Speying In Season Bitches

[Jones]

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Just out of interest as it suprised me when the vets suggested it :unsure:

I phoned up our vets this morning as Teasel is due her booster jab and we want to get her chipped as well :thumbsup:

I asked whether we should delay bringing her in as we're almost certain she's just about to start her season as even dopey Leon has started to notice something smells interesting :clown:

He suggested we bring her in and get her speyed straight away as they didn't have anything booked in for today (w00t)

I'm sure I've read somewhere on here but I can't find it now :b that you shouldn't spey close to seasons :unsure: something to do with enlarged blood vessels to the area or something like that anyway :blink:

We're not having Teasel speyed but just interested in the timing as I can't seem to find anything in the FAQ section but I'm sure I have read that you should do it 3 months after a season :unsure:

In fact just thinking about it I'm sure it was the other partner in the vets that told me that :wacko:

Cheers

Steve

 

[*Lesley*]

Sorry haven't got a clue about that :unsure: but it seems the vet doesn't want to lose any money today by filling the empty slots (w00t) especially when you haven't asked for her to be speyed

 

[Karen]

Well personally my vet would never do this, only in an emergency.

He always says to try to get them right between seasons as this is the time the bits are at there most stable and there is less chace of leaving fragments behind which will cause problems later.

Perhaps your vet is right up to date with modern techniques OR a bit strapped for cash :- "

 

[Seraphina]

My vet also always insists to do it at least 3 months after season, when the hormons settle down. I guess if the vet does not know you well, she might think there is a chance of unplaned litter, and she may consider spaying now a better option than allowing it happen.

 

[jean.dunbar]

Speying should notbe undertaken lightly. As far as I know it should be done around six weeks after a season. This is something to do with hormones. I have a 'returned' bitch who was probably speyed early. She gets the same food and exercise as the others but she is huge! have had her for six years and have not been able to change this. Waste of a good dog 'cos otherwise she is lovely.

 

[Trish]

if i can remember rightly,we was told to wait 8 weeks after millies season had finished, before he would spey her ,something to do with hormones,she ended up having a phantom pregnancy(milk and quite depressed) so the vets put her spey off another two weeks until her milk had dried up.

 

[alfyn]

You should wait until at least 3 months after a season before speying a bitch,& yes,it is to do with hormones!

All bitches have a "hormonal cycle" ,& their temperament can also alter quite a bit during different stages, so it's definitaly not a good idea to spey them during this period.

Sounds as though your vet is "strapped for cash" :rant:

 

[~whitecross whippets~]

spaying a bitch in season is DANGEROUS!!!!!

unbelievable that a vet would suggest this (unless it was an emergency!) :wacko:

 

[fallenangel]

My vet says 12 weeks aswell he wont touch them before that or before a first season but I must say I have 3 spted girles here and over time have had 10 plus foster girls and non have ever had a weight problem if there putting on weight they are eating to much as a lotof spyed bitches need less food.

Well i would get Teasel knickers ready and get ome good catches on the door

 

[dessie]

Of course, all your replies regarding 3 months/12 weeks are supposing that the bitch goes 6 months between seasons.

If you MUST have a bitch spayed for non-medical reasons (don't get me started on THAT old chestnut again) it should be done at the period half way between her seasons as that is when the hormonal cycle is more or less dormant. So, therefore, if a bitch goes 9 months between seasons you should be looking at 4.5 months after her season.

 

[BeeJay]

Thanks Dessie for answering the question that I was going to ask. :thumbsup:

 

[wilfred]

Perhaps your vet is right up to date with modern techniques OR a bit strapped for cash :- "

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"A vet who is strapped for cash"??!! Isn't that a mythical creature, right up there with the tooth fairy (sorry, any kids looking, cover your eyes now).

Joking aside, I wouldn't have a bitch spayed during her season (unless a medical emergency), and I am surprised at any vet suggesting such a thing. Unless there is a recent development of which I am unaware.

 

[Jones]

Right I've spoken to the actual vet now and not through the receptionist on the phone shouting across the surgery :b

What he was trying to say was IF we wanted her to be speyed he would have a look at her tomorrow as he has nothing booked, BUT if she showed any signs of coming into season then he agrees we should wait until sometime afterwards.

What he said was as she's only had one season we have no accurate idea when she's coming into season next so if she's showing no signs he would do it now :unsure: can you tell if she's about to by just looking ? :unsure:

Then after getting all that out of him he asked " so shall we spey her tomorrow ? " to which we replied " oh no we're not going to spey her, we were just curious " :lol:

Cheers

Steve

 

[~JO~]

Then after getting all that out of him he asked " so shall we spey her tomorrow ? " to which we replied " oh no we're not going to spey her, we were just curious "  :lol:  
Cheers

            Steve

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:lol: :lol: Bet they loved you!!! :thumbsup:

 

[Jones]

Then after getting all that out of him he asked " so shall we spey her tomorrow ? " to which we replied " oh no we're not going to spey her, we were just curious "  :lol:  

Cheers

            Steve

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:lol: :lol: Bet they loved you!!! :thumbsup:

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They think we're a bit odd anyway Jo :lol: they've never quite understood why we'd want more than one dog :blink: they just can't get their heads around it and always ask us if we're keeping them all :b

God knows what they'd make of you lot with your small armies of whippets :lol:

Cheers

Steve

 

[kris]

Right I've spoken to the actual vet now and not through the receptionist on the phone shouting across the surgery  :b
What he was trying to say was IF we wanted her to be speyed he would have a look at her tomorrow as he has nothing booked, BUT if she showed any signs of coming into season then he agrees we should wait until sometime afterwards.

What he said was as she's only had one season we have no accurate idea when she's coming into season next so if she's showing no signs he would do it now  :unsure: can you tell if she's about to by just looking ?  :unsure:

Then after getting all that out of him he asked " so shall we spey her tomorrow ? " to which we replied " oh no we're not going to spey her, we were just curious "  :lol:  

Cheers

            Steve

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i dont know!fancy getting his hopes up like that! :- "

 

[Jan Doherty]

I always thought it had more to do with the fact that it was easier for a bitch in season to heamorage(?SPELLING) due to enlarged blood vessels whilst in season.

 

[wilfred]

God knows what they'd make of you lot with your small armies of whippets  :lol:

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Small armies of whippets, I love that expression Steve, that's lovely!