I need info on spaying! I took Adrianna to the vet today for a checkup and to schedule her spaying. Her appointment is 8/25/06, next Friday. (BTW, Adrianna has gained weight!! She's 3.4lbs, hooray!!! :D ) Anyways, I'd appreciate if anyone could give me some feedback from their experiences with spaying their yorkies. Thanks!!! |
I'm so glad you posted this thread! I have a little boy yorkie that I got neutered, but now I have a little girl that is going to be spayed soon. I'm nervous because she is tiny like her brother, but I've never had any experiences with spaying, only neutering. So, I am very interested to see what input you receive! |
I am wondering the same thing my little girl is 8 months and she is only 3.5 pds and I am scared about getting her spayed I have no experience with it. Thanks for posting I can't wait to see what everyone says. |
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I'm the same way!! I was very involved when Luca got neutered 3 years ago. But for spaying (especially with yorkies since they're so tiny!!), I am clueless. When my parents got our chihuahua spayed 10 years ago, I was a 14 year old brat who didn't pay attention, lol. :p :p :D |
Sissy was 7 months and 3lbs 7oz when she was spayed. She did fabulous! Our vet kept her overnight in their ICU because of her tiny size and she was sent home with pain meds (once daily). I also got to see her the afternoon of her procedure. I would recommend that if she will be staying overnight, but it was soooo hard to leave her. Take blanket or her bed with you along with a favorite soft toy if she will be staying overnight. She I picked her up the next morning, she was shaking as if nervous. As soon as we got in the car she settled right down. I was supposed to keep her from running, jumping and doing stairs for a week - but as soon as she was in the house, she ran up the stairs and jumped on the couch. She never wimpered as if in pain. I did give her the pain meds the next morning just to be cautious, but she was running around and jumping as if she hadn't had anything done at all! Her sutures were internal and she never licked at her incision. Good luck to you. It will harder on you than on her. We'll be thinking of both of you. |
Spaying is a little more invasive that neutering however, if your vet is familiar with toy breeds of dogs, they should know what they are doing with the anesthesia and pre and post op care. It is not the type of surgery it is the surgery and anesthesia itself that can be a problem if the Vet doesn't know how to sedate a small dog. If you are nervous about it and want a little extra caution, you can request that the puppy be in IV during the procedure. My Vet charges about $50 more to have them on IV which isn't much really. What it does is reduces the trauma of a surgery, keeps them hydrated and gives a ready path should they need to inject any drugs quickly. Any surgeries I have done on any of my dogs over the age of 5 years or spay/neuters done on pups that are less than about 5 lbs, I prefer an IV during the procedure. |
Sara was spayed when she was 6 months old and weighed almost 3 pounds. She was drowsy after we picked her up, and slept all night. She woke up the next morning feeling fine and wanting to play. |
i can tell you from my experiences from a vet tech we never lost a puppy during her spay because they were too small. Make sure your comfortable with your vet and you ask as many questions as you want. While any dog was undergoing surgery at the hopsital i worked at we made sure there were at least 5 machines hooked up to them to monitor their stats. Also before surgery, they only got preop blood if they were over 8 years. i don't agree with everyone here when they say to get puppy pre-op blood work done. I only thing its nesecary if there was something wrong previous to the surgery. About 15-20 minutes before surgery the animal will get a sedative to relax them. Then they will get an IV dose of propoflo (most likely this drug) to knock them down. A Trache tube will be inserted and they will be hooked up to isofluorine. In most cases they will also get IV fluids during the procedure. Once the Iso is hooked up, the dog is flipped over, shaved down, eyes lubbed and then brought into the surgery room. They are then hooked up to an EKG plus another machine that checks CO in and out, respirations, pulse, and the amount of oxyen in teh blood. The surgery area is then sterilized. Next the surgery begins. The doc begins with making a small incision through the three layers of skin, tissue, and muscle. The fallopian tubes are then located. here the doctor finds the tubes, uterus, and ovaries, ties then off with suture and cuts them out. All ends are tied off tightly to prevent bleeding. this whole part usually takes 5-10 minutes. The doc then checks to make sure she got the ovaries completely out and that all the ties are not bleeding. The rest of the tubes are inserted back into the body and the closing of the three layers begins. The suturing is what takes the longest. Once the animal is closed up, the incision is cleaned, the animal is taken off the machines/iv/ekg and placed in a cage with a technician sitting with them to remove the tube when they wake up. They monitor to make sure the animal is still breathing and responding well. Once the animal starts swallowing and or lifts her head the trachea tube is removed. the animal is still monitored for a little while with a tech sitting with them to insure that they are fully awake. Then they are allowed to rest. that's the whole procedure for you. At my clinic, after a spay or neuter the dog is sent home with pain meds and antibiotics. the pain meds are only to be used for the first two - three days, and the antibiotics for 14 days |
Our female is 13 yrs now and 3.4 lbs. She was spayed 13 yrs ago and I cannot remember much except it went well. Now I have another female age 11 weeks so I will be going through this again this year. Man and Beast here have coupons to defray some of the cost. I dont want to go through the neueter scooter like I did with the cats we have/had. |
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