Merry Christmas / Ronan's surgery
Merry Christmas everyone!
Hope everyone and their pups are doing well. Tasha and Ronan walked into the kitchen to find bags of treats and a horde of squeaky toys. Wow! Were they ever excited and overwhelmed!
Surgery: Ronan is getting neutered tomorrow. We haven't been able to find a female he's not related to for breeding, and there's no point in staying intact if he's not going to be bred. We also hope it'll help his last freak-out incident at the vet a few weeks ago. He refused to let them take his blood and had to be sedated as his heart rate sky-rocketed and we couldn't get near him with a muzzle.
Oh, and we discovered while at the vet clinic that Ronan is totally terrified of 4-wk old kittens. Shakes and quivers. Teeny kittens! They might have looked like they were sleepy, but that didn't fool Ronan. He swore they were going to break from their cage and eat him alive and in one gulp.
Keep up good thoughts for the Ronanator tomorrow. (Mommy is very nervous)
They are using laser so the recovery time should be quicker.
Hope everyone and their pups are doing well. Tasha and Ronan walked into the kitchen to find bags of treats and a horde of squeaky toys. Wow! Were they ever excited and overwhelmed!
Surgery: Ronan is getting neutered tomorrow. We haven't been able to find a female he's not related to for breeding, and there's no point in staying intact if he's not going to be bred. We also hope it'll help his last freak-out incident at the vet a few weeks ago. He refused to let them take his blood and had to be sedated as his heart rate sky-rocketed and we couldn't get near him with a muzzle.
Oh, and we discovered while at the vet clinic that Ronan is totally terrified of 4-wk old kittens. Shakes and quivers. Teeny kittens! They might have looked like they were sleepy, but that didn't fool Ronan. He swore they were going to break from their cage and eat him alive and in one gulp.
Keep up good thoughts for the Ronanator tomorrow. (Mommy is very nervous)
They are using laser so the recovery time should be quicker.
Comments
Merry Christmas to you and I see you gave Ronan the same present I gave my Ichi. I hope it all goes well for you!
Jesse
He will be fine!
I have never heard of laser neutering. I will be interested to hear how it goes. We miss you! Don't be a stranger!
Jesse
My understanding of how laser neutering is done: A small incision is made at the rear of the scrotum (harder for the dog to lick after surgery). The testicles are then manipulated and 'birthed' through that opening. All cutting is done with the laser, which means less bleeding, fewer nerves are cut, and less time under anesthesia. There are also no stitches. The vet doing the surgery isn't the vet that regularly sees him, but she's the best at surgery and with a lot of experience and we've known her for nearly ten years. She was one of Jack's regular vets. Same clinic as his regular vet, but we just chose this vet because of her surgical experience.
Jesse - Three days? He didn't go for three days after his neuter?
Nice to see you around Michelle! Merry Xmas!
He peed within 24 hours but he didn't poop till today (surgery was done on Monday around noon).
Jesse
I've taken the past couple weeks off from writing (except to edit a crit partner's MS). I'm already having withdrawals and planning on starting up the next book soon. The good news is that there are two NY literary agencies that have the full MS to my last book - a paranormal young adult novel that I've titled Ivy MacTavish and the Book of Lost Souls. I started a blog, so for those who'd like to stop by and say hello (or if you are also a writer) it's http://michellemuto.blogspot.com. No website yet.
Ronan inspired a character in the book - Devlin. Devlin, who belongs to main character & teen witch Ivy MacTavish, is a breed known as a Beezlepup who chases squirrels, has a serious squeaky toy fetish, and hiccups fire when he eats anything with sugar in it. He also has niche for mischief.
Anyway, I'm trying to keep my mind off tomorrow. While I am sure Ronan will do just fine, I'm still being very 'mommy' like and worrying. Ronan is great with people - and he's not afraid of the vet EXCEPT when they try to take blood, do a rectal or check his temp. Then, Ronan goes Cujo. Seriously Cujo. I don't know what to do about that. He forgives them the very second they stop trying to 'invade' him - all kissy and loving. I mean really - any ideas? It's not like I can train him to allow his temp to be taken, LOL! I don't even want to imagine doing clicker training for that, rotflmao!
Good luck Ronan, kiss those balls bub bye!
nice to here from you. i am happy to hear your pups are well. good luck to you and Ronan on his procedure.
you should stop by the forum more often.
hava a happy holiday.
~Brad
Jesse
Yeah, I watched. And I was eating cookies while I watched (hey, they were next to me, the vets and the techs offered, I hadn't had breakfast and it was nervous eating). Hubby can't believe I did that. The clinic knows me well enough and they saw how well I took care of Jack. I'm pretty experienced by now, sad to say. I carried him back to the prep room, held him while they shaved him, ran IV and clipped his nails and tubed him. Cleaned up after him when he eliminated because of the sedation.
I think I'm going to get some tea and take a few minutes to lay down next to him and read a little. I'll report back later.
Ronan is still doing okay. Started to get the shakes, so I wrapped him in a blanket. He's back to snoozing comfortably with his head resting on one of his plush squeaky toys that he got for Christmas.
As for the hour, I guess it was more like three by the time I got him out of there. Still, not to bad. But like I said, they know I've got experience dealing with far more critical things so it freed up a cage. They were really hopping today! Lots of injuries and ailments from the holidays.
Glad Ronan is doing "okay" after his surgery - hopefully "better" within the next couple of days. That's hilarous that he is afraid of 4 week old kits, poor guy...young kits can be vicious though -nods and grins-, I mean...they have very shap claws and teeth!
Try not to be "a stranger", stop by more often and visit with us at least once a week -smiles-.
When I had Jack neutered, he was back to his regular self the very next day. Chalk one up for Akita pain thresholds and being typically stoic.
Ronan keeps wanting to lick, and he's acting weird. Weird in that every once in awhile he'll freak and run, ears down, tail between his legs as though he's running from something that just poked him. He isn't thrilled with me touching his IV spot, either. So, after about three hours of him stressing, I popped him half a sedative that the vet had given for this very reason. He's snoozing now.
Otherwise, the incision looks okay. No redness or swelling. Ronan has been drinking water and he's eaten today, which is a good thing. He's also been out to pee a couple times.
I've been watching him non-stop. Frankly, I'm exhausted.
Sounds like Ronan is acting the same way Ichi did his first 48 hours or so post-surgery. Hang in there, he'll slowly make his way back to his normal self.
Jesse