Castration - Does this sound right?

dogmaddebbie · Dec 13, 2005

Hiya,

I have just spoken to my vet and have been told that they can castrate at 3 months old and it is £35 for a male bun and £40 for a female. Does this sound right, I thought it seemed cheap (not that I'm complaining!)

Cheers

Debbie

PS Who thought it would be possible to have so many questions to ask when buying a bun!

**Bonnie** · Dec 13, 2005

That does seem very cheap actually. I paid £50 for a male!

Rallybunny · Dec 13, 2005

I think I payed around that for my boy to be done.

desdi · Dec 13, 2005

atom set me back a grand total of £50.66!

worth every penny (when he calms down!) as he didnt seem phased by the op and spent the next day doing blinkies!

Sweetie · Dec 13, 2005

The prices sound ok but i think females cant be spayed until they are about 5 or 6 months old (i may be wrong)

Jack's-Jane · Dec 13, 2005

Hiya

. Bucks can be done as soon as their 'bits'

have come down. The age this happens varies from breed to breed. The smaller buns 'bits' tend to be down by about 3 months, the larger breeds about 5 months. Does are best spayed at around 6 months of age. Although in some circumstances, and if the doe is above 1kg in weight it can be done earlier. I would ask the vet you intend to use a few questions aswell as the cost:Have they done lots of surgical proceedures on buns?, Do they routinely give POST-OPERATIVE pain relief?(if no I would NOT take my bun to that Vet!!), Do they use intradermal suturing to close wounds?(prevents bun nibbling out their stitches :roll: :roll: ),Do they have a suitable recovery area for buns?(preferably an incubator away from all cats/dogs.) Whilst a low price for neutering is great you need to ensure the quality of care isn't reflected in the price!! Jane and Bunsxx

Ali · Dec 13, 2005

I just had Barney done cost me £60.06p.

For a female it was £75.00 so your price seems really good.

Ali and Barney :wink:

AlisonA · Dec 13, 2005

Dudley cost me £40 to have neutered a couple of months ago. The last time I had a female spayed it was around £45 and that was about 2 years ago, but my vet answers "yes" to all Jane's questions so I'm happy!

taylor v 109 · Dec 14, 2005

Your lucky , sounds ok vets all charge different rates and it varies from area to area. im in london but dont pay much more than that. val

Inimical Me · Dec 15, 2005

JCO said:
Hiya . Bucks can be done as soon as their 'bits' have come down. The age this happens varies from breed to breed. The smaller buns 'bits' tend to be down by about 3 months, the larger breeds about 5 months. Does are best spayed at around 6 months of age. Although in some circumstances, and if the doe is above 1kg in weight it can be done earlier. I would ask the vet you intend to use a few questions aswell as the cost:Have they done lots of surgical proceedures on buns?, Do they routinely give POST-OPERATIVE pain relief?(if no I would NOT take my bun to that Vet!!), Do they use intradermal suturing to close wounds?(prevents bun nibbling out their stitches :roll: :roll: ),Do they have a suitable recovery area for buns?(preferably an incubator away from all cats/dogs.) Whilst a low price for neutering is great you need to ensure the quality of care isn't reflected in the price!! Jane and Bunsxx

That's a really useful list of things to ask the vet about, thanks

Castration - Does this sound right?

dogmaddebbie

Young Bun

Bonnie

Mama Doe

Rallybunny

Warren Veteran

desdi

Mama Doe

Sweetie

Mama Doe

Jack's-Jane

Wise Old Thumper

Ali

Warren Veteran

AlisonA

Warren Veteran

taylor v 109

Mama Doe

Inimical Me

Wise Old Thumper

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