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rescued yorkie spayed twice? A friend of mine is adopting a one and half year old yorkie girl. Not sure it its the rescue organizations fault or vet where surgery took place. But they soon realized after opening her up, she was already spayed! What can my friend do to help this poor baby, after someone's careless mistake? Who can she go to? |
At this point your friend can just nurse her back to health. Find a new vet obviously. I've never had a female dog, so I'm wondering if this is a common mistake. It's kinda obvious on boy dogs when they're neutered or not. ;) |
When I took one of my fosters to be spayed (that was a stray), my vet could not guarantee that it had been completed or not. He told me ahead of time that if it turned out she had already been spayed, they would sew back up the incision. I was not upset about that at all. |
1 Attachment(s) I know this will not help your friends situation but at my Vet every female dog is given a Tattoo of a symbol indicating they have been spayed.. It would be a good idea for all Vets to do this , I think.. My Kaiah has such a symbol .. You can't see it too good in the pic but it the symbol for Female with a line drawn thru it .. Attachment 394799 |
Nobody's fault. You can't always tell. Just treat as a recent abdominal surgery and she will be fine. |
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It is not easy to tell if a female has been spayed. I thought it was until I spoke with my vet. If there appears to be an incision in that area it could also be from some other type of surgery. My pup was spayed last month and they tattooed her and at first I was upset because I was not asked about it. Now I'm glad that noone will ever have to second guess and cut her open for nothing (just in case she is ever gets away from me which is next to impossible but one never knows). I do know that my other vet is thinking of tattooing as well. |
The tattooing of dogs isn't nearly as bad, IMO, as the clipping of the ears on feral cats after they are fixed. They do it so you know the animal has been fixed and you don't end up trapping it again as it can bring a lot of unnecessary stress on the animal...but still!! Ouch!! |
Sorry for placing blame. I didn't know its a common thing to not notice if a female has been spayed. Also didn't know its a common thing found in females. |
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These spay tattoos are interesting and a good idea...I googled some pictures of examples and I wouldn't mind a somewhat inconspicuous short green line but I'm not sure I'd want a huge, blotchy S or a free-handed picture that looks like a prison tat (I know that sounds vain but I would want my vet to consult with me first before tattooing my pet). I suppose the important thing is the purpose of it though in preventing an unnecessary procedure/surgery. And I had never heard of tipping the ears of feral cats that are fixed until today...also interesting. |
The tattooing thing is not uncommon. However, if a vet did it without my permission I would be furious. The vet board would hear about it. I do NOT like tattoos, esp. on my little girl. And they can blob over time making them worthless. Can't imagine my vets doing this. |
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