Poppy - Spaying Tomorrow
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Boogie
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Is she home yet?
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That is a relief that it is all over, tonight might be a bit tricky if she is getting over the anaesthetic but I reckon by tomorrow afternoon you will be having job to keep her quiet!
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Sweet dreams Poppy and I hope you all have a good night.
Naya
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Hope Poppy manages to sleep well tonight 
Well the girl is back! The problem now is keeping her calm. She slept solidly from when we brought her home at 4 o'clock to around 9 o'clock when she perked up a bit so I took her out to see if she needed a wee but she didn't. I gave her a very small meal of some bland tinned food the vet gave us and she woofed that down and went back to sleep. We put her to bed at just after 10 and fitted her cone to stop her licking.
Around 3:30 I was woken up by much crashing and banging on the baby alarm followed by silence. Lay in bed listening then couldn't take the "silence" anymore so went down to investigate. Poppy was at the kitchen door with no cone and a very waggy tail. Took her out for a wee (success) and put the cone back on but a bit tighter and then the fun started. It was like a wild west rodeo with Poppy trying to get the cone off. I decided pretty quickly this was probably worse than the risk of her licking the wound so took the cone off, moved her bed next to the big sofa, settled her on her bed and I settled on the sofa. Had to keep pushing her nose away from licking for a while then she stopped and went to sleep. OH found us at 6 o'clock!
So she's back and wanting up and out now which she's not allowed. Limited to 5 minutes lead walk for the next 3 days then gradually build up the lead walks after that for about another week. Seeing the vet for a check on Friday and again a week after that but fingers crossed all ok. (and so far she has not eaten a tennis ball!)
Around 3:30 I was woken up by much crashing and banging on the baby alarm followed by silence. Lay in bed listening then couldn't take the "silence" anymore so went down to investigate. Poppy was at the kitchen door with no cone and a very waggy tail. Took her out for a wee (success) and put the cone back on but a bit tighter and then the fun started. It was like a wild west rodeo with Poppy trying to get the cone off. I decided pretty quickly this was probably worse than the risk of her licking the wound so took the cone off, moved her bed next to the big sofa, settled her on her bed and I settled on the sofa. Had to keep pushing her nose away from licking for a while then she stopped and went to sleep. OH found us at 6 o'clock!
So she's back and wanting up and out now which she's not allowed. Limited to 5 minutes lead walk for the next 3 days then gradually build up the lead walks after that for about another week. Seeing the vet for a check on Friday and again a week after that but fingers crossed all ok. (and so far she has not eaten a tennis ball!)
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Boogie
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Bless her. We use a medical suit for ours when neutered. Might be worth a try?
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Yes, we did too!!Bless her. We use a medical suit for ours when neutered. Might be worth a try?
I gave up on everything with my Poppy and did not use the cone or the medical suit as both made her too distressed, so just stayed with her... Sounds like all is going well David, great news!
I op for the sleeping with them. Cones are ok but body suits are a no no they get too hot and try to eat them. mine are much happier with nothing and me supervising. I can and do sleep all over the place. Next week when I go back to work Iver will be in the kitchen and Rory will be in the living room with his cone.
I don’t like the cone for overnight. I think they can’t get a proper rest. But I guess one needs to weigh up the risk of nibbling out the stitches. I also recently saw on my local Labrador fb group an awful hotspot that developed under the neck from a cone that was too tight and probably on for too long—was fitted at the vet.
For daytime, I once used a blowup ring for Snowie when I couldn’t keep an eye on him cos the wound looked terrible. But for the most part, I just stopped him licking and he eventually fell asleep.
Being in such good condition (well done!), I’m sure Poppy will heal very quickly. xxx
For daytime, I once used a blowup ring for Snowie when I couldn’t keep an eye on him cos the wound looked terrible. But for the most part, I just stopped him licking and he eventually fell asleep.
Being in such good condition (well done!), I’m sure Poppy will heal very quickly. xxx
Boogie
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My four girls only needed the suits for about four nights. None of them tried to get it off and none overheated.
During the day we just kept a close eye for stitch nibbling but none of them did.
During the day we just kept a close eye for stitch nibbling but none of them did.
I think on balance I'll just take a chance leaving the cone off. She has actually so far shown little interest in the wound today. Our last girl, the SBD, never had a cone and the vet then just said no running or jumping for the first 48 hours. In hindsight I think that was maybe a bit too cavalier.
The wound is very neat and all hidden stitches so nothing physical to pick at. The worst thing at the moment is a very bored juvenile.
The wound is very neat and all hidden stitches so nothing physical to pick at. The worst thing at the moment is a very bored juvenile.
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Five minute walks do sound quite strict. After lump removal earlier this year Molly was allowed 20 minutes on lead twice a day from the day after her op. You'll have to dig out the thread about occupying dogs on restricted exercise as I'm sure there were some good ideas on there.
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Sounds like Poppy is making a good recovery, I hope it continues uneventfully.
I guess cones v medical suit is all down to the individual. Dogs I've had in the past had neither, and no talk of restricted exercise either, and didn't come home with any pain meds. Only one ever had a wound check appt, but I checked it myself. All of them bounced back the following day.
Not Cassie though, she had to lie down for a week, and wouldn't have walked more than 10 minutes ! She had a medisuit which I thought was just the job.
I guess cones v medical suit is all down to the individual. Dogs I've had in the past had neither, and no talk of restricted exercise either, and didn't come home with any pain meds. Only one ever had a wound check appt, but I checked it myself. All of them bounced back the following day.
Not Cassie though, she had to lie down for a week, and wouldn't have walked more than 10 minutes ! She had a medisuit which I thought was just the job.
My experience with my previous dog, Lady, was exactly that. No running or jumping for 48 hours but then nothing much after that. Perhaps it comes down to how risk adverse the particular vet is. Poppy had really perked up this afternoon so I took her for a slowish 20 minute walk and she was moving fine. I'm going to repeat at dusk.
She's on Metacam for 5 days but doesn't seem stiff or in pain.
I agree that I don't think the post op checks are essential but I'll do it anyway because I think the vet is saving up for her next luxury cruise. I'm checking the wound twice a day.
The only other precautions are not playing tug of war, running, jumping or getting the wound wet.