karin
Settling in well!
Posts: 69
Animals I love: Manatees, tortoies, fish and dogs
Pets I own: Cockapoo - Bindi
Tortoises x 3 - Spartacus, Henry and Hanje
Tropical fish x 50+
an adopted Manatee called Whiskers who lives in Florida
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Post by karin on May 8, 2013 16:52:36 GMT
Does anyone have any experience of the Keyhole spays? I am trying to choose a vet to register my puppy Bindi with for when she comes home in 2 weeks. I am lucky as there appears to be several friendly vet surgeries in my area.
There is only one though who offers this service and although it is much more expensive than the tradidional spay, there seems to be a huge difference on the recovery period as only the ovaries are removed though keyhole. Little infection risk,no internal stitches and no need to keep the puppy indoors for long, a couple of day only then out for walks.
Mother in law has an horrid time with her Cocker Spaniel after the traditional op, infections and all sorts so wondering if this might be a good idea.
I cant decide what is best and my desicion on this matters on my choice of vets so any advice would be welcome thanks.
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Post by AnnaAmber on May 8, 2013 17:01:47 GMT
We considered getting our Holly spayed this way, but it was double the cost!! So we decided to do it the normal way. Yes, two weeks can be a hassle but Holly was grand.
My parents didn't want to do it as it was a new thing aswell and they felt it was better to let it become more common practice.
If you have a local vet who does it for a reasonable cost I suppose it's certainly worth looking into though.
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Post by caz2golden on May 8, 2013 18:02:05 GMT
From your description only overies are removed and therefore assume the womb will remain. One of the reasons to Spay is to prevent pyometra (infection of womb) so I would ask vet what is the likelihood of this happening in the future if you do this option.
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karin
Settling in well!
Posts: 69
Animals I love: Manatees, tortoies, fish and dogs
Pets I own: Cockapoo - Bindi
Tortoises x 3 - Spartacus, Henry and Hanje
Tropical fish x 50+
an adopted Manatee called Whiskers who lives in Florida
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Post by karin on May 8, 2013 18:17:08 GMT
From your description only overies are removed and therefore assume the womb will remain. One of the reasons to Spay is to prevent pyometra (infection of womb) so I would ask vet what is the likelihood of this happening in the future if you do this option. Agree and I have asked this
The vet says this form of cancer stems from the overies so no heightend risk to any cancer in the womb either way. Plus with a cross-breed like I am having there is no higher level of cancer risk from any organ in particular, risk the same for all organs.
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Post by caz2golden on May 8, 2013 18:26:30 GMT
Pyometra is an infection not cancer.
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karin
Settling in well!
Posts: 69
Animals I love: Manatees, tortoies, fish and dogs
Pets I own: Cockapoo - Bindi
Tortoises x 3 - Spartacus, Henry and Hanje
Tropical fish x 50+
an adopted Manatee called Whiskers who lives in Florida
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Post by karin on May 8, 2013 18:54:25 GMT
Pyometra is an infection not cancer. Oh sorry, I must have miss hear the vet. Do you know if this is life treatening then? I will ask the vet. Thanks for your help!
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Post by caz2golden on May 8, 2013 19:21:09 GMT
Yes it is life threatening. I have to be honest only known entire bitches to get it. Two types closed and open. My mums first dog and my grandfathers dog had closed ones (they were sisters). In both cases dogs could have died. Two of my friends dogs have had open ones where they discharge the infection but they also had to have emergency op. However I have been told spayed bitches still have to be watched (with normal spay) the stump can get infected. If vet says it can not be possible (due to hormone change) in this type of Spaying then all good Spaying is thought to reduce risk from things like mammary cancers. Both my girls are spayed but were done traditionally.
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Post by caz2golden on May 8, 2013 19:37:15 GMT
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Post by charlottte on May 8, 2013 19:55:08 GMT
Someone I know has a lab x collie who contracted pyo at a young age. Minor sure how much less the risk is in crosses, just a thought She looks gorge!
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Post by caz2golden on May 8, 2013 20:00:37 GMT
Pyometra is an infection not cancer. Oh sorry, I must have miss hear the vet. Do you know if this is life treatening then? I will ask the vet. Thanks for your help!
Forgot to put on last thread you probably did not miss hear vet, they would have been mentioning ovarian, cervical and womb based cancers at a guess.
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Post by charlottte on May 8, 2013 20:02:48 GMT
That was meant to say *im not sure Silly spellcheck!
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Post by Jademoo on May 8, 2013 22:58:38 GMT
We learnt some veterinary terms at college and pyo means puss.
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Post by smokeybear on May 9, 2013 5:01:37 GMT
Ovarioectomy is the way to go for performance bitches IMHO and that is what I will do with my next bitch, eventually. I attended a neutering seminar last year with Nick Thompson where this was discussed at great length and it is more expensive but creates less damage to the muscle fascia, reduces adhesions and speeds up recovery time.
Not necessarily important in a pet but could be very important in a performance animal.
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Post by BorderTerrier on May 26, 2013 9:04:30 GMT
If there is a local vet that spays at a suitable and affordable price and you have gathered all the information to confirm that you want to do this, then I would look further into it. Get a taste from everywhere which spays and your happy to go to, including the cost, how things work, when you will drop your puppy off at the vets to get it done, and when you can come and collect her afterward. To be sexually correct, I had my male CASTRATED as early on as I could in his life, and I had to know what to expect after the neutering, and I had to know all the details beforehand.
I am no trained vet, but this is just a brief on looking further into the actual spaying (in your case) 'goings-on' - hope this was a little help to you and good luck with everything keep us pupdated.
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Post by gladys on May 27, 2013 12:39:06 GMT
smokeybear Do you know if it's only performed at certain vet practices?
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