Liz47
Wise Old Thumper
Anyone had experience with tissue left behind from a spay? Bigwig was hand reared by myself, spayed last January at 6 months old so is now about a year and a half. Last February she was bonded with my older pair (Jake and Jasmine) who will be 6 this year. It was a straight forward bond, with Bigwig being a bit bossy at times.
She showed no hormonal behaviours prior to her spay. Last year a few months apart she built a couple of nests, wasn't defensive over them but was grunting over pellets and chasing Jake and Jasmine away from food. Within a couple of days she was fine again and ignoring the nests. The past few days her behaviour has been awful, she's on a mission to shred the lino and the carpet underneath that the lino was supposed to protect! They have free access to a large room and she is ignoring her dig box/forage toys but being very destructive elsewhere. I've found she has always got bored easily and does need a lot of enrichment. She's grunting a lot at us and Jake and Jasmine, and has been fighting when we go in/over food. She has been trying to hump Jake but he won't have it where a chase/fur pull will then break out. I've not seperated yet but set up a camera and all seems ok until we go in the room which sets Bigwig off. She's been boxing us and out of nowhere will run and latch onto our legs/my back if I am bent down and bite hard.
When she built the nests they all had a check up at the vets but because I'd put the heating on we decided it may be confused, spring fever type behaviour. Now however I'm sure she has a hormonal problem. She's booked in tomorrow but the vet has only mentioned opening her up to check for left over tissue which in the vets opinion she wouldn't want to do unless necessary, but her behaviour is really bad and poor Jake and Jasmine are on edge around her. She's young and I trust my vets GA techniques.
Has anyone has any experience of this? In the case of tissue being left behind did the vets cover ant of the bill (she was spayed at this same vets)? I appreciate it's not the vets fault but I'm not sure her insurance would cover it as they may class it as a reproductive problem.
She showed no hormonal behaviours prior to her spay. Last year a few months apart she built a couple of nests, wasn't defensive over them but was grunting over pellets and chasing Jake and Jasmine away from food. Within a couple of days she was fine again and ignoring the nests. The past few days her behaviour has been awful, she's on a mission to shred the lino and the carpet underneath that the lino was supposed to protect! They have free access to a large room and she is ignoring her dig box/forage toys but being very destructive elsewhere. I've found she has always got bored easily and does need a lot of enrichment. She's grunting a lot at us and Jake and Jasmine, and has been fighting when we go in/over food. She has been trying to hump Jake but he won't have it where a chase/fur pull will then break out. I've not seperated yet but set up a camera and all seems ok until we go in the room which sets Bigwig off. She's been boxing us and out of nowhere will run and latch onto our legs/my back if I am bent down and bite hard.
When she built the nests they all had a check up at the vets but because I'd put the heating on we decided it may be confused, spring fever type behaviour. Now however I'm sure she has a hormonal problem. She's booked in tomorrow but the vet has only mentioned opening her up to check for left over tissue which in the vets opinion she wouldn't want to do unless necessary, but her behaviour is really bad and poor Jake and Jasmine are on edge around her. She's young and I trust my vets GA techniques.
Has anyone has any experience of this? In the case of tissue being left behind did the vets cover ant of the bill (she was spayed at this same vets)? I appreciate it's not the vets fault but I'm not sure her insurance would cover it as they may class it as a reproductive problem.
