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10-16-2009, 07:39 AM | #31 |
♥ Spoiling Sophie ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New Iberia, LA, USA
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| Sophie was spayed at 6 months old, and weighed 2.9 lbs. The vet took extra precautions such as preblood work to be sure of which anesthesia to use, pulled out the rest of her baby teeth, and she was perfectly fine! He did comment that this was the smallest tract he had ever seen, and it was a good thing we didn't try to breed her because he doesn't know where she would have carried puppies! Thankfully we are from a small town, so I got updated throughout the process to let me know how she was doing, when it was over, etc. They even gave her a bath afterwards because she was so tiny they said she was half way bathed anyway just from wiping the surgical area! Like the rest have said, she slept that day, then was back to her normal self like there was no surgery at all! Good luck! |
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12-30-2022, 03:11 AM | #32 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: lakeland
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| Thank you Mine Yorkie is 5 months and keep reading spayed between 4-5 months. She is close 4 lbs. I do want to wait, but because of the info out there now not sure what to do. It used to be that you let them have there first heat many years ago. I don’t no the vets but looks like they specialize in dentistry, geriatrics, everthing except surgery. Hope I find one competent. |
12-30-2022, 06:14 AM | #33 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Colorado
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| I foster kittens - they get spayed and neutered at 2 lb routinely and do fabulous ... in fact they usually start playing hours after they get back, bunnies also often get fixed at lower weight ... the problem is the vet , not the procedure ... Many vets have no experience with neonatal surgery either ... Fixing dogs early can lead to more rather than less growth so I am not sure why that is a factor ... the reason large breeds are not fixed early is that large and giant breeds end growth with the set in of puberty - the worry is that they get unproportional bone growth in their long bones and more joint issues due to weight ( this has NOT been proven to be a factor in small breeds) . I have great issues finding vets in general who will spay and neuter early AND at lower weights ... and it makes me mad ... medically spaying and neutering before the onset of puberty and the first heat is safer ... organs have less blood supply , there is less blood loss , pain and side effects ... which is VERY relevant for already small breeds ... I had a yorkie go into heat before 6 months ... ( a rescue who could medically not be spayed due to weak kidney function ... we lost her to pyometra eventually ... poor baby ) . Small dogs CAN go into heat early and you are risking pregnancy, a higher incidence of cancer and pyometra ... Find a vet who is familiar and comfortable treating and do surgery on tiny dogs .. I left an otherwise good vet before because she wasn't experienced enough with tiny animals ... in an emergency .. surgery might be required and having a vet who knows how to use a heating pillow and proper anesthesia on miniature sized bodies is key! |
12-31-2022, 09:19 AM | #34 | |
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12-31-2022, 09:24 AM | #35 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: lakeland
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| Ok thank you |
12-31-2022, 03:17 PM | #36 |
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| 4 lbs is not too small. I usually spay at 6 months. If you don't trust your vet, you can find one at: https://www.aaha.org/ It is always good to be sure your vet is accredited. Information on mammary tumors/cancer: https://www.acvs.org/small-animal/ma...mmary%20tumors. From the above link: "Mammary tumors are more common in female dogs that are either not spayed or were spayed after 2 years of age. The risk of a dog developing a mammary tumor is 0.5% if spayed before their first heat (approximately 6 months of age), 8% after their first heat, and 26% after their second heat. Cats spayed before 6 months of age have a 7-times reduced risk of developing mammary cancer and spaying at any age reduces the risk of mammary tumors by 40% to 60% in cats. More than a quarter of unspayed female dogs will develop a mammary tumor during their lifetime. The risk is much lower for spayed female dogs, male dogs, and cats of either gender. In female dogs, 50% of mammary tumors are benign and 50% are malignant. However, few of the malignant mammary tumors are fatal. In contrast, over 85% of mammary tumors in cats are malignant and most of these have an aggressive biologic behavior (i.e., mammary tumors in cats tend to be locally invasive and spread elsewhere in the body)."
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01-01-2023, 12:56 PM | #37 | |
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