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Spay and no uterus ??

Lea-Anne

Lea-Anne

Warren Veteran
Pip went to be neutered today. The rescue has messaged me saying the vet did a slightly different op as her uterus was not developed properly so they have not removed it just the ovaries. It would have been too invasive to try and remove.
Anyone else had this? Does it mean she was too young to be spayed? The rescue said she was four months when we got her and she weighed 1.2kg. They said as long as she made 1.5 they would do her. I've had her about a month and she has just hit 1.5. I wonder if they got her age wrong or should she have been developed by now?
She was found skinny, dumped in a box outside a pdsa, with three others. Looked like an accidental litter but no sign of a mum.
Can I still bond her with my male and will she still be at risk of cancer ? :-(
 
It does sound as though she may be younger than you thought. She may still retain some hormonal behaviour and AFAIK there would still be the risk of uterine cancer in later life. Although I dont know if this risk would be somewhat reduced due to the fact the ovaries have been removed. I think UC is in part related to oestrogen levels and I assume these would be lower without ovaries :?

Hope she makes a speedy recovery from her op' xx
 
Hi Jane

Thanks for replying, was hoping you'd see this.
Just spoke to my husband who asked about the cancer risk ( he's well bunny educated ha!) and the vet said risk is minimal due to the ovaries being removed, hormones removed so you are right.
Vet seems to think she was malnourished as a youngster. The other female is yet to get done so will be intersting to know if she is deformed to. The two males were done wthout problems.
 
Lea-Anne said:
Hi Jane

Thanks for replying, was hoping you'd see this.
Just spoke to my husband who asked about the cancer risk ( he's well bunny educated ha!) and the vet said risk is minimal due to the ovaries being removed, hormones removed so you are right.
Vet seems to think she was malnourished as a youngster. The other female is yet to get done so will be intersting to know if she is deformed to. The two males were done wthout problems.
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Are they going to leave it a bit longer before doing the other Doe ?

Glad the boys came though their ops OK xx
 
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