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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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I adopted a Lhasa Apso who was around 7 months old. They thought she might have been spayed but werent sure. The vet they referred me to went in and found that she was already spayed. It would have been nice if she had a tattoo and didn't have to go through this twice. |
Surely there could be some less invasive procedure to tell if a female dog has been spayed or not? Goodness for a female of unknown medical history, you could for example wait X number of months to see if she goes into heat, of course educating your client on what are the signs to look for. What about an Xray? It seems like overkill to put a dog under anaesthesia, and cut open, when you are not sure at all. When an Xray or the wait and see approach are so much less invasive. I would not want a tattoo on my gal for spaying. Why not issue a tag similar to a rabies tag or conjoined with a rabies tag to say this female is de-sexed/spayed. |
Tattoo and missing ear This is interesting to me because I have both a spayed dog with a tattoo and a cat with the top of his ear cut off. We adopted our lab mix from a rescue who told us what vet we had to use to get her spayed. We weren't told beforehand that she would be tattooed but afterwards were told that the rescue insists on it. Four years ago we found a cat on Christmas Eve hanging out around our house and it was 17 degrees! When we took him for a vet visit I asked the vet what she thought happened to his ear and she told us about the feral cat thing. The strange thing with him, though, is that from the first night we found him he's been the friendliest, most lovable boy and tolerates all of Puff's pouncings and shenanigans with no problem. |
My vet tattoos a small green line (about 1/3 of an inch) to her abdominal area when he spayed my dog...it's noticeable if you look...I think it's a great idea to keep dogs from having unnecessary surgery. |
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Not is it just difficult, but sometimes impossible to tell if a Female has been Spayed (after a generous healing process), the scar can totally disappear, and even Ultrasound is not revealing. I had this same situation with my Chi Navi, and my Vet insisted that we just wait, and see if she came into heat...she did. It was a little PITA given I have two in-tact Males as well, but, that was much better on Navi and me, than an unnecessary encounter with the anesthesia and exploratory surgery, and taking a chance of a subsequent problem arising. Never the less, then surgery was indicated, scheduled, and Navi is back to her Bossy self (typical Fe Chi). I was very glad that my Vet was firm about not doing anything, and just waiting to see if She would go into heat. There are several Vets at the Hospital I take my guys to, and, I don't remember if I have told them, how appreciative and confident I am in their advice, and apparent excellent care of my loved ones. I'm going to make sure that I say something to them, the next time I'm there. |
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