spaying help, aftercare and tips etc..

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Right the time has come for Lola to be spayed - I enquired about price and am going to book on Monday. What can I expect? I have a housecoat which is like a jumper for cold nights and after bathing which I thought I may need to use to cover the scar? I assume walking has to cease and then be slow and on the lead? How long is recovery? Do the vets give painkillers? Anything else?
 
The vet may put a dressing on wound. some vets do some dont. You may need a buster collar (lampshade) to stop her chewing the wound. She will be a bit sleepy the first day. After that just gentle lead walks until stitches out 10 days later.
She will have a painkiller before she leaves vets. Sometimes you will be given metacam for a few days, some vets do this others dont.
Just keep her quiet dont let her lick the wound and watch for any bleeding or swelling. Just ask your vet about aftercare.
 
unless she is bothering at the wound i would not put anything on her- in case the stitches get snagged or fluff comes off and works its way into the wound etc.

With Betty: she felt very sorry for herself after being knocked out, but after that was fine. just short lead walks- nothing strenuous, no running/jumping etc. kept her away from the beach etc too.

Betty's stitches did get a bit tight before the 10 days were up, which caused them to get a bit oozy. i just bathed them lightly with boiled and cooled water and salt, and had the stitches taken out a little earlier.

xx
 
Very interesting to read this as Ruby will be done soon and have a load of cats done but never a dog :) would it be advisable to avoid stairs as well due to the stretching?
 
I fashioned a vest from an old tee shirt for my IG to stop her from niggling at the wound. Worked a treat and wasn't making her hot or anything. She wouldn't have coped with a lampshade collar being highly nervous.

We were advised to keep her on lead exercise for a week and not to let her jump or anything like that.

I have to tell you that sadly our little girl didn't listen to the vet and the first thing she did on arriving home was leap onto the sofa and then leap off again!!!! We almost had heart attacks!! Thankfully though she suffered no ill effect. Truly you would never have known that she had anything done.

Hope all goes well with yours.
 
I had mine in a crate after her op unless I was there to stare at her. I also held her collar when walking up the stairs as she tends to leap up. I bought her a blow up collar and it seemed to do the trick she was utterly stressed out by the buster collar. Although she didn't really bother with the stitches I didn't want her to get a chance to start. We were on short lead walks which got gradually longer (but never more than twenty mins) until the stitches came out. Then she was able to do longer on lead walks for another week or so. We had a slight problem that once the internal stitches started breaking down they were pushing through the scar and two came out. It was fine though as the internal wound had healed so the first one the vet snipped out and then next one I did! She didn't come home with any meds and I'd say that after the first couple of days she was feeling fine if a little confused and bored by her enforced rest!
 
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