sgsmith318
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Our Bindi started her first heat last month at age 13 months. She showed normal blood spotting on January 9th. She swelled to the point of o.m.g.--whoa; then had some red dripping here and there, but not really bad, we just covered her beds with old towels and that was enough. Lots of laundry though...She did clean herself very well the whole time, thank goodness.All throughout, she did have what seemed like urinary incontinence as the swelling increased, and had to pee about every 1.5 hour (instead of every 6), which I learned quickly, but not before she'd pee'd in her bed several mornings as soon as she stood up. And in the entryway. And in the kitchen. And on her $400 Big Barker Bed. And on the steps out to the garage, and the garage floor. And so on.... *eye roll* It got where I had to wake up and literally hit the door running with her to get her outside fast enough to pee.During the peak of her heat, she would squat and pee, then go a little further and squat, and repeat, but with nothing really coming out but blood drops on the later squats. I figured it had to do with the swelling and pressure, and that it was normal. I set the clock for 21 days out and waited...and waited...It's Feb 22, so it's WAY past the 3 week mark, or even the 4 week mark, and she's still doing it. She is back to her more usual schedule (not peeing every 1.5 hour), and the swelling has long since gone down, but her urine definitely has a stronger (more concentrated?) smell to it, and it still turns to straight red towards the end of her pee-ing, then turns to bright red/thick blood and/or almost a mucousy material. (sorry, gross, but ?) And she's still re-squatting multiple times whenever she's outside, which she never did before.Am I nuts or is this alarming? Her diet is normal, her stools are normal, weight is normal, activity is normal, attitude is normal. She has free choice fresh water from the time she wakes up in the morning all day, til about 7 pm, every day and she drinks the same amount of water as ever. I'm starting to worry about how much red I'm still seeing, after this much time, and the fact that it is not decreasing. January 9th was 6 weeks ago...Thanks for any advice! (ps she scheduled for spaying asap, so we won't be doing this again).