[bredkumanfirst]

Did you get any pain meds for her?

No they didn't give her anything for pain, which surprised me.

[enrisaabsotte]

Yes, it's possible she was still in heat when you took her in. Rita had very long heat cycles and sometimes went into heat back to back due to hormone imbalance.

I just kept mine as calm as possible and did a lot of crate rest. Rita acted pretty blah for the first day or two after her surgery and then she tried to go back to normal behavior while I tried to keep her from hurting herself until she healed.

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Some dogs are a bit more sensitive to the spay surgery than others. You could ask for pain meds, i personally didnt but my dog was fine. Spaying a dog in heat from what i understand is a slightly more difficult procedure even though im not sure why.
For now i would just wait it out and make sure she takes it really easy if shes bothered.
Is cleo crate trained? Maybe some crate rest will help for a day.

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From what was told, the surgery is more complicated because the uterus is getting increased blood flow and is engorged. It takes the vet a bit more time to sever the veins and arteries and to remove the uterus because of that.

[bredkumanfirst]

She actually seems better today, well at least she's not whinning so perhaps we don't need any pain meds. Yes she is crate trained, and she has a bed also. She was only laying in the bed and really didn't want any part of the crate until I put a pillow in it. She's been basically laying still since we bought her home on Friday. She ate and drank a little last nite and I did get her to eat a baby carrot, but she's not interested in anything yet but laying there thx for the advice!

[moopierof]

She could be feeling a bit icky with the anesthetic also. Nitro was whining for most of the evening after his neuter and was weird for a day afterward, even with painkillers, and the vet said that's usually a reaction to the anesthetic. It makes people feel crappy, I imagine dog reactions would be similar.

He's back to normal now. I hope your pup gets back to feeling like her old self soon.

[asypecresty]

She just could be feeling blah too from the hormonal changes, especially if she was in heat. My vet told me with Sema that she might be moody for a few days because she was just going into her first heat when she was spayed and it's a huge hormonal shift to adjust to.

[bredkumanfirst]

Cleo was spayed yesterday and she looks so miserable The vet said she would be up and back to normal in a couple of days. Now here's my question, she went into heat on 9/26/11 and stopped bleeding around 10/20/11, but the vet told me yesterday that she was STILL in heat. Is that possible? Also, is there anything I should do for her while she recovers? Poor Cleo, she looks so sad

[23InetrySypekek]

Did you get any pain meds for her?

[Enjoymms]

Some dogs are a bit more sensitive to the spay surgery than others. You could ask for pain meds, i personally didnt but my dog was fine. Spaying a dog in heat from what i understand is a slightly more difficult procedure even though im not sure why.
For now i would just wait it out and make sure she takes it really easy if shes bothered.
Is cleo crate trained? Maybe some crate rest will help for a day.

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[55Beaphable]

It is possible for her to have still been in heat at the time you got her spayed.

[ZAtlLVos]

It's possible for them to be in heat when spayed. I hope she feels better soon.