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Spaying gone wrong

Katy

Hello, we adopted our chocolate lab in november 2007. Part of the agreement was to get her spayed. This was done in February 2008. She was 32 kilos. She was 38 when we adopted her (obviously overweight) A few months later she started bleeding. I took her straight to the vets who were confused. She was put on anti-biotics which went on for 4 months. Then they put a camera up to see if there was any ovarian tissue or a tumor that was causing it. There wasn't anything. The same vet has done these two procedures. Now we tried blood tests as a last resort as she is no longer friendly towards other dogs, appears to be in season to males, and is also bleeding irregulary. The blood tests revealed ovarian tissue was present. Is this the vets fault? We have paid out nearly £1000 in vet bills to date. The weight still won't shift despite being on a vet recommended obesity diet. What should we do?

Symptoms: Behavioral, Obesity & Weight Gain

•   clive ansell says:

  April 02nd, 2009 at 08:39 AM

  If, as the blood test shows, ovarian tissue is still present she will need further surgery to locate and remove it. It is most likley a small piece of ovary was left behind at surgery, although I once had a case where a small fragment of ovarian tissue was inadvertently "transplanted" on a set of forceps and regrew in another location. It is also posible, albeit very unlikley, that there could be some ectopic (in the wrong place) ovarian tissue.

  if due to surgical error, this would be a known and accepted post operative complication so trying to allocate blame is probably not the right way to go. However, most practices I known would rectify such complications either at reduced cost or free of charge. Overweight Labradors are difficult to spay. You need to go and discuss it with your practice.

  As for her weight, if she is not losing weight as you want just feed her less and/or exercise her more. It is a simple equation with calories, if more are consumed that needed she will gain weight. As a guide, she should need about 30% less food now she is spayed due to the altered effects of metabolism by remooving sex hormones.

   

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