Your pet will need a minimum of two weeks or more to fully heal from spaying and neutering. Many pet owners think that the neutering of male dogs is a simpler procedure and therefore has a quicker recovery time. However, the incision made on males is nearly the same size as the one needed for females, so the recovery period is the same for both genders.
Consider taking some time off from your normal routine or hiring a pet sitter during the first two weeks of recovery. Since dogs need supervision almost constantly during this initial healing period, it's not safe to simply go to work and hope they'll be fine for eight hours or longer.
The drowsiness and other side effects from anesthesia often linger for a few hours after surgery. If you have a large dog, the hangover from the anesthesia may last longer due to the use of more of the medication during surgery. Your pet is likely to be stressed from the pain of the surgery and traveling back and forth from an unfamiliar environment. This may cause them to act out of character and possibly react aggressively until they get a chance to rest.
Set aside a room or crate where you can be close by for the first day or two while giving them privacy. During the healing process, check the incision area daily. The area should not be more than a little red around the very edges of the incision. If the redness spreads or if the area swells and becomes hot to the touch, infection has set in. Watch your pet for excessive licking in the incision area as well, which indicates discomfort.
Look a little closer than you might usually when taking your pup out for a bathroom break. Signs of pain like whimpering or pacing and blood in the urine or stool are all indicators of a problem. Bathing your pet within the first two weeks after neutering or spaying can introduce harmful bacteria to the incision area even with the use of soap.
Water can also dissolve the outer sutures. If your pet needs to be bathed because of something irritating like urine in their fur, a dry shampoo will work the best. This means no running, jumping, rolling or wrestling. Even with the surgical collar he was able to lick himself. He is a handfull.
I have to stay right at his side constantly! Also when I picked her up they gave me two days worth of pain meds. Sounds like your puppy was very active and I am afraid mine will be to. Did yours recover okay still being so active. Just had my Lab done and he is the same with the collar. He used the cone to scratch himself and had to take him back to the vet.
He is an outside dog so having him in the house is a handful. He is big and miles an hr through the house. We have the blow up collar , which he seems to like better, but he is a contortionist and could still lick any part he wants. How were your dogs after being active? Cyndi, Sanita, Jeanetta, Cassandra I had my 11 month old male german shepherd neutered fri morning and shortly after i brought him home that evening he did some pacing and jumped off a step. There were a few drops of blood on the floor that night but by morning his stomach was distended from internal bleeding.
My chi is full of energy.. Never medicate your pet, especially with human pain meds, for they are very toxic to both cats and dogs but cats especially have a larger deficiency in the enzymes necessary to metabolize our human pain meds. Always ask your veterinarian to prescribe the appropriate painkillers. We have to be by their side constantly supervising. Make sure you have a spare 3 days to devote to your dog with neutering just as you would any family member! My dog was released from the vet a couple hours ago and just started shaking uncontrollably.
Is this due to pain or anesthesia? My dog was spayed two days ago. My dog tried to rule the World again almost immediately. I had to continuously slow him down. He ripped one Ecollar in half, punctured his donut the same day I bought it, and figured out how to escape from the second E collar.
I had to duct tape it where the snaps were. I have two male Shorkies, littermates — snipped on Monday.. We had to get a post-op sedative to chill them out. Back to their normal playful selves — making it all the more challenging to keep them calm and relaxed. The cones are fun.
My 8 yr old Rottweiler was neutered 1 month ago and has been eating grass to throw up every other day. Still has plenty of play left in him. My pitbull is well and ok thank god after surgery. My girl had keyhole spay. After first night she was bouncy and hard to keep from exercising. Still giving the painkillers but she is so happy and playful.
The wounds are tiny and healing beautifully. Any suggestions? I had my dog spayed recently and the vet advised me to get some baby grows for her to stop her licking. What a great idea, I would advise anyone to get some.
Hope this helps as much comfier than a cone collar. I work 3 hours a day and will need to kennel him. He is kennel trained and does well for hours a day.
I am concerned when he has his surgery , if it is a good idea to still kennel that first week. Does any one else kennel during the day? Thank you. Friends 6month female lab was spayed on a Wednesday.. Anyone else experience this? Any remedy?
Low pain tolerance? Just needs time … help. My Frenchie just got spayed after her 2nd heat. She is still a lil slower than usual to move and would just rather lay around on her soft bed. Thankfully, she took her pain meds on her own.
So far my dog is about 6 hours post surgery and he seems to be very sluggish and annoyed with the protective barrier. I have a Beagle mix almost 2 years old she was very active and playful before she was neutered almost 48 hours ago. She is still very quiet and is not active at all. She did eat and drank water this morning, but she want do anything but sleep and stare. Is this normal? I have a German Shepard pit bull lab mix he just got surgery and he was himself immediately!
This can even result in rupture of the scrotum if enough pressure builds up — also extremely painful as you guys can imagine! Why no bathing? This is kind of a tricky one especially if you just adopted your pet from the shelter and they really need a bath or if you forgot to put a towel in your carrier and your cat peed or pooped and ended up rolling around in it during the car ride. If you bathe your pet after surgery you can introduce bacteria into the surgery site, which you do not want to do.
This is super important because you never know if something abnormal is occurring unless you really check it out. Get your pet to roll over and get in a good tummy pet. You want to check for redness, swelling, and discharge. If there is a dramatic change in the incision, you need to bring your pet back the clinic for a recheck. We recommend Elizabethan collars aka e-collars or cone for all of the dogs and cats that have surgery with us.
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