sore bum?

Noticed it this morning and now more that im finally home after work... Zeus keeps licking his bum and rubbing it on the carpet.. Im guessing because its itchy and it feels good when he rubs it? I've lifted his tail up and his bum seems to be a little red and possibly sore, what could it be?

Could be that his glands are blocked, a quick trip to see a nurse to squeeze them will sort it, you could do it yourself but

Could be blocked glands, or he might just have a sore bum!

Bathe it in a little warm salty water & rub some sudocrem on it. If it's still the same tomorrow then it's probably the glands.

Hi poor Zeus, ok if he seems too be struggling too go too toilet or has any problems passing, yes it could be blocked glands, but sometimes pups like babies simply get a sore bum imagine how you would feel with all that wet grass round your bum
I just try alittle sudacream apply with a baby wipe if it doesn,t work a quick trip too the vets will put you rmind at rest.

Could definately be he needs his anal glands squeezed

There are videos on Youtube for cleaning anal glands but to be quite honest it should only be undertaken with the full protection of a wet suit and divers helmet

Joking aside your veterinary nurse should be able to do this for you, or rather your dog.

Thanks for your replies everyone. Iv cleaned his bum with salt water and applied sudocrem but he keeps rubbin his bum on the floor again and taking it all off. Ill do it again before i put him to sleep and check on him in the morning, if its still the same then ill definatly take him to the vets. Hes just done a poo, half of it was dark coloured and half was light coloured, and looked very stringy.. Could that mean anything?

Sounds like he could have been eating grass

kathytake2 wrote:Joking aside your veterinary nurse should be able to do this for you, .

I think she'll prefer to do it to the dog..........

goldie87 wrote:Thanks for your replies everyone. Iv cleaned his bum with salt water and applied sudocrem but he keeps rubbin his bum on the floor again and taking it all off. Ill do it again before i put him to sleep and check on him in the morning, if its still the same then ill definatly take him to the vets. Hes just done a poo, half of it was dark coloured and half was light coloured, and looked very stringy.. Could that mean anything?

Are you up to date with his worming?

If so, he might just have a slightly upset tum which is making his bum itchy. If that's the case he'll get over it quite quikly.

Yep up to date with his worming, he only had his two tablets last week. It could actually be grass, he loves eating the stuff!

goldie87 wrote:Yep up to date with his worming, he only had his two tablets last week. It could actually be grass, he loves eating the stuff!

Last week? Could be the effects of the wormers - Dempsey's like that about a week after his wormers every time!

I was about to say has he been eating grass

Try and discourage it, its not that good for them as they can't digest it, hence why it could be in his stools.

A grassy bum at such a young age!!

so i took zeus to the vets yesterday and he came to the conclusion that zeus's anal glands are infected and that they were full and swollen at the time. he squeezed them as much as he could but couldn't fully as they were infected and wouldve caused zeus a considerable amount of pain. he gave him an anti inflammatory injection and also prescribed noroclav tablets which i am to give zeus once a day and also loxicom oral which im to put on zeus's food once a day.. lets hope it works!

I'm sure it will clear up in no, poor boy must have been in some discomfort

yeah he really was, atleast itll hopefully get sorted out now!

out of curiosity, does everyone clean their dogs bum after they've had a poo? a few of my friends dont, some do..

Get well soon Zeus!

And errm no, I don't clean my dogs' bums, they never need it unless they've been poorly and had the runs, in which case I will if needed.

Erm, no, I don't wipe her bum. They can't be serious

I know a lot of us are obsessed with carefully monitoring our baby's productions but actually wiping his botty....Hell NO!

Just to add my own thoughts, When Polly has been on anti biotics she sometimes gets a sore bum, she gets a kind of intestinal thrush and a couple of days of a tablespoon of live yoghurt 3 times a day clears it up for her very fast.

How is the little lad doing?

hey galadriel, thanks for asking. hes doing a little better but its not completely gone. hes been on the medication for bang on a week now and his bums still red and sore. ive been putting sudacrem on it but doesnt seem to be going away completely. think i'll have to take him to the vets again tomorrow...

Aww poor thing fingers crossed it gets better soon!

haha re the bum wiping thing i remember years ago a mate gf had a mini yorkie terrier and she insist it got its bum wipe well my mate got in from a night out and haha shaved its butt boy was he in the dog house after that

so apparantly the reason zeus's bum is really sore is because of the new food i put him on - applaws - because its rich in protein, hes having trouble digesting it, leaving his poo to come out soft; which is irritating his bum. the vet suggested i put him back on wainwrights (which he was on before and was ok with) and see how it is. the reason i changed to applaws was because its got more protein and less fillers, but the vet also said that zeus would need to consume some cereal/grain which provides fibre and fluffs his poo up. his anal glands were half full aswell, after being emptied only a week ago! hopefully the food change will sort him out!