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Ashleigh vets Manchester - spaying

Lauren138

Lauren138

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Hi all, just wondering whether anyone has had success with their pigs being spayed at this vets, and if so which vet? From a worried piggy owner

Thanks,
Lauren
 
A way of finding out more could be to ask the practice manager for an idea of how many spays are done at the practice and which vets do them. If the manager doesn't know, best to look for a surgery which has a good guinea pig clientele. You are right to be concerned as piggies can respond to anaesthetic in different ways. You might need to go to another city for the op unfortunately, but it is worth getting an experienced vet. Good luck!
 
Claire W said:
@YvonneBlue and @Posyrose both use this vets practice so may be able to advise further x
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Thank you so much. I've been seeing Loudes but have felt really concerned ever since she told me it would be 50/50 on recovery. I am wondering whether to wait two weeks to see Aidan and have him do it, he is the long term exotic vet at the moment. He is on leave until 28th but I also don't want to cause any harm by waiting longer to get it done. Very tricky x
 
Lauren138 said:
Thank you so much. I've been seeing Loudes but have felt really concerned ever since she told me it would be 50/50 on recovery. I am wondering whether to wait two weeks to see Aidan and have him do it, he is the long term exotic vet at the moment. He is on leave until 28th but I also don't want to cause any harm by waiting longer to get it done. Very tricky x
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What is the reason she needs spaying? If it isn’t an emergency, I see know reason why waiting until Aidan can carry out the surgery would be a problem if that would help reassure you x
 
The vet we use says he loses about one in a hundred! I had a piggy spayed last week and she came home looking like she’d had nothing done and tucked into her dinner!

I’m going to look at spaying all young sows before putting them up for adoption, as so many seem to get cystic ovary problems later in life.
 
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I didn't use them when I had my piggy spayed. Sadly, we still lost her but she was very sick with pyometra.

I know that the vets TEAS use has the best outcomes (The Cat and Rabbit Clinic) but it depends if you are able to travel to Northampton and how urgent the operation is. The next closest is Ellie Whitehead (The Guinea Pig Vet) who is in Matlock.

If I had a choice I would go to Northampton.

I have had good outcomes with other ops at Ashleigh (bladder stone removal, lump removal) but I got the impression that they don't do many guinea pig spays.
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
The vet we use says he loses about one in a hundred! I had a piggy spayed last week and she came home looking like she’d had nothing done and tucked into her dinner!

I’m going to look at spaying all young sows before putting them up for adoption, as so many seem to get cystic ovary problems later in life.
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Which vet is that?! Thanks so much for your reply x
 
YvonneBlue said:
I didn't use them when I had my piggy spayed. Sadly, we still lost her but she was very sick with pyometra.

I know that the vets TEAS use has the best outcomes (The Cat and Rabbit Clinic) but it depends if you are able to travel to Northampton and how urgent the operation is. The next closest is Ellie Whitehead (The Guinea Pig Vet) who is in Matlock.

If I had a choice I would go to Northampton.

I have had good outcomes with other ops at Ashleigh (bladder stone removal, lump removal) but I got the impression that they don't do many guinea pig spays.
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Thanks for the info. Its just not left me that she said it would be 50/50 recovery, and that it wasn't anything to do with age etc just the pig. And then people here saying things like other vets say 1 out of 100 they lose. It just doesn't seem right.
 
Claire W said:
What is the reason she needs spaying? If it isn’t an emergency, I see know reason why waiting until Aidan can carry out the surgery would be a problem if that would help reassure you x
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Thank you. Ovarian cysts on both sides (has had them twice before). Not an emergency but needs doing. Vet said nothing going on in uterus yet but doesn't look like 100% healthy uterus so needs doing to prevent anything further x
 
I use the Cat &Rabbit Care Clinic in Northampton for any operations if at all possible; including my spays.
Our Cat & Rabbit Clinic in Northampton | Northlands Vets

The Cat and Rabbit Care Clinic only see cats, rabbits and guinea pigs in about equal parts and have done so for around 20 years. They see lots more guinea pigs every single day than most exotics see in one or several months, or general vets in a year, so have all the practical experience with operating on guinea pigs you can wish for. They see guinea pigs from as far as Edinburgh and Cornwall for dental issues.

They also use more expensive isoflurane as a much better tolerated GA drug. It makes a big difference in the recovery chances.

That is the reason why they have the best outcome rate in the UK. Kim is a wonderful diagnostician and Simon is pure magic with fiddly operations. I basically comes down to decades of daily practice. ;)
 
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Lauren138 said:
Thanks for the info. Its just not left me that she said it would be 50/50 recovery, and that it wasn't anything to do with age etc just the pig. And then people here saying things like other vets say 1 out of 100 they lose. It just doesn't seem right.
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They said the same to me which is why I went to Ellie (it was an emergency and the Cat and Rabbit Clinic couldn't fit us in). Sadly, my piggy was too sick to recover but we gave her the chance.
 
Wiebke said:
I use the Cat &Rabbit Care Clinic in Northampton for any operations if at all possible; including my spays.
Our Cat & Rabbit Clinic in Northampton | Northlands Vets

The Cat and Rabbit Care Clinic only see cats, rabbits and guinea pigs in about equal parts and have done so for around 20 years. They see lots more guinea pigs every single day than most exotics see in one or several months, or general vets in a year, so have all the practical experience with operating on guinea pigs you can wish for. They see guinea pigs from as far as Edinburgh and Cornwall for dental issues.

They also use more expensive isoflurane as a much better tolerated GA drug. It makes a big difference in the recovery chances.

That is the reason why they have the best outcome rate in the UK. Kim is a wonderful diagnostician and Simon is pure magic with fiddly operations. I basically comes down to decades of daily practice. ;)
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Wow this is such great info thank you. I don't drive so am just not sure how I could get there with the pigs from Manchester.
 
I’ve had pigs spayed at Cheshire Pets in Holmes Chapel near J18 of M6. There are 2 exotic specialists there
 
I can recommend Birch Heath in Tarporley, Cheshire too. They are exotics vets and are well knowledgeable with guinea pigs. We only stopped going there because it's expensive. But Cat & Rabbit is the top vets for piggies in my opinion among the rest of the vets mentioned above, which we used too (apart from Ashley vets). We're on our way home (Denbigh, North Wales) from C&R now and saw Kim for our piggy.
 
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