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Originally Posted by sophiedog When Lida had surgery, she developed a rare reaction to the anesthetic, we almost lost her. Our vet will not spay her now because of that and I'm afraid to get our little chi spayed because she is only 3 pounds and I don't know how her little body would react to the anesthetic. It's an individual choice that should be made taking all factors into consideration for each dog. Just my 2 cents worth. |
It is for this exact reason that most vets recommend doing a full blood panel before they will put the dog under anesthesia...there are tests they run to see if the dog will have a bad reaction or not. Did you do the blood panel with Lida? Was any abnormality detected?
Size really doesn't play a factor if the vet knows how to treat toy dogs differently with the anesthesia. Mia was I believe 1.5 lbs when she was spayed, Emmy was less than 2 lbs as well. I know it seems scary but when you think about it they do surgery on guinea pigs and things even smaller, the humane society spays and neuters puppies as soon as they arrive, some as small as 6 weeks old.