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I'm working on about 2 hours of sleep here so I apologize in advance for any typos or less than fully coherent thoughts...
I just did the morning feeding routine with our animals. When I went to wake up our oldest dog (she is around 20-21 years old!), I noticed that she had a little trickle of blood coming out of her nostril.
There was some blood on her bed yesterday but I couldn't find anywhere she was bleeding. I checked all of our other animals (4 cats and another dog) and no sign of bleeding on them either. There isn't much blood on her bed. Just a few spots all day. (by spots I mean more than a drip but not large -- sort of the size you get if you spill a few drops of wine - bigger than you'd expect for a few drops but not huge)
What was coming out of her nose was very thick and sticky. Almost like it was already starting to dry because it was moving so slowly. Not a lot, but a noticeable line from one nostril.
The color is sort of dark. Not like bright red fresh blood.
Anyway, any help?
Anyone seen this in their dogs (or cats)? Could this just be the change in weather to dry cold air? (DH & I have had some problems with our noses bleeding just a little over the last week or so)
I just did a search on bloody dog noses and it turns up everything from maybe she just sneezed too hard all the way up to cancer or serious fungal infections.
(Now I'm off to get a couple of hours of sleep since my vet is closed still and I'm not going to be awake enough to call her if I don't get a couple more hours!)
ETA:
Editing to add some details that may be useful.
She is at least 20 years old. Likely 21.
She has lumps (a couple almost palm sized) all over her body. The couple that were biopsied a few years ago were not cancerous but the vet told us any of the lumps could be or could become over the years.
She also has an ongoing problem with ear infections. We have to use prescription medications (at least ear rinses and sometime pills) almost yearly and more if we don't use over the counter stuff frequently (like ear cleaning solution once every week or two and sometimes daily for a week or two).
I just did the morning feeding routine with our animals. When I went to wake up our oldest dog (she is around 20-21 years old!), I noticed that she had a little trickle of blood coming out of her nostril.
There was some blood on her bed yesterday but I couldn't find anywhere she was bleeding. I checked all of our other animals (4 cats and another dog) and no sign of bleeding on them either. There isn't much blood on her bed. Just a few spots all day. (by spots I mean more than a drip but not large -- sort of the size you get if you spill a few drops of wine - bigger than you'd expect for a few drops but not huge)
What was coming out of her nose was very thick and sticky. Almost like it was already starting to dry because it was moving so slowly. Not a lot, but a noticeable line from one nostril.
The color is sort of dark. Not like bright red fresh blood.
Anyway, any help?
Anyone seen this in their dogs (or cats)? Could this just be the change in weather to dry cold air? (DH & I have had some problems with our noses bleeding just a little over the last week or so)
I just did a search on bloody dog noses and it turns up everything from maybe she just sneezed too hard all the way up to cancer or serious fungal infections.
(Now I'm off to get a couple of hours of sleep since my vet is closed still and I'm not going to be awake enough to call her if I don't get a couple more hours!)
ETA:
Editing to add some details that may be useful.
She is at least 20 years old. Likely 21.
She has lumps (a couple almost palm sized) all over her body. The couple that were biopsied a few years ago were not cancerous but the vet told us any of the lumps could be or could become over the years.
She also has an ongoing problem with ear infections. We have to use prescription medications (at least ear rinses and sometime pills) almost yearly and more if we don't use over the counter stuff frequently (like ear cleaning solution once every week or two and sometimes daily for a week or two).
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