after castration what to expect?

[shadowboy]

Nanook was done yesterday and he cried all night- literally and is still crying... I feel so guilty.
Also he can just about get to lick the wrinklely bit of his old ball bag (sorry didst know how else to word it) area, not the bit with stitches but the end bot between the back legs is this bad?

 

[touchstone]

I had a lab done a couple of weeks ago, licking will make the area sore, and we were advised to use a cone on the dog or put on a pair of boxer shorts of all things! Another vet a few years ago advised using Vick on the area they were licking but well away from the wound, although I never dared, I can imagine it would sting terribly if it did get on the stitches.

We also had to rub sudocrem on the empty sack bit (not on the stitches) on the vets advice as he was inflamed and sore and it did help; but if he licks it off more I'd leave well alone!

 

[CorvusCorax]

Has he got a lampshade on? If not, whack one on.

 

[CL66]

Also, some dogs can have a reaction to a certain part of the anaesthetic. I had to call the vet when my dog first had one as he cried for 3 days and seemed weirder than usual. It is fairly common and there is a certain drug that they need to replace with another next time. So may be worth mentioning.

 

[shadowboy]

He has a lampshade on but he is catching it with the shade as he tries to lick it

 

[Fellewell]

Poor lad! Have you spoken to vet about NSAID's, used short term they're ok.
On the elizabethan collar front have you looked at Pro Collars? If he doesn't have a long neck they might suit. It's a website but they do next day delivery. Much better than ec's IMO. Ours always manage to ping those off!Hope he feels better soon

 

[shadowboy]

Boxers are helping I think as he has finally stopped licking and fallen asleep... 16 hours after the op

 

[CAYLA]

I have to say I never get any weird behaviour after spays/castration )as in whinge/cry/restlesness) they usually just sleep if off and I leave them to it, I have a 3rd castration this week in now, day 2 and nothing, but sometimes it is certainly the feeling of the after effects of anaesthetic than any pain/discomfort, the feeling of drugged/whooziness it not a natural one to a dog and sometimes they can have a slight reaction to the suture materials so it can feel itchy/irritating at first. If the hood reaches the empty sack it wont really effect it as much as licking which will make it red and sore, you could always pad around the out side rim of the hood, I usually use a bit of verwrap bandage.

 

[CAYLA]

Ps, sorry....as i what to expect, I expect a little bit of whinge and attempt to turn a good few times and try and have a lick, this from me gets a nudge and a "ah ah, leave it" and I expect them to settle and sleep, if they attempt to whinge and walk about again they get a "shut it, lie down".........whay can I say, Im full of sympathy and caring suppose its routine for me now and after nurcing my dogs through real pain, I save my sympathy for them, a bitch spay may get a little more sympathy but a castrate nahhhhhhhhh! its nothing
Im glad he seems a little more settled though.

 

[gunnergundog]

If he is seriously crying and not just whingeing then he needs pain relief....contact your vet.

The newer inflatable collars are better IMO than the elizabethan collars but you can improvise with rolled towels etc.

 

[keeperscottage]

What to expect after a "snip"? Well, three or so years ago, we had our year old Large Munsterlander snipped......the following evening, we found him "tied" to our in-season Golden Retriever bitch (who was about 18 months old at the time) so not only did we have to pay for the "snip" but for two injections for our Goldie to ensure there were no Goldenlanders!!!!!!! Basically - no set-backs - he was back to normal immediately!

Just to add, Munsterlander, following his snip, went from being a pain in the ar$e to a really gorgeous loving dog who, everyone who meet him, adores! As someone said to me the best dogs are snipped males!

 

[shadowboy]

Current issue is the fact he hasn't poo'd for 36 hours now... no more whining though which is good. He's still got his boxers on lol!

 

[Alec Swan]

shadowboy,

was there a specific reason why you had your dog castrated?

Alec.

 

[CAYLA]

Current issue is the fact he hasn't poo'd for 36 hours now... no more whining though which is good. He's still got his boxers on lol!

Thats not striclty uncommon either after surgery, some depending on surgery but some given the fact that they where starved prior to surgery and a light meal after, resulting in alot less food than usual on the stomach in that space of time, still ring the vet if he has not passed by tomorrow or if you are worried.

 

[CorvusCorax]

My big dude didn't go for ages either when he was done, as Cayla says, there was nothing in there to start with.

 

[shadowboy]

Alex swan I don't intend to breed from him and too many idiots ask us if we would stud him out- was worried one day they might purposefully bring an in season bitch to local country park or something. We also have a bitch at home (spayed) so didn't want him festering her or the neighbours unspayed spaniel.

 

[CAYLA]

Alex swan I don't intend to breed from him and too many idiots ask us if we would stud him out- was worried one day they might purposefully bring an in season bitch to local country park or something. We also have a bitch at home (spayed) so didn't want him festering her or the neighbours unspayed spaniel.

Refreshingly sensible, although you should not have to through fear of other idiots, but I have to say one of the vets at my mams practice had her husky stolen (same people) had asked "could we use him on our bitch" they brought him back to their door, saying they found him roaming, the gate had been unlocked (had bolts on inside) and he was paggered (only been gone an hour) and what do you know, their bitch had puppies 9 weeks later.
When asked about it, they did say they took him home for a little while as nobody was in when they came to return him at first (they where both in)
A good friend of the other people also let it slip what they had done.

He is now snipped, as they where terrified that next time he would not be returned.

I had a stupid amount of people stopping me about my akita and 2 came to my door she was obs already done, but it got me very paranoid.

 

[CorvusCorax]

Cayla, that exact thing happened to B's breeder, German import, owner found him wandering the roads, exhausted, pups born (to the female of people he had refused a stud) nine weeks later, this was before the days of DNA testing or he would have taken them to the cleaners. The skanks couldn't have afforded the fee in the place, for one thing.

Someone has asked if B could be put to their longcoat bitch, not noticing a)he was bald b) he had no balls......

 

[CAYLA]

Cayla, that exact thing happened to B's breeder, German import, owner found him wandering the roads, exhausted, pups born (to the female of people he had refused a stud) nine weeks later, this was before the days of DNA testing or he would have taken them to the cleaners. The skanks couldn't have afforded the fee in the place, for one thing.

Someone has asked if B could be put to their longcoat bitch, not noticing a)he was bald b) he had no balls......

Sad and as fecking annoying as it is....it happens!
I bet the owners of that dog where livid, it's bad enough stealing and using the dog then of course if they leave them roaming like they did,bloody anything could have happened to the dog (********s)

 

[Toffee44]

Have had someone ask about Buster already.

Come January I will have two big dogs walking around with E collars and two crates next to each other in the living room.

 

[Dobiegirl]

Shadowboy well done for doing the responsible thing as Cayla & CC said there are lots of idiots out there looking for anything with balls.

Alec I am still waiting for Diesels head and hind quarters to shrink and if anything he has grown into his body and is a fine specimen of the breed.

Its always men that have a problem with neutering and apart from stating the obvious the other advantages are no more marking everything in sight and they lose the desire to wander and they do not get stressed if they smell an in season bitch.

 

[zoelouisem]

I think it does depend on dog to dog my JR was done and you woulnt have known hed and even had the snip he was normal as soon as he came home. My brother dog same breed whimpered for 24 hours and was very subdued for a good 3-4 days.

Will be getting my pup done in the new year hes 5 months now and has started to try and cock hos leg up when the other one is peeing!!Luckily hes a bit lanky and falls over when he tries! Little monkey!!

Ive had loads of people asking my to keep him whole though even when i got him at 8 weeks they were asking even not knowing what he was going to grow into (hes a JR). But hes my pet not a stud dog and will be wandering on a yard where theres unspayed bitches so id far rather get them off at the earliest oppertunity!!!

 

[CAYLA]

Have had someone ask about Buster already.

Come January I will have two big dogs walking around with E collars and two crates next to each other in the living room.

You cruel woman.....you gonna electric shock em when they whinge


LOL

 

[CorvusCorax]

Good grief I thought she meant electric collars too

 

[Alec Swan]

.......Its always men that have a problem with neutering, .......

Not so. I have an equal problem with the neutering of bitches. It isn't a male driven concern.

Can you explain to me, why my entire dogs always seem to want to hump the de-masculinated male? They treat neutered dogs with little, or no respect, sadly.

A.

 

[Alec Swan]

....... and they lose the desire to wander and they do not get stressed if they smell an in season bitch.

Again, not so. The number of times, when I've known vets to advise the neutering of a wandering dog, and the effect? Sod all. They still wander. The simple answer is for the owner to be certain of where their dog is, at all times. Is that not what all responsible owners do? Explain to me how I'm wrong.

Alec.

 

[CorvusCorax]

Er, they could *try* to hump B, but I am sure they wouldn't last very long
I've never had another dog try to hump him actually. Well, apart from a JRT once and only me holding B in a headlock prevented said JRT from becoming lunch

I've also known dogs eat through a series of doors, chew a hole in wire or scale seemingly-impossible heights to get to a bitch.

ETA and for the millionth time, he is neither lazy or fat, pics on my profile to prove the same

 

[CorvusCorax]

Also, having nearly lost a bitch to pyometra, and knowing others who have lost their girls to it, if not breeding, or even if I was, when the bitch is done breeding, then I would definitely neuter. Bloody horrible condition which strikes and takes life in the blink of an eye, often you don't know what's happening until it's too late.

 

[CAYLA]

That is another thing I never see either (the humping) all mine are done and I have never (even new rescues coming in entire) had another entire dog try to hump mine at all. Tye (Lady La la's) never tried to hump mine whilst he was here either (mine you I think he humps out, neutered or not)

At the rescue we have a mix of neutered and unneutered (no less than 20 at a time together) again no entires trying to hump the neutered's. You would think we would see it in this situation. Obs the entires dont stay entire for long, maybe a week or 2 till they are booked in for the chop

 

[Dobiegirl]

I had a neutered and entire male Dobermann and the entire never tried to hump the other, also never had a problem with anything trying to hump mine but if they did lets just say they would have regreted it.

All the dogs that ive known to wander stopped after neutering so I think youve just been unlucky Alec.

I know where my dogs are at all times 2 are currently crashed out on sofas and they other is tucked up in bed as all good puppies should be.