Pre-Surgery Safety Measures

Pre-Surgery Bloodwork:

  • Why It’s Important: Blood work assesses your pet’s organ function, ensuring they are healthy enough for anesthesia. It helps detect issues like anemia, liver, or kidney problems that might affect surgical outcomes.

  • What We Check: Includes a complete blood count (CBC) and chemistry panel to evaluate blood cells, liver enzymes, kidney function, and more.

Pre-Surgery Bloodwork:

  • Why It’s Important: Blood work assesses your pet’s organ function, ensuring they are healthy enough for anesthesia. It helps detect issues like anemia, liver, or kidney problems that might affect surgical outcomes.
  • What We Check: Includes a complete blood count (CBC) and chemistry panel to evaluate blood cells, liver enzymes, kidney function, and more.

IV Fluids:

  • Benefits: IV fluids during surgery maintain hydration, support blood pressure, and help the body clear anesthetic drugs more efficiently. This is particularly crucial for pets under anesthesia for extended periods.

Anesthetic Monitoring:

  • Continuous Vigilance: We use advanced monitoring equipment to keep track of heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen levels, blood pressure, and body temperature. This allows our team to react promptly to any changes in your pet’s condition.

IV Fluids:

  • Benefits: IV fluids during surgery maintain hydration, support blood pressure, and help the body clear anesthetic drugs more efficiently. This is particularly crucial for pets under anesthesia for extended periods.

Anesthetic Monitoring:

  • Continuous Vigilance: We use advanced monitoring equipment to keep track of heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen levels, blood pressure, and body temperature. This allows our team to react promptly to any changes in your pet’s condition.

The Procedure:

  • Spay (Ovariohysterectomy): Removal of the ovaries and uterus in females.

  • Neuter (Orchiectomy): Removal of the testicles in males.

Our veterinarians are skilled in performing these surgeries with minimal invasiveness, ensuring a quicker recovery for your pet.

The Procedure:

  • Spay (Ovariohysterectomy): Removal of the ovaries and uterus in females.
  • Neuter (Orchiectomy): Removal of the testicles in males.

Our veterinarians are skilled in performing these surgeries with minimal invasiveness, ensuring a quicker recovery for your pet.

Delayed Spay and Neuter

While traditional advice has been to spay/neuter early, there’s growing interest in delayed procedures:

Advantages

Physical Development: Allows pets to reach full skeletal and muscle maturity, potentially reducing certain orthopedic issues in large breed dogs.
Behavioral Maturity: Some believe that pets might show better temperament if neutered or spayed after they've matured behaviorally.+

Considerations

Health Risks: Delaying can increase the risk of mammary tumors in females or prostate issues in males.
Behavioral Risks: Pets might engage in unwanted behaviors if left intact for too long.+

When to Consider

For dogs, some veterinarians advocate waiting until 6 months to 2 years, depending on breed and health. For cats, after 5-6 months is often suggested.
It’s important to discuss with our vets, considering your pet's breed, size, health, and lifestyle.+

Post-Surgery Care

Recovery: Pets usually go home the same day with instructions for at-home care. Recovery involves restricting activity to prevent complications like swelling or suture disruption.+