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01-03-2005, 10:43 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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| Lexi's getting spayed What questions should I ask the vet and what answers should I expect? |
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01-03-2005, 05:30 PM | #2 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: California
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| Make sure they use the Iso whatever gas.. it is supposed to be the safest. ask how they are going to "sew her up" if they are going to use stitches... staples.... glue..... (lol...... tape??? i hear duct tape is good for everything).... also ask what you can expect as far as recovery time, if she will have to stay overnight (some vets require this,..... i have a theory that it is to get more money)..... and and any special accomadations or treatments she will need post op..... does she use a pad to go pee? or does she go outside? because they are so tired, groggy, and tender that they tend to have accidents when they are spayed/neutered.. so if you use the pads make sure they are VERY CLOSE to where she is recovering |
01-04-2005, 02:40 AM | #3 |
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| Lexi's Mom, I would say that the most important thing is to make sure that your vet is familiar with the Yorkie breed. Treatment is a little different than with other breeds, usually because of their size. The require smaller quantities of anesthesia, meds, etc. If you are comfortable with your vet and allow him/her to spay Lexi, you will be instructed on recovery. For our Toto [spayed at 8 months] it was much more traumatic for us that for her! Everything went well, we were able to bring her home after she had fully recovered from the anesthesia and just instructed to keep her comfy, keep an eye on the incision [stitch removal in 10 days], make sure she didn't do her regular jumping up and down and to basically let her rest, drink plenty of fluids, eat if she wanted to and make sure she was going pee pee. I held her for two days and followed Dr. Lucy's instructions and she did great!! After a couple of days, she was her old self again! The hardest thing was making sure she didn't jump up and down off furniture for about two weeks ... otherwise, we noted absolutely no change in her! She was a brat before and a brat after!!! Try not to worry ... like I said, it's a lot harder for us than for our baby!!
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