much during veterinary school, so took more bovine classes and have had to catch up in my knowledge while also being thrown into the ocean of horse medicine, so to speak.

Thankfully, my clients have been wonderfully understanding, and I’m slowly building competency and experience—lots of the medicine is comparative, a suture is a suture, but all the unique quirks and traits of horses are fascinating and sometimes intimidating!
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A go to for me for unique cases is gauze and super glue to do a form of butterfly bandage, it allows drainage and keeps it fairly closed, then silicone co adhesive wrap, as a final over dressing with non stick pads to further protect
 
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GAThrawn said:
Are spayed girls more prone to get UTIs than intact ones? The first family dog I had would get a UTI every time I did oral and other spayed girls would have similar reactions. But my last girl, who was not spayed, never got one. Is it breed specific or is a dog not able to produce as much helpful bacteria when they're spayed?

Also, a spayed girl tastes a lot different (not good lol) than an intact one and I'm not sure why.
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As @Cookiecaretaker so succinctly mentioned, part of the strength of the urethral sphincter (what keeps urine in the bladder and bacteria out) is dependent on the action of estrogen. Remove a bunch of it, and you get a weakening of the muscle, which increases your UTI chance for spayed female dogs.

Treatment wise, Estriol (Incurin) is an estrogen therapy option that works quite well, as mentioned. Although other estrogen formulations have been used for spay incontinence, estriol is the only FDA-approved estrogen for the condition in the US. FDA approval ensures compound safety and effectiveness, as well as quality and consistent manufacturing and monitoring processes for the entirety of its production.

Taste wise: tons of things affect urine composition, from bacterial flora, to diet, to hydration status. I wouldn’t be surprised if these differed for your two different girls—but I’d be hesitant to tack it all up to reproductive status.
 
Austral said:
Hey, I was doing this survey https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/2024-rmc-zoophilia-ethics-study-ground-breaking.101508

I read this two questions in it and put don't know, what's your opinion?

What your opinion about it?

How familiar do you think veterinary medical professionals are with zoophilia.​

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Personally? Quite familiar—My dogs would agree. XD.

I can only speak from my US based experience. We never once discussed it in veterinary school and it has never come up during practice. Just about the only even vaguely reproductive comments I usually hear on most days are “wow that dog is still intact those need to come off” or answering the occasional questions about canine smegma.

How much training do you think veterinary medical professionals get about sexual contact between humans and animals?

Absolutely none. We get some training on how to recognize abuse, like healed rib fractures, or burns, or head trauma from horrible human beings abusing their animals, but sexual stuff wasn’t mentioned.
Everything zoo I’ve learned has been from other more experienced zoos, my own experience, and extrapolating from specializing in and reading a ton of literature about animal reproduction.
 
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