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Originally Posted by jrsygal37  Can I ask you if Rio went into heat prior to spaying or were you safe to spay her at 9months? I'm in the same situation weight wise as you are. My girl is 5 months and is not even 2 lbs. yet. I'm afraid to spay her at such a small size. The breeder said that due to her size she would go into heat late, like arounda year old or so. Also, at what age did Rio start to lose baby teeth and get adult teeth? I was told later for that too. Thanks. Elaine |
Rio never had her first heat by the time she was spayed at 8 1/2 months old, so we were lucky. I had scheduled her spay surgery a month in advance and I was worried she would go into heat and we would have to postpone the surgery. Our breeder said the same thing about waiting until she was older so she would put on more weight and lose some baby teeth. She did lose some baby teeth on her own, starting at around 6 months. I would find her baby teeth in our carpet (I saved 4 of them!). She had her last four baby teeth pulled at the same time of her spay.
Our vet said she was perfectly safe to get spayed, even at 2.6 lbs. She said the more important thing is that her organs are fully developed in order to handle the anesthesia, not so much her weight/size. We had the pre-op blood work done as well to be sure her liver could metabolize the anesthetic drugs/gases. All went well and she's pretty much recovered - just a little scab on her belly now.