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inflammation of penis

Jingles

my small toy poodle has recently experienced some swelling and some discharge from his penis,he was recently trying to engage in sexual activity with my border collie which isn't possible so he was more or less glued to her leg and I believe has sustained some abrasive damage to his penis or something,we have given him some penicillin .3 ml every other day since last thursday dec 6th,so far he has 3 shots and we have been washing out the area with saline solution,we are very poor and living on disability and we are doing all we can here is there something else we could be doing?

Symptoms: Lumps And Swellings

• Master Advisor Matthew says:

  December 11th, 2007 at 06:45 PM

  Hi there, Have you retracted the foreskin and examined the glans of the penis? Any trauma is usually evident on doing that. It sounds like you have been doing all you can against infection so far with the penicillin (is it the long acting one? The dose sounds correct) and saline washes. If the penis is swollen from trauma, essentially due to bruising or tearing of an erectile muscle, then antibiotics will not help with that, they just eliminate any bacterial infection. Jingles probably needs a veterinary anti-inflammatory drug licensed in dogs, daily for 5-7 days, such as carprofen or meloxicam, but since they are prescription only medications you won't be able to get them without taking him to a vet clinic. Aspirin does actually work well in dogs as an antiinflammatory, but you have to be careful with the dose. The correct dose in dogs is no more than 25mg per kg bodyweight, given with food, twice a day (12hrs apart). You could try this if a trip to the vets is unfeasible.

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