I have noticed that our local vet surgery now offers keyhole spaying, but i have never had any experience of having a dog spayed as puzzle is our first girl, so i don't know whether it is a good option to go for or not, i know that it costs more but is it really worth it? Has anyone had there dog spayed this way? if so i would like to know more about it and whether it would be sutible for puzzle
Re: keyhole spaying I dont know anything about it either Annabelle, but would be interested in hearing more!
Re: keyhole spaying My last Lab was spayed by this method when we lived in France , it was the accepted op in our region . The wounds were tiny, she recovered really well too, not quite so traumatic re after care either , some Vets do and some dont but if we had the choice with Millie , I would opt for the ovary removal x
Re: keyhole spaying That is very interesting, thanks for the link Pippa. If we do go ahead and have Poppy spayed, I will definitely look into this.
Re: keyhole spaying Martha was spayed using Keyhole surgery on Friday last week (11th October). We dropped her off at the vet's on the Thursday evening and picked her up from the vet on Friday evening. We fed her before we dropped her off as she had to eat nothing from 18:00 on the Thursday evening. She has three small wounds, all around 1cm long, all of which were glued. Her tummy was shaved all over (this surprised me, but I suppose it is in case there are complications and it is necessary to revert to conventional surgery mid operation), she likes to have an occasional lick of the shaved skin. She was a little subdued on the Friday evening after the initial excitement of seeing us when we collected her and had a slightly runny poo once she got home. One of the wounds was weeping a little and the vet advised us this was normal and to apply a little pressure to it, we did this whilst scratching her tummy and she did not seem bothered at all by me pressing on the wound. The bleeding/weeping stopped quickly. She ate a full bowl of chicken, rice and scrambled egg. Saturday morning she was back to her usual self, bounding around the house and clearly in no pain at all. The wounds were glued and have healed really well, she has not bothered with them at all and has not needed to wear either a collar or vest/tee shirt. She has been restricted to on lead walking for a few days and this has probably been her greatest frustration, as she has been so well and had so little (if any) pain, that she has wanted to be off lead running around. We have also kept her away from any water (rivers, streams, large puddles and the sea - she loves swimming and will find water anywhere) to avoid any chance of infection of the wounds. The vet checked her last night (4 days) and gave her the okay to go off lead, "provided she doesn't go mad" - fine last night on her evening walk, but this morning she met two of her friends in the park and sprinted around having a great time - no ill effects, thankfully. Our vet charged £190 for keyhole spaying, I am not sure of the cost for a non-keyhole spay, but I thought the £190 was good value particularly when you see how quickly Martha has recovered and ease of post operation care (virtually none). In summary, a very positive experience of surgery with a fast recovery time. Stephen
Re: keyhole spaying One of mine was spayed this way, just the ovaries removed and two small wounds , the only one I have had done like this and must admit that recovery was much quicker than the others who were spayed in the more conventional way , so pleased to hear that all has gone well for Martha
Re: keyhole spaying So glad Martha has recovered soooo well. Hattie was spayed the traditional way 4 years ago and her recovery was very slow and very worrying for me and the vet :'( This sounds a much better procedure if can be performed. Helen x
Re: keyhole spaying I spoke to a vet about this the other day. She also said it reduces the risk of incontinence after spaying.
