Harley was spayed about one month ago. She weighed 3 lbs at the time of spaying (and probably still does) which is less than most Yorkies on this board. She was between 8 and 9 months old at the time. I also had her extra baby teeth pulled and she was microchipped all at the same time.
She came out of it perfectly fine. She only had 1 or 2 teeth pulled (quite a few had fallen out beforehand). The vet gave me 5 days worth of painkiller for her. She pretty slept all day after the surgery. The next day I gave her the painkiller in the evening and she slept a lot. By the third day she was pretty much back to normal and I didn't give her anymore painkillers. By day 5 she was acting 100% healthy and normal, but the vet said no jumping for 10 days so she got babied a little longer.
Now being a month out, there has been no adverse effects to the surgery, the tooth pulling, the microchip, or to being put under.
If you wait until after her first heat to get her spayed, her risk of cancer increases substantially. And knowing Harley would be small even full grown, I did not want having babies, so there was no other option. |