Alfie's balanitis is back

[Nicola]

Deep deep joy    He was licking a lot and I was starting to notice 'that' smell again so I took a swab into the vet last Thursday and fairly unsurprisingly the result of balanoposthitis came back. I'm not keen to have him on another 4 courses of extra strong antibiotics which is what it took to clear it up earlier this year so we have gone down the homeopathic route and he is on Merc Sol plus rinsing with Manuka oil. He's been very good with it bless him and there does appear to have been an improvement from the weekend when it was pretty manky (and he was staying with a long suffering friend as I was away for a couple of days, I don't think he realised that willy washing would be one of the duties involved in dogsitting  ) so we'll see if it does the trick and gets rid of it although it's getting it to stay away which has been the problem for us. The homeopathy is definitely going to get a good try though because other than the antibiotics the only other 'medical' way that's been suggested to sort it out is castration    and while it may come to that yet I want to explore all the options first.

[Cob-Web]

Have you tried using Colloidal Silver to swab/wash the area, too?  I have found it helps with Molo, who gets this now and again 

Why would castration make a difference? 

[Cazzie]

Goose has had this (mildly) and he hasnt had it since he has been castrated. I was forever washing his winkie and the mess he left on my bed,chairs etc was disgusting let alone giving me a kiss 

[Nicola]

Have you tried using Colloidal Silver to swab/wash the area, too?  I have found it helps with Molo, who gets this now and again 

Why would castration make a difference? 

Castrated dogs have fewer penile secretions/discharges which are an element in recurrent balanoposthitis so it's usually suggested as a possible 'cure' rather than having the dog on repeated courses of strong antibiotics. This is the 5th time Alfie has had it this year so it's pretty much chronic with him and he's unlikely ever to get rid of it completely    

I've got some CS on order but it hasn't arrived yet, should be here in the next couple of days though  

[*Jay*]

Really hope the homeopathy clears it up. What a great dog-sitter you have - mine would draw the line at willy washing  

[Jan/Billy]

Really hope the homeopathy clears it up. What a great dog-sitter you have - mine would draw the line at willy washing  

 


Don't think I could wash Billys willie to be honest  It was bad enough when I had to rubb cream onto his testicles when he had dermatitis. That felt ssooo wrong 


Aw poor Alfie, hope he's better soon Nic, he must be feeling really uncomfortable bless him 

[Cob-Web]

Have you tried using Colloidal Silver to swab/wash the area, too?  I have found it helps with Molo, who gets this now and again 

Why would castration make a difference? 

Castrated dogs have fewer penile secretions/discharges which are an element in recurrent balanoposthitis so it's usually suggested as a possible 'cure' rather than having the dog on repeated courses of strong antibiotics. This is the 5th time Alfie has had it this year so it's pretty much chronic with him and he's unlikely ever to get rid of it completely   
 

Sorry to hear he is poorly

Would temporary treatment with tardak help?  If the secretions could be reduced temporarily in order for the infection to be entirely eliminated through homoeopathic/natural treatments, then maybe it would be less likely to reoccur.......    I know that Tardak also had side effects, but it may be a less invasive solution than castration?

[Nicola]

Sorry to hear he is poorly

Would temporary treatment with tardak help?  If the secretions could be reduced temporarily in order for the infection to be entirely eliminated through homoeopathic/natural treatments, then maybe it would be less likely to reoccur.......    I know that Tardak also had side effects, but it may be a less invasive solution than castration?

It's something else I'm looking into for him    I have a load of bumpf on it to read over the weekend. I'm willing to look at pretty much everything I can before castrating him. I would have had him done eventually but he's not even 2 yet. If it turns out that nothing else works and it's the only thing that will bring him permanent relief from it then it'll be done but fingers crossed maybe something else will work. He's had quite a long respite from it up until last week, from about March this year, so I was disappointed that it came back. The vet said it basically confirmed that he has it as a chronic infection.

[Nicola]

Really hope the homeopathy clears it up. What a great dog-sitter you have - mine would draw the line at willy washing  

 


Don't think I could wash Billys willie to be honest  It was bad enough when I had to rubb cream onto his testicles when he had dermatitis. That felt ssooo wrong 


Aw poor Alfie, hope he's better soon Nic, he must be feeling really uncomfortable bless him 

If it was a choice between that smell and nasty damp patches everywhere and a good scrub out you'd be getting the latex gloves out believe me 

Thanks for the wishes guys, he was a bit iffy at the weekend but is actually really well in himself now, eating fine and running around like a maniac as usual so you wouldn't think there was anything wrong with him  

[cazza]

poor Alfie 

hope you get it sorted one way or the another for good Nic 

[happydog]

Have you tried aloe vera gel and/or a tea tree oil solution?

[spanielcrazy]

I don't think he realised that willy washing would be one of the duties involved in dogsitting 

Don't think I could wash Billys willie to be honest  It was bad enough when I had to rubb cream onto his testicles when he had dermatitis. That felt ssooo wrong 

   The things we go through for our dogs! 

Hope you can get Alfie sorted, poor baby. (Manuka oil? I'd heard of manuka honey, but not oil?)


For some reason this thread reminds me of when a bunch of us went out to dinner after a dog show. We were happily discussing all those things near and dear to dog peoples hearts, like worms, vomit, poo......until we realized that maybe our fellow diners might not be so appreciative of our conversation 

[jools]

Aw, poor wee Alfie. Hope he's better and back to his bouncy self soon.

BTW - so glad I have bitches .... eeew! 

[MacTavish Boys]

Poor Alfie i hope he's feeling a bit more comfortable soon and that the homopathic remedies do the trick.
Stephanie, George and Hamish xxx

[kalami]

Just had to look it up - never heard of it before.
Poor Alfie, and poor you what a job