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I've found many threads for neutering. What about spaying? Is it recommended? Any specific questions i should ask vet? Is it necessary for their health? THANKS!
 
Both of my old girls were spayed but it was deffinatly (sp) a last resort option, Lily was due to persistant cystic ovaries and Sherbet was the same combined with continual bladder infections (she turned out to have bladder cancer). Sherbet recovered very quickly, Lily not so she needed an overnight stay in hospital to get her over it. Spaying is not a decision to be taken lightly
 
Spaying for sows is not recommended and unnecessary for a healthy pig. It is a high risk operation and only usually carried out for medical reasons.
 
Spaying is a much more invasive and risky operation than neutering and is usually only done for medical reasons in guinea pigs. Unlike rabbits, I doesn't change the guinea pig's behaviour.

I lost a sow in March in an operation that had become unavoidable because of the size of her ovarian cysts that were still growing quickly.
 
I have been thinking about it... but in the end probably come to the decision that I won't do it. I was thinking about doing my girls while they are still healthy because ovarian cysts often become a problem when the sow is to old to safely have surgery.

But then, I won't ever know if it was necessary, many sows never get any problems with their bits at all. There's a vet surgery in Stockholm that has a very high sucess rate for guinea pig spaying, but it's still not 100% and I just don't want to take the risk now...
 
It's very invasive surgery, unlike neutering boars, so I couldn't logically recommend it for a healthy guinea. I also couldn't recommend it for problems like ovarian cysts when cysts may not be life threatening and other treatment options are available - draining the cysts via needle, and hCG treatment. A spay is a last resort in most situations. (One exception being pyometra (uterine infection) which does require speedy treatment, so if no response to antibiotics then removal of the uterus is important.)
 
thanks

Thanks everyone for your advice. My boyfriend new that there was a certain thing that happens to some animals have to have it done if not breed.

So thank you for all your advice!:))
 
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