Hernias&Spaying,Help
 

Hello everyone,
I am new to this but I have some questions. My little fur princess,Marley, is going to be 2 in May. She hasn't been spayed yet and I know she needs to be because I dont plan on breeding her but she is only 2.5 lbs and after reading threw thread after thread I am so scared of anesthesia due to her size. My vet said they can go do it and not to worry...easy for them to say. I have lists of questions before I schedule it but my main question is my Marley has two inguinal hernias and the vet said they can take care of them at the time of the spaying but Idk if i should have the surgeries done separately so Marley isn't under too long or do them separate. We rescued her when she was 2 months and she got parvo soon after we got here while going through her shots so I am scared that might have an effect on her surgery. She recoveded very fast and is a healthy active yorkie. I havd read so much and might be overthinking this but she is my fur baby. Any advice is welcome please. I know she needs to be spayed but I am so scared :( A list of questions to ask my vet would be welcomed as well so I can compare with what I have. Thank you all!:animal-pa

I have a foster who just had inguinal hernias repaired. Sadly, I did not know at the time she was spayed that she had them, so she had to have a second surgery. I opted to go to a specialist because my vet said that she was not totally comfortable doing inguinal hernias.
Maybe you would be more comfortable going to a board certified surgeon? It would cost more, but I have often felt much better going to one of them. I believe you have a good vet hospital in SA?

hello thank you for replying. The vet hospital I had in mind was Becker Animal Hospital. I am torn because I have heard good and bad reviews on them. I did have to take Marley there when she had parvo and they were awesome. Maybe I will look into a board certified surgeon. It might put me more at ease. If you had known that your foster had hernias at the time the spay was done would you have opted to do the surgies at the same time? I think that is what I am most nervous about is having them done together. I was all set to have it taken care of at once but upon researching some say its not a good idea to have a small yorkie under anesthesia for so long.

If I had known I may have had them done at the same time; but it would have been with a specialist since my vet does not like to repair those hernias.

I don't know the name of the hospital I am thinking of, but will do a search for it.

Here, this is it. I have heard really good things about them:

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