Thread: Spay Surgery this week- what to expect??

Originally Posted by trishkidd24

Marge was fine shortly after her surgery, maybe a day or two top? I agree the hardest thing was keeping her calm. She loves to jump up and down on furniture, so for the first week we had to stop her from doing that and lifted her up on everything.
Also one little tip! If your vet tries to get you to have her wear a cone of shame, an alternate to that is a tshirt of baby onsie it worked great for our Marge, it stopped her from being able to get at her stitches easily and was much more comfortable on her than a cone. Especially with her fat neck and head ha.


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How do u fasten the onesie??? our moolah goes for spaying tomorrow and Im a little nervous

Originally Posted by trishkidd24

I never actually fastened it. I just let the butt part of it hang down. It was long enough that it stopped her from trying to lick or chew her stitches. I am sure Moolah will be just fine! She should be very sluggish the first night and half way back to normal the second day, then by the third you will have a hell of a time trying to keep her calm! Ha

As you said Moolah slept all of yesterday. Today she seems still somewhat off but is eating.
Thanks for the onsie suggestion, she has the cone but its a soft kind, very movable but she still keeps fussing at it. I mentioned the onesie at the vets and the reply was you can try it but a lot of dogs just chew through it...so I may wait another couple days and see how she goes...

Originally Posted by milano88

Hi,

My little one is have her spay surgery this week. I was hoping to get some idea of what to expect in the days to weeks after it. And of course any advice is welcome!

Thanks

Our Moolah was spayed on Thursday, it is now Saturday and it has been just about impossible to keep her on the quiet side. She is jumping up and down on furniture, running like crazy and no amount of tellingher to be quiet works. The only thing would be to put her in her crate to make her be quiet and I dont want to do that to her all day...any suggestions???