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06-14-2012, 04:44 PM | #1 |
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| staying the night at the vet office after surgery Sophie will be 6 months old when she gets spayed and has her hernia surgery at the end of the month. At our vet office they normally keep spay surgery patients overnight (with no supervision after close until the next morning). I do have the option to take her home though. With so many hours without food, her family and alone in a crate...I just can't do it. Sophie's breeder strongly agrees that I need to take her home at the end of the day before the office closes (so she has been monitored for several hours after her surgery at the clinic). I know others who have left their puppies overnight but they were not as small in size as Sophie. Am I making the wrong decision? I would appreciate any advice or feedback as I am so stressed out about her upcoming surgery.
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06-14-2012, 04:47 PM | #2 | |
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06-14-2012, 04:47 PM | #3 |
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| You are right. Dogs should not be left alone post spay. She should be watched at home and will do fine. A lot of vets send spay patients home the same day anyway.
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06-14-2012, 04:51 PM | #4 |
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| No, you are not making the wrong decision. I would never leave one of mine unattended overnight. Make sure that your vet gives you pain meds for her.
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06-14-2012, 04:53 PM | #5 |
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06-14-2012, 04:59 PM | #6 | |
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I would just pick her up as close to closing time as possible...more time to be monitored there...and I personally make sure they leave the IV in until I pick her up...I want her tanked up with fluids and her sugar on an even keel, as she may not feel like eating and drinking very much for the first 24 hours.... | |
06-14-2012, 05:05 PM | #7 |
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| She will be fine. You are doing the right thing.
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06-14-2012, 05:09 PM | #8 |
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| Same situation at my vet- I brought my baby home as well- she had a spay and liver biopsy with a big incision, I still felt she was in better hands at home.
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06-14-2012, 06:34 PM | #9 |
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| my vet's office will always call me after surgery and after about an hr or so, we will go pick her up and bring her home. Hailey will be getting spayed in a couple weeks and that's exactly what we will be doing.
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06-14-2012, 06:45 PM | #10 |
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| I would do the same as you. In fact I just switched vets for that very reason. I had scheduled Destiny's spay and was told she would have to stay the whole night and there was no staff on site after hours. Why would I leave my baby in a cage in an unfamiliar place all alone after she had surgery? There is no point to that and it is dangerous. Either they need to have staff on site or I should take her home. I even asked if I would be able to take her home and they said no. So I told them forget it, I would find a different vet and I did. I found a great vet and she gets to come home the same day. It is just senseless to leave a dog at a vet clinic after surgery when no one will be there. What if something went wrong? No one would know and the poor baby will be scared and all alone.
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06-14-2012, 06:51 PM | #11 | |
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Mine have always been spayed in the morning, and they've come home in the afternoon. Definately bring your baby home!
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06-14-2012, 06:55 PM | #12 |
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| I'm so happy to hear you are all in agreement that she should be home with me for the night instead of alone at the clinic. It was nice to hear other clinic release spays on the same day as surgery, that makes me feel better too. I will watch her like a hawk and make sure she at least has Nutri-Cal if she doesn't want her food right away. They are using glue(?) instead of stitches...never heard of that stuff. Any stitches we've ever had had were always been the regular stitches or dissolving ones. Is glue just as good? Is that what they normally use on dogs?
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06-14-2012, 07:28 PM | #13 | |
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06-14-2012, 08:00 PM | #14 | |
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My previous yorkie, Chelsea, had dissolving stitches after her spay. I've never had a dog glued after surgery, so can't speak to how it is, but I personally had steri strips after two c-sections and was amazed that they just used what basically looked like mini-bandaids to hold me together.
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06-14-2012, 08:35 PM | #15 |
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| Bringing her home is the best thing to do. I personally do not like the glue as I have never had a dog or cat Not have a reaction to it, I prefer stitches of any kind over glue. |
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