Dog anal gland issues: How quickly does Glandex work, and what else helps?

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Panda had moderately full anal glands he was expressed by vet a month ago he is now scared of going to see vet because he has been expressed twice my vet suggested we trial glandex and if this does not work express him monthly or surgical removal of the glands both are invasive which will mean trauma to him he also scratches a lot when he needs doing how quickly will the glandex work and are there any other options that I can do he is on grain free kangaroo diet and has food allergies. Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Male | neutered | 1 year and 8 months old

Jenny, DVM · Accepted Answer

You can try to change to a different food to see if a different protein source can help. You may need to talk about other allergy medicines such as Apoquel or Cytopoint which can help with allergies too. If there is thick material in the glands increasing fiber with green beans or canned pumpkin can help make it easier to express. Getting the glands removed is less traumatic than getting them expressed monthly as it requires one surgery and a stay as opposed to monthly visits. That glandex may take 4-6 weeks to see improvement.

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