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Spaying... Before heat *OR* Between 1st heat and 2nd heat? Hi. I just got back from the vet. I talked about yuna getting spay and he recommended spaying before the first heat so that's probably around 6 months or so. I was wondering what you guys did with your furbabies. She is 4 months old at 4.67lbs and he said she has 12 permanent teeth already. I asked about the tube they use and he said he uses human baby tubes. I read on another post that someone thinks the tubing has caused collapsed trachea for their furbaby. Also, I was wondering what anesthesia he should be using. He seems to have a lot of large dogs as patients (at least from what I have seen) so I don't know if I should find a vet that commonly does spays for small dogs. :confused: |
Your vet is right to recommend spaying Yuna before she ever comes into heat. If you do, you eliminate her chance of ever getting mammary cancer when she gets older. At over four pounds at four months, she is big enough to spay safely at six months. Make sure you get pre op bloodwork done. It will tell your vet if Yuna can handle anesthesia safely. Since anesthesia is processed through the liver and Yorkies are so prone to liver disease, it is imperative to get this done. It can save her life. Here is some great advice from a vet on another forum I belong to: there are different phases of anesthesia. there is a premedication, and induction medication, and a maintenance gas used for the whole procedure. premeds goals are to relax the pet with a tranquilizer and begin pain control before the procedure is even started. they also reduce the amount of induction medications needed which may be harsher for your pet. there are a vast number of types of premeds so i will not go into detail. induction medications allow your pet to completely relax and allow the veterinarian to intubate your pet. common medications are Ketamine/valium combination and propofol. ket/val should not be used in animals with kidney or heart problems and in animals prone to having seizures. propofol should not be used in animals with trouble breathing unless there are far worse risks with other medications. maintenance gas anesthesia may be either isoflurane or sevoflurane. both are very safe. it was once thought that sevo was a superior gas but now it is known to be equally as safe as isoflurane. iso is cheaper and far more common. there are other gases out there but these are the two that can be trusted. my personal preference is isoflurane b/c sevo can lower the pets temperature during recovery from anesthesia and can be dangerous if the patient isnt watched carefully. but with proper care both are a good choice. |
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Thank you! =) I just have to call the vet to ask what anesthesia they use. Also, how do they determine when her first heat will be since it can be different for every puppy? I think I will get her spayed before her first heat, but just don't know when that will happen. I am assuming at 6 months, but he said it can be anywhere between 6-9 months or so when their first heat occurs. |
When I got Milly spayed, the vet recommended 6 months old, before the first heat, as a cancer preventative, but she did also warn me that spaying so young could also lead to incontinence. I decided to go with before the first heat, but then at 6 months old, almost on the dot, Milly came into heat for the first time, so I had to put it back until after. I think if you have her spayed at 6 months that's about the minimum age, but if you're unlucky, she might come into heat before the op. I don't think there's any way to tell for sure. |
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