11-08-2013, 12:17 PM
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| Yorkie mom of 4
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Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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Originally Posted by MyFairLacy  One risk to staying unaltered is pyometra....with each heat cycle, the risk of pyometra increases. If you end up with a closed pyometra it is usually recommended to spay as it's hard to treat an infection that has no way of draining itself from the body...you end up with a swollen, inflammed, pus-filled uterus...riskier surgery, especially on a tiny one. | This is the risk that scares me the most because can't it kill in 24 hours?
__________________  Taylor  My babies Joey, Penny , Ollie & Dixie   Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
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