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Spay Advice Needed 1 Attachment(s) Hi all, I am a long-time lurker, first time poster in need of all your sage advice. I have had the most wonderful little Yorkie girl since June. Her name is Kiwi and she is the love of my life. She is 8 months old now and has had no heats yet. I'm told if she is spayed before her first heat that her chances of uterine or mammary cancer are eradicated. My question is, she weighs just 2 lb 10 oz, and how safe is it? I have talked to several veterinarian's offices and none seemed to have a problem with her size. I have a preoperative exam next Tuesday. I'm just so torn about putting her through this and the chance of losing her. She will also need to have retained baby teeth pulled at the same time. Should I wait until she is bigger and risk her having a heat? What are your experiences with this? Has anyone lost their baby to spaying? Thank you very much in advance :). Here is a picture of my little :love:: |
OMG!! Kiwi is ADORABLE!! My own opinion ,.....I would wait till she is a little bigger....JMO I was nervous about having my girls spayed as well...actually I was a total WRECK from the time I dropped them off to the time we picked them up...Sadie was was 4( 6 1/2 lbs) Lillie was 3 yrs (4 1/2 lbs) they did GREAT! Sadie being the older of the two, I thought would have a harder time coming out of the anesthesia...it was Lillie!! My vet uses an anesthesia that is very gentle...they wake up almost immediately when it is removed. Lillie didn't come out quite a quickly as Sadie did...But all in all they did great...Sadie also had a tooth pulled...Only thing I did notice is they both gained a pound...I know how nerve wracking this is for you.. |
Kiwi is gorgeous!!! :aimeeyork:aimeeyork |
Your baby is adorable! I had Rosie spayed at 7 months old and Mikki was spayed at 1 year old. Rosie is 5 1/2 lb now and I really don't remember how much she weighed at that time. Mikki is 3 1/2 lb and did just fine with her spay. I was very nervous when I dropped my girls off too. I think that is part of it. The vet assured me that they would be fine. They have done spays on 1 lb pups. I would be more concerned with the combining of the two but I am really not knowledgeable enough to give advice on that. But I do think she will do just fine with the spay. Hope that helps. |
Oh my How cute is she! I'm a firm believer in 'the older the better' as she may get a little bigger, and the risks of problems with anesthesia decrease. Your vet can determine if her growth plates are closed through an x-ray, and it's best to get pre-op bloodwork on her to detect any liver problems, etc. |
Definitively on the blood work. I don't think it is even an option as far as I am concerned. |
Love your Kiwi, she is just adorable. It is always a scary thing when we have to have these procedures done on our babies, definatley do blood work and i think if she only needed a couple teeth pulled i would not have a problem with that as long as there were no problems with the spay, just not a whole mouth full of teeth pulled, saves having to go under again later. Does not matter how good your vet is it is always a risk but one we have to take to make sure our babies are healthy. Wishing you and your baby good luck! |
Kiwi is just adorable. I had both of my girls spayed with no problems at all. I had blood work done on both of them before the procedure. |
There is risk to getting it done but there is also risk to not getting it done. Many smaller ones get it done everyday without problems. |
My opinion is just to get the pre-op bloodwork and if they say she's good to go and you trust your vet then I would do it. Silver weighed like 3lbs when we had her spayed at 6months and she did wonderful. She was actually up the day after trying to run around so we had to pretty much tie her down so she wouldn't be so active. |
Hi. I know nothing about having your girl spayed, but I just wanted to say how precious your little girl is. Welcome. |
My Daisy was about 3 lbs when she was spayed. I would get your dog spayed now, as your vet suggests, and make sure they do pre-anesthetic blood work, that your dog is monitored during the procedure, and that the vet uses the safest anesthesia. There is a sticky in health and diet forum about the anesthetic drugs. My vet uses isoflurane which is very safe, even in small breeds. |
Your little girl is gorgeous....I am for spaying and neutering... |
I just had Bella(5 lbs) spayed 1 month ago and she did great. She was groggy, her mouth was wet from drooling, and she rested the remainder of the day but the next day she was just about herself and wanted to play. I put a newborn onesie on her upon picking her up so her incision area would be covered. I was nervous as well about doing this but I knew it was best for her and got it over with before she went into heat. Now I can hardly even see the incision line. |
Hello and welcome from the UK!! :wavey:Just wanted to say, Harry thinks your little Kiwi is absolutely gorgeous!!! Good luck with your decision :) Sally + Harry :aimeeyork x |
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