Thanks Laura. I wondered if it was a good idea. I was asked by my vet if I wanted it done after a c-section but declined because I felt it might not be a good idea. Carolyn
----- Original Message ----- From: Laura Trunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 10:06 AM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] spaying after C/S > > Does anyone have any opinions or experience with this. > > The only one I know of was a Pekingese who had plenty of milk for her > babies > > > Back in the 80s I had two dogs spayed during a c-section--an Irish Setter > and a Cavalier. The Irish Setter had 10 puppies, the Cavalier had no living > puppies (the reason she was being spayed). The Irish Setter had no trouble > at all with milk--I will never know about the Cavalier. However both had > problems with excess bleeding-the blood volume is so increased on pregnant > bitches it can be hard to prevent this from happening when spaying at this > time. The Irish Setter nearly died and had to have a couple of blood > transfusions. The Cavalier had to be wrapped tightly and managed to recover > fairly well without a blood tranfusion. Our vet clinic will not do spays > during c-sections anymore. They saw way too many complications. > > Laura Lang > Roycroft Cavaliers > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. > ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
