How do you manage Bladder Expression & Overflow/Incontinence?
Hi, new to this group. My nearly 6yo female corgi had IVDD surgery a week ago today, today is the 4th day since she came home and she's only showing some very slight intermittent signs of recovering from paralysis. I know to be patient there.
She has nearly constant leaking from bladder overflow, and maybe this means I'm not expressing her bladder all the way. I think Im starting to get the hang of it but vet techs saying the bladder is easy to find has not been my experience at all. I don't think I've ever felt it, and certainly can't find it once it's no longer super full. I know where to press when it's full, and I've watched videos and been trained by the techs where they felt th bladder and I didn't, even doing the same as them.
How did you figure this out? And what tricks do you have to manage the mess? Preventing UTIs and urine scald on her skin are supposed to be our 2nd and 3rd priorities after keeping her on bed rest. This is by far the biggest challenge for me.
I'm going to try using a cot that she can just pee through so it doesn't puddle under her on the pee pad. She's starting to look very demoralized when pee gets on her back legs.
Does anyone have any tips or tricks? Thank you!