Thread: Storvenn and Loki - snipped n chipped.

Thats good! So pleased to hear that all went well. Looks like you may have to do double shifts to pay for the fish mind you!

Glad to hear it all went well.. Poor Loki...

Glad it all went well - the boys do tend to recover very quickly whereas the girls take a couple of days to get back to normal.

Sounds good. The boys do tend to show almost no reaction to this. (Doubt I would feel the same!) The girls can actually look quite poorly for a couple of days, so it sounds like Loki is doing exceptionally well. Not all vets routinely use the plastic cones. Ours does only if the animal actually demonstrates that it is going to lick the sutures excessively (some males need them too). One of ours ended up needing a cone but the others did not have one and never did much of anything to the sutures. Sounds like she is tolerating it pretty well. Not all do. The one of ours that needed it was constantly trying to get it off--exceedingly miserable for the entire time it was on.

With my dogs I used a substance from the vet called no-lick that you dab on around the stitches - apparently it tastes awful and stops them licking. It worked a treat with my girls, they only tried once and I never had to use it again. Much better than those awful cones which are a real pain with dogs as when I did try to use one once they kept crashing into things - took it off after half an hour!

Glad things are ok, poor little things, I'm not looking forward to Harry going in which will be in early April, but I know it has to be done. I reckon they are going to be well spoilt over the next week or so, or should I say more spoilt !

It has made me think about the chipping though, I know I don't intend to let him out but there is always that fear that he might get out.

Thank you all for your kind words
I took today off work and spent it with them both. Have taken collar off of Loki for a bit, only when she is supervised, and then put it on later. She has thankfully 'accepted' it and doesnt seem too bothered now. Amazing really and now just two days to go with it on.

I really need to post some photos of Storvenn. He is HUGE in comparison to her.