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Dog already neutered
We are new dog owners and adopted a dog from our local pound. We took
the dog to a local vet, and told them we would like to have the dog neutered, but did not have his history. He did not have a scrotum, and the vet told us that he probably had undescended testes. They told us they could feel them, and they were just under the skin. So we took him in for the operation, and when we picked him up they told us that "they believed" he had already had the operation, after they performed exploratory surgery to be sure. They said they performed the exploratory surgery to be sure that the testicles were not in his abdomen somewhere (a cancer risk).. They admitted the mistake of wrongly identifying the fat layer as hiding the testicles. After the vet explaining that what they did was for his own good, we paid the $400 and left... That night, while petting the dog, he rolled over, and from the shaved area I found a small inch long scar on his abdomen at the very end, just under the rectum. It almmost looks like a scar, or a hairline...Im not sure. Anyway - is this common to do 'exploratory' surgery like this? Was the vet not prudent enough to begin with? Should we be angry that they cut him open without being 'sure' that they would be right? Thanks for ANY information! |
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It can be hard to tell I would think if he had been done so it may have been
necessary to find out. I personally would be more pissed that he charged me that kind of money. Hell the last spay I paid for just this March only cost 200.00. Celeste wrote in message oups.com... We are new dog owners and adopted a dog from our local pound. We took the dog to a local vet, and told them we would like to have the dog neutered, but did not have his history. He did not have a scrotum, and the vet told us that he probably had undescended testes. They told us they could feel them, and they were just under the skin. So we took him in for the operation, and when we picked him up they told us that "they believed" he had already had the operation, after they performed exploratory surgery to be sure. They said they performed the exploratory surgery to be sure that the testicles were not in his abdomen somewhere (a cancer risk).. They admitted the mistake of wrongly identifying the fat layer as hiding the testicles. After the vet explaining that what they did was for his own good, we paid the $400 and left... That night, while petting the dog, he rolled over, and from the shaved area I found a small inch long scar on his abdomen at the very end, just under the rectum. It almmost looks like a scar, or a hairline...Im not sure. Anyway - is this common to do 'exploratory' surgery like this? Was the vet not prudent enough to begin with? Should we be angry that they cut him open without being 'sure' that they would be right? Thanks for ANY information! |
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$400 - you got screwed. Had my 6 1/2 month old neutered last week - he's 85
pounds and it cost me $80..... "Spot" wrote in message news:74pUe.290$XO6.228@trnddc03... It can be hard to tell I would think if he had been done so it may have been necessary to find out. I personally would be more pissed that he charged me that kind of money. Hell the last spay I paid for just this March only cost 200.00. Celeste wrote in message oups.com... We are new dog owners and adopted a dog from our local pound. We took the dog to a local vet, and told them we would like to have the dog neutered, but did not have his history. He did not have a scrotum, and the vet told us that he probably had undescended testes. They told us they could feel them, and they were just under the skin. So we took him in for the operation, and when we picked him up they told us that "they believed" he had already had the operation, after they performed exploratory surgery to be sure. They said they performed the exploratory surgery to be sure that the testicles were not in his abdomen somewhere (a cancer risk).. They admitted the mistake of wrongly identifying the fat layer as hiding the testicles. After the vet explaining that what they did was for his own good, we paid the $400 and left... That night, while petting the dog, he rolled over, and from the shaved area I found a small inch long scar on his abdomen at the very end, just under the rectum. It almmost looks like a scar, or a hairline...Im not sure. Anyway - is this common to do 'exploratory' surgery like this? Was the vet not prudent enough to begin with? Should we be angry that they cut him open without being 'sure' that they would be right? Thanks for ANY information! |
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$400 - you got screwed. Had my 6 1/2 month old neutered last week - he's
85 pounds and it cost me $80..... A neuter is one thing with the testicles obviously descended. But invasive surgery into the abdomen to explore for undescended testicles takes much more time and is more complicated. Not saying it was warranted, just that the cost may not be *too* out of whack. |
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