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Originally Posted by katy-yorkie  They shaved Buster's leg, his is shaved up to his butt. His hair had just grown out as well. They used stitches, he gets those removed Wednesday. He only wears the e-collar if we notice him starting to lick the incision. We have a small, cute, cloth collar that we bought here on YT. As soon as we catch him licking we get the collar and he stops. Buster hates the collar, he's a free spirit and he's not going to be seen wearing a collar! Having the implants removed is a piece of cake compared to having them put in. The surgery itself is only about 30 minutes, but there's the prep and then the time in recovery. I dropped him off at 7:00AM and picked up him around 3:00PM. They called us around noon to let us know the surgery was done and he was in recovery but they wanted him to wake up more before he went home (so did I). He's doing really good, I hope he keeps improving. We will be thinking about Bella next Tuesday, I'm sure everything will be fine. I think Bella will feel much better with the pins out. |
Bella didn't need an e-collar at all after her spay, but she needed the hard plastic "cone of shame" for most of the time following her MPL surgery. We also have a soft inflatable e-collar, but she can reach around it and lick her knees, so we had to monitor her closely when the hard e-collar was not on. I'm hoping she won't be irritated as much and will be able to spend less time in the e-collar this time, but we'll see. I'll ask them if they can go easy on the leg shaving, but I know that they have to to what they have to do in order to prevent infection, and Bella's health comes first. We'll be able to pick her up the same day, as you did with Buster. I'll give a complete update on the day of surgery. Thanks for providing reassuring information, and I hope Buster recovers rapidly and grows his hair out quickly after those stitches come out!