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Hey everyone. Matoska's spay went perfectly, and I learned some neat info from my vet like:
~within about 60 seconds of having their anaestesia mask removed, they open their eyes and roll over
~within about 3 minutes, they are able to walk around
I was amazed! Like I said in my earlier post, I've never had a rat spayed, so I was totally unaware of what to expect. My vet was right, they really are amazing little animals.
When I went to pick her up, about an hour after her op., I was stunned to see her walking around nonchalantly in her cage. She was a little wobbly from her pain meds, but otherwise fine. She even stood up and showed off her tummy, which had a pink mark from the incision. It really just looked like a scratch, not nearly as bad as I thought it would.
The vet used dissolvable sutures internally and tissue glue for the outside incision, which she said would slough off on its own within 5-7 days.
So my question is, how long after the surgery can she be introduced to males? Obviously I'm waiting until she's healed (which should only take about a week -again, amazed! :wink: -), but is it "safe" then? I know you are supposed to wait about a month after surgery to intro a neutered male to a female, but I can't seem to find anything about spayed females with males...
Anybody know about this one?
Thanks!
~within about 60 seconds of having their anaestesia mask removed, they open their eyes and roll over
~within about 3 minutes, they are able to walk around
I was amazed! Like I said in my earlier post, I've never had a rat spayed, so I was totally unaware of what to expect. My vet was right, they really are amazing little animals.
When I went to pick her up, about an hour after her op., I was stunned to see her walking around nonchalantly in her cage. She was a little wobbly from her pain meds, but otherwise fine. She even stood up and showed off her tummy, which had a pink mark from the incision. It really just looked like a scratch, not nearly as bad as I thought it would.
The vet used dissolvable sutures internally and tissue glue for the outside incision, which she said would slough off on its own within 5-7 days.
So my question is, how long after the surgery can she be introduced to males? Obviously I'm waiting until she's healed (which should only take about a week -again, amazed! :wink: -), but is it "safe" then? I know you are supposed to wait about a month after surgery to intro a neutered male to a female, but I can't seem to find anything about spayed females with males...
Anybody know about this one?
Thanks!