We had Juniper spayed about a month ago at 8 months old. Everything went well and her scar is almost healed…thankfully she doesn't seem to have lost any of her zeal! The vet said her sex organs looked as developed as a 3 y/o dog and it was they were the most mature looking sex organs he'd ever seen in 20 years of spaying and neutering. Believe it or not she went into a false labor after the spaying; about a week after the surgery her teats swelled up and when we took her to the vet he apparently squeezed out some milk! She was acting fairly normal but it was just as odd as it sounds! The vet said its rare but it can happen after a spaying because the hormone changes are similar to that of post-delivery. I did some research online and apparently false labors are common among wild wolves where the non-pregnant females will go into a false labor to provide milk and nurturing for offspring in the pack that are not their own.
Puppy Heat
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Nyla just had her first heat and bled for about a month. Now her nipples are slightly swollen and I notice some light light blue shading at times. Is this normal? I see things about faking a pregnancy and stuff but should we see a vet?
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Totally normal.... false pregnancy is very normal for Basenji bitches.... it will last about 3 to 4 weeks.
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@tanza do you know if there any correlation with repeated false pregnancies and increased risk of pyomentra?
Jane
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@jkent - None, Pyometra can happen to any intact dog.... and has nothing to do with false pregnancies.... at least not in my experience. My two girls right now will be 12 in December and January and have had false pregnancies every year (with the exception of when C-Me was bred and had a litter that year). This has been the same with all my bitches over many, many years...
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@tanza is the blue coloring under the nipples normal then? that's what is scaring me the most
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@basenjinyla - Yes, normal...
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Nothing strange is happening here at all. Discharge over a full month can happen - but it is normally only once a year. Pyometra can hit any bitch - regardless of false or real pregnancies.
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how is she now?
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much better!!!
