[jax]

Our yellow lab's due date is 19 days away and this evening when I got home from work I noticed one of her teats is very swollen on the end, everything else looks fine and the rest look normal as well. I am assuming it is infected or something? I plan on taking her in to the vet tomorrow morning, but was wondering if anyone knows what it is and if I can do something to help her this evening to keep it from getting worse. It looks and feels like it is going to pop.

 

[Bally's Gun Dogs]

Does she have a temperature? It almost looks as though some of the hair wrapped around it causing the irritation?

 

[jax]

She does not have a temperature that I can tell.

 

[Bridget Bodine]

I would see the vet on that one, it looks a little angry....

 

[ErinsEdge]

She does not have a temperature that I can tell.

You should be able to tell by taking her temperature. You need to buy a thermometer if you don't have one.

 

[Bridget Bodine]

You should be able to tell by taking her temperature. You need to buy a thermometer if you don't have one.

X10 .......EVERYBODY should have a dog thermometer

 

[Bally's Gun Dogs]

I would highly recommend taking her temp...if it is high off to the ER. Too risky to mess with waiting until morning.

 

[jax]

Her temperature is right about 102.5

 

[Bridget Bodine]

Was that temp taken at rest or after she was a bit excited? It is a bit elevated but I would take to vet in the A.M.. I just don't like the look of it...

 

[jax]

It was taken when she was calm, just been laying outside on the deck. Do you guys think the teat is infected I assume? We plan on taking her in tomorrow morning.

 

[Bridget Bodine]

Was she cooking in the sun? (before taking temp)
COULD be just an infected hair follicle......as a woman, it SURE as hell looks painful!!!!

 

[jax]

Took her in to the vet this morning and he said it is a cyst, but is not cancerous. He said that she should be fine to nurse the pups and that it will not be a problem for the pups nursing. He said that we could have it removed after the pups are done weaning. He did mention that she has a lot of milk in already for being about 18 days out from whelping. Have any of you had your females with a lot of milk in 3 weeks before they are due to whelp?