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Glen Kolenc has been a practising vet for just over 10 years. After working in several veterinary hospitals in Sydney along with a four year working holiday in the UK, he now owns the Petersham Veterinary Hospital in Sydney's Inner West, along with its onsite boarding cattery. Glen's love of animals stems back to his childhood, which prompted him to study veterinary science at the University of Sydney. After graduating in 1997 with honours, he has spent over a decade doing "the most rewarding job in the world".

Glen is our resident Internet Vet here at Dogs and Cats and would like to remind visitors asking him questions that some medical problems can be extremely difficult to diagnose. A certain set of symptoms may be caused by several possible ailments. Therefore nothing can replace a veterinarian obtaining a full history, and performing a thorough examination of your pet. This Q + A segment though does allow for more general queries to be addressed.

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Please note that due to the volume of questions we receive here at dogsandcats, we cannot promise to answer all of the questions posted here. We will select the questions we feel will be most helpful for a majority and the vet will answer these on a regular basis.
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Q:Please help, I believe I gave my dog too much external flea line liquidator. He became a little raw in between the shoulder blades. I gave him two tubes along his back because I thought he was over 40kg, he is a staffy bullycross. I gave him charcoal, will it help? While checking, I noticed a small soft pale mole on his chest. what can I do? He is otherwise ok. Thankyou
A:Giving him charcoal will not help; charcoal is only of use when toxicity occurs through oral ingestion of a toxin. You should take your dog to the vet for examination and treatment. As for the small lump on his chest, that would also need to be examined by a vet. Skin lumps in dogs can range from being benign (non cancerous) through to extremely aggressive cancers. Staffordshires and their crosses are prone to aggressive cancers so examination of the lump and possible biopsy samples would be my advice on that one.

Q:I have a 2 year old JackRussel x Chiquaqua. I just noticed a small round raising of his coat near his spine.It looks like a lump about the size of a 20 cent piece. When you touch it , there doesn't seem to be a lump there. You can't feel anything, yet it looks raised. The dog doesn't seem to feel any pain when it is touched. Nor is he acting ill. Have you got any ideas at all , of what it could possible be?
A:Without seeing this dog it would be hard to say what's going on with the description provided but the two possibilities I could come up with are: 1. There is a lump on or under the skin that is causing the hair to sit at a funny angle. Any lumps should be checked by a vet. 2. It is possible if the dog has some irritated skin at this point on the body and licking the hair, the hair could sit at a funny angle. Without seeing the dog, I can't add much more to that.

Q: My 14 year old dog has had pancreatitis and has to eat food with >5% fat. She just ate 1kg of Science diet for cats with 20 % fat. She is looking sick and it is Saturday night. What should I do? Thanks Helen
A:Hi Helen, Pancreatitis can indeed be a nasty disease as you know and the main preventative is limiting the amount of fat in the diet. Unfortunately dogs will be dogs and we do see some that have found their way into some other food that isn't suitable for them. If your dog ate 1kg of cat food, it is possible that she just feels unwell due to an overload on her gastrointestinal system. However, this could also bring on another bout of pancreatitis. Even if it is on a Saturday night, you should seek some veterinary advice if this occurs. Most veterinary clinics either have an emergency overnight service, or refer to a nearby dedicated emergency veterinary clinic where your dog can be seen. you could even just call them for advice if you concerned.

Q:I have a 10 year old desexed female Jack Russel who in the last 4 days has had a sore come out right near her bottom. It is about the size of a 5 cent piece and looks like a burn or a scrap and has the same weepy look.
A:This sounds like it could be an anal gland abscess, which is an infection in the anal glands which live near a dogs anus. Sometimes these are treated conservatively (cleaning it up, disinfecting it and antibiotics) but more advanced or larger abscesses may need surgical drainage. What you have described could also be a skin infection.

Q:My Cocker Spaniel has a bald spot near her tail. The hair surrounding it,has a sticky residue at the base and the hair can easily be pulled out.. How do I treat it?
A:It sounds like a skin infection. These have a veriety of treatments depending on how bad it is. Sometimes merely clipping the hair from around it and applying an antibiotic cream is all that is needed; however in some cases a variety of other things may be used such as antibiotics, antibacterial shampoo's, antihistamines (if it is thought the bad skin is due to an allergy).

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