My Morkie Has A Major Anal Gland Problem
Hello,
I have read all of your suggestions on anal glands. I have been giving my dog, who is two years old and just started having problems these past three months, pumpkin and it hasn't seem to work. Is there any thing else I can try that might help.There are a lot of good suggestions. I just don't know which options are the best. They told me that they can operate but would rather not do that and people have complained they wish they hadn't had the surgery. Thank you very much for your time.
I take care of my brother's morkie. She has developed what looks like an anal growth. Vet took a needle to draw out some liquid. They cannot tell us what caused it. They want to surgically remove it, but we want to go another route. I opened my copy of Dr. Pitcairn's Complete guide to natural health for dogs and cats, to learn about the anal gland growth. We started with Belladonna 6C today. tomorrow Silicea 6X. Hot compresses with calendula solution twice a day for 5 minutes. Went to get some colloidal silver first aid gel and applied it. I have read about using the CS and DMSO 50/50 combination. Back to the growth, I know the anal glands are at the 4 and 8 o'clock positions, this growth is at the 6 o'clock position and about the size of a nickel. Will keep you all posted. Any other ideas to help me with this problem are Greatly Appreciated!
Earth Clinic
01/23/2023
Hi Martha, I have a bit of experience with anal gland issues as my last dog had digestive and anal gland issues that turned into an anal gland tumor when he was quite old. He lived another year after diagnosis, and died at almost 17. I tried many things over the course of a year, as you may read on Earth Clinic in various posts in the pets section, but the most helpful thing, I think, was holding a piece of cotton soaked in warm water on that area when we were outside. My vet in CT taught me to do that when he had an anal abscess and I never stopped doing this for him after that as it was so helpful. You want to do this outside because it will usually cause them to go to the bathroom. However it prevented the anal glands from getting infected again. You can buy large rolls of cotton on Amazon and break off a piece each time.
Also work on making sure whatever your dog eats is easily digested. I used a combination of freeze dried raw food, which I soaked in hot water for a while to rehydrate, with some no grain turkey kibble.
I also gave him a lot of 20 ppm colloidal silver (cs) internally and I think that was very helpful. CS won't burn when used externally on the anal area, but be careful when you add DMSO as it will burn and cause discomfort, even when diluted with distilled water.
I really think the warm soaked cotton was the most helpful in soothing and keeping him infection-free.
Thank you Deirdre. I'm new to this site, how do I check for responses to my original post? I don't want to miss any. The cotton you mentioned, is that first aid cotton or fabric? You mentioned using just warm water, do you think I should also add the calendula extract to that water? At this point I will try anything!
