This is a complicated medical issue that is as good an example as I’ve ever seen for the need to get pet insurance the minute you get a dog. You never know when you’ll suddenly be facing huge vet bills for diagnostic work-ups. Pets Best Insurance would have paid 80% of 100% of her bills for all this testing and more, after one $75 deductible.
3 weeks ago my Pomeranian got a stuffy nose, since it was cold and she is currently bald (hair will not grow back) I thought she got sick. Took her to vet, received Clavamox and Temeril-P started to wheeze. She was on that 2 weeks then got switched to hydroxazine (I think) wheezing subsided to just when she’s excited and early in the morning, but sniffles came back. Took her back to vet again and she got scared and wheezed and snorted really bad and vet said she has a tumor, growth or valley fever and needs to have a Rhinoscopy done. She’s an indoor dog that is litter trained and goes outside once a day. She was injected with a steroid yesterday and is back on the Temeril-P and a new antihistamine. She also developed reverse sneezing in the spring, scratches her back on the carpet and when she goes out in the grass she will wheeze a bit and cough. Can a dog have a growth in their nasal passage if they only wheeze when they are excited or a little bit in the early morning when the temperature changes? Is it allergies or something more serious?
Thank you.
Kasia
Certainly if there is anything blocking that nasal passage it will cause more of a reaction when the area is stimulated (cold, excitement, a walk). You need to put your trust in your vet who wants to do a procedure to see what is in there and what, if anything, can be done abut it. By now you probably have followed through on some testing and I’d be eager to I know what the doctor learned and how you are coping. I have to say this is the perfect example of why having pet insurance is so important. I really feel for your worry for your Pom and for your own financial burden.
Tracie
