[Dailydrool] Sebaceous Cysts

[Marie28443 at aol.com]

When we lived in Florida, our vet was extremely experienced in treating  
Bassets.  When our Beau (ATB) began developing sebaceous cysts, our vet  gave 
me a few suggestions.
 
The first thing is to feel around the cyst and make absolutely sure you can 
 feel all around it.  If you can't, let your vet check it to make sure that 
 it is not more than a sebaceous cyst.  He said that, for the average  
sebaceous cyst, it was not necessary to subject a dog to surgery or even  
draining the cyst by the vet.
 
He said to start gently manipulating the cyst a couple of times a day,  
making sure you came up from under the cyst.  He also suggested applying a  
warm, moist clean cloth to the cyst once or twice a day to open the pores to  
encourage drainage.  Patience is necessary as I've seen them  take months 
before they were ready to drain.
 
Once the cyst begins to drain or pops (I call it exploding in some cases),  
keep the area of the cyst clean, let it drain and apply an antibiotic 
ointment 3  or 4 times a day.  Beau had one cyst that blew a hole the size of a 
nickel  so I called the vet and the vet put him on amoxicillin for ten days 
because it  was so deep.   If your Basset lies on a couch or chair, I'd 
strongly  suggest putting an old blanket or towels on your furniture to protect 
it from  the drainage.
 
This has been a great way to handle cysts for us and our Megan Mariah just  
had one start draining the other evening and she has two more that will be 
ready  at some point.
 
Marie
Scarlet and Megan Mariah
 
 
 
 
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