Worried about anesthesia administered during neuter

jsa516

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Hi everyone. I have a 6 month old puppy and we are thinking of getting him neutered this month. However, english bulldogs are prone to issues with anesthesia . I worry that something could happen to him. How has everyone's experience been with anesthesia ? Have you gone to a vet that has specifically neutered bulldogs before? Love him to death and don't want anything to happen to him.

Thanks,
Jen
 

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You need to have a vet who knows about English Bulldogs and the correct anaesthesia for them. Neutering is not the danger-the vet needs to be experienced with Bullies.
 

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:welcome3: There is a better one to use with bullies..... [MENTION=2]desertskybulldogs[/MENTION] [MENTION=2071]Davidh[/MENTION]
 

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@Blueberrys Mom is right, just make sure that the vet will be using Isoflurane as the anesthesia and everything will be ok. :welcome: to EBN!
 

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agree above!! I actually told my vet before hand I wanted that and he told me he was already planning on it. So that was a good sign for me. And she did great! I havnt experienced anything except a little runny poop but that may be her antibiotics she is taking
 

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Dido everything everyone else said. Riggins was neutered and took it like a champ, poor little guy.


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My 3 Bulldogs are all neutered/spayed, and it went well:) Just make sure you go to an experienced vet, possible also one that has the equipment to act IF something would to go wrong, which I'm sure it wont:no: Like mentioned before the anesthetic is important, ask what kind they use and read up on it. Don't let your baby eat or drink anything before the operation. I take away food at around 6pm and water at 9pm the night before to make sure they have time to get it out of their tummies. I've heard some vets say a few hours are enough but I strongly disagree. Ask your vet about that to make sure. I always book mine in for mornings so they don't have to wait a whole day without eating or drinking. I also stress A LOT, I drive my husband crazy and probably the vet too:ashamed: Hugs to you:hug:
 

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Just make sure you use a good bully vet and everything should go well.
 

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Bocephus came through his neuter at 6 months without any issues at all. He did have a little bit of gas and some runny poops but that was it.
He's going in for another surgery tomorrow (it couldn't be done with his neuter) so hopefully it will go just as well
 

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Barkley got neutered and had his palate repaired in February and then less than a month later we found out he had bladder stones and had to have surgery again to remove them! Everything went great both times, there were no issues at all during or after!


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Also, they said nothing to eat or drink after 10pm the night before which is what we did. And they gave us a timeframe to drop him off, I dropped him off the earliest I could so I think he was the first one to have surgery and the vet called me less than an hour after saying he was all done! That way I didn't have to worry all day about it!


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Thanks everyone! I feel a lot more confident about the anesthesia now. I'll make sure to let the vet know we need to use Isoflurane for his procedure.
 

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