Cissy's Spay (Ronie please read) (long)

External Since: Jun 27, 2003 Posts: 215

I have decided to use the vet, here in Aiken, for Cissy's Spay and she is
scheduled for Sept 8, 2003.
I just wanted to run this all by you and see if you think everything is
acceptable. (It's not too late to cancel if something doesn't seem right)

He says he will give her a Catamine (sp) Injection to relax her and make sure
she doesn't come out of the anesthesia with a start, then he will use Isoflurane
gas by face mask to keep her under during the procedure. He does not intubate.
She will be monitored for increased heart rate while she is under anesthesia. He
does not use the new method of gluing the incision because of possible
carcinogens in the glue, but will tuck the last row of stitches under a fold of
skin so she can't chew them.

He says it is always possible to lose a patient, but not likely with one who
is young and in good health. (He checked her thoroughly) He says most of his
practice is not with rabbits since they are not a big pet thing in this area. He
does agree that she should be Spayed if we want her to have a good, happy,
healthy, long life. He will do a complete hysterectomy (uterus and ovaries)

I'm not sure how many years he has been in practice, but he was here when I
moved to SC in 1981 so he has many years of experience.

What do you think? With this information, would you trust one of your babies
with him? Anything else I should find out before her surgery?

Thanks a bunch for any opinions.

Dori and Cissy (I got a raisin when we went today, but this other thing? ...
I'm thinking I might run away)

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(*.*) Dori ...
{"}{"} BB and Cissy
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External Since: Jun 27, 2003 Posts: 592

Did you ask him how many rabbits he has actuallly spayed, Dori?

From what I know, everything he said sounds right on.

Nona

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scGram wrote:
>
> I have decided to use the vet, here in Aiken, for Cissy's Spay and she is
> scheduled for Sept 8, 2003.
> I just wanted to run this all by you and see if you think everything is
> acceptable. (It's not too late to cancel if something doesn't seem right)
>
> He says he will give her a Catamine (sp) Injection to relax her and make sure
> she doesn't come out of the anesthesia with a start, then he will use Isoflurane
> gas by face mask to keep her under during the procedure. He does not intubate.
> She will be monitored for increased heart rate while she is under anesthesia. He
> does not use the new method of gluing the incision because of possible
> carcinogens in the glue, but will tuck the last row of stitches under a fold of
> skin so she can't chew them.
>
> He says it is always possible to lose a patient, but not likely with one who
> is young and in good health. (He checked her thoroughly) He says most of his
> practice is not with rabbits since they are not a big pet thing in this area. He
> does agree that she should be Spayed if we want her to have a good, happy,
> healthy, long life. He will do a complete hysterectomy (uterus and ovaries)
>
> I'm not sure how many years he has been in practice, but he was here when I
> moved to SC in 1981 so he has many years of experience.
>
> What do you think? With this information, would you trust one of your babies
> with him? Anything else I should find out before her surgery?
>
> Thanks a bunch for any opinions.
>
> Dori and Cissy (I got a raisin when we went today, but this other thing? ...
> I'm thinking I might run away)
>
> --
> {)(}
> (*.*) Dori ...
> {"}{"} BB and Cissy
> --------------------------