Thread: Vet visit

Hi Karena,if the vet has noticed that it is getting larger then most probaly you are doing the right thing getting it stitched,the worst complication is that part of the abdominal contents such as the intestines could come through the gap then become twisted & stop things passing through normally & that in turn becomes serious for the animal & requires a lot bigger op. Normally they tend to stay the same & as the animal grows you get so you notice it even less or they get repaired at neutering,it is a pity that if your fella was done before you had him that they didn't do it then because I would have thought it would have been picked up at his health check. He should soon bounce back though I always class it as a nip & tuck,a small incision push the bits back & sew them up,shouldn't take too long & you will have more fun trying to keep him quiet for the wound to heal.
Will watch out to see how he gets on....
Frothing from the mouth very often occurs after giving tablets so I wouldn't worry about that either,well done for getting it down !

Thank you so much for that info. I will go ahead with it then, wouldn't want anything bad to happen at a later date if I didn't. I was hoping it would just get smaller or not be a problem but I had noticed myself that it was feeling bigger. I did tell his breeder about it and she said her vet hadn't noticed it when he was neutered, but being he was so young it was probably very tiny then.

Glad the frothing was normal - never had that with my dogs but they are so greedy or stupid they just swallow it inside a bit of bread and butter

Hi Karena, glad all is ok with Simba. Harry was fine after his op and the scar was quite small and didn't seem to cause him any problems what so ever. He had his stitches out 10 days later and he was really good then too and it all seems to be healed nicely (2 weeks on). As I said before the vet wasn't too bothered by his hernia, but I hadn't noticed that it had got significantly bigger. This was the first time the vet had seen him though, so he didn't know what it was like when we got him.

Hugs and love to Simba x

I'm sure you're doing the right thing.... hugs to Simba!