Spaying - trad or laproscopic

[essayer]

Going to get our bh done soon and the vet has suggested "keyhole" surgery - with an emphasis on an improved recovery time, and of course the additional cost.

She is an active Whippety thing, and just over a year old, so something which reduces recovery time would probably be worth it, because she would struggle to rest for a few days!

Any thoughts on the pros and cons of the two different procedures?

[bexVN]

Had this conversation couple months ago, hope this link helps.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[essayer]

Crikey, £350 for the laproscopic job!

[SwissJonese]

Thread revival, as can't see any newer ones.

Anyone had the laparoscopic spay as we are thinking of having it done on our Lab.

[Elysium]

We have a very active cocker spaniel. We went for the laproscopic because I genuinely couldn't see how we would get her to rest.

It was a little more expensive, but the speed of her recovery was amazing. She was pretty much right as rain the next day.

[GordonL]

We went for the keyhole job for our Golden Retriever bh, she’s a very active wee girl and there was no way we’d have kept her quiet for a week. Her recovery was very quick and without problems, well worth the money to us.

[hondafanatic]

GordonL said:

We went for the keyhole job for our Golden Retriever bh, she’s a very active wee girl and there was no way we’d have kept her quiet for a week. Her recovery was very quick and without problems, well worth the money to us.

Snap. A relentless one year old lab in a plastic cones for two weeks would have been a nightmare. Freya was back to normal within 24 hours and didn’t touch the two little cuts she had.

If I’m being totally honest I quite liked the slightly subdued 24 hours... didn’t have to shout ‘ooooofffffffffffff’ once.

[tonyb1968]

Lottie had a regular op, being a tough littlething (or stubborn, depends how you see it), she didnt want the pain killers post op. Our vet did as Bex put in the other thread, hidden stitures), she was off for about 24hrs but after that she was her usual self, Max was cautious around her because she was a little dopey but the next day I had to take him to my mates for a weekend away because Lottie wanted to toy fight with him lol.