Missing family jewels :)
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| Hi, I have a cat who is/was bilateral cryptorchid. I took him to 2 different vets who wanted to wait until he was a year old to perform the exploratory surgery to find his his testicles. The surgery went well and both testicles were found and removed from the upper region of the abdomen. He came home the next day without any complications. From what I have read there have been cases of a vet not finding both or one testicle being left and there being behavior problems resulting at a later date. Be sure to find out if they found one or both. I am unsure what the differences in risk of the surgery to a dog, but with my cat it did go well.
Best of luck. |
Ollie's Mama wrote: I know that in little human boys this can lead to cancer so I’m thinking I really need to do due diligence on this one. He just turned six months old so I’d really like to get this done before we have some teenage sheepie boy behaviors. Thanks Good thinking about having the surgery. I don't know when is a good age.
Our Jake had come to us with medical records that said the following about his neutering. "His right testicle was small and difficult to find." At age 11, he started to have a very poor coat, very thin. We noticed this when we had him cut down to a puppy coat, and it just sort of wasn't growing back. His nipples were getting big, too. When looking at his grey skin, it was mottled in appearence. The vet said it was hyperpigmented, but it sure looked like just mottled to me. He was lethargic. Our vet said "he might have a cryptorchid with a Sertoli tumor" so we dug up the medical records. They appeared to say that he had been successfully neutered, so we didn't do the Ultrasound looking for that. Instead, we started on a series of fairly expensive ($1,000) blood tests (performed at only 1 lab in the country) to try and determine the cause. After exhausting the blood tests we decided to go for an ultrasound as a last ditch effort. He had a cryptorchid. When it was removed, it was found to have been afflicted with a Certoli tumor. Upon removal and recovery from surgery, Jake returned to a normal 11 year old with moderate arthritis and degenerative myelopathy. He lived 2 more years. About 18 months after Jake passed, it suddenly dawned on us (thanks to a post by BritPresSyd); we had been dealing with an intact male all of those years! Jake was a big 106 pound, dominant alpha male. The last two years of his life he was soooo much sweeter; we attributed that to his being older. We didn't put the two together until after he was gone. EDIT: The correct spelling is "Sertoli". I always had thought "Certoli" was the correct spelling. Go figure. |
| We had that issue with Baxter. One of his testicles didn't descend. The doctor recommended that we wait until he was 8-9 months old to neuter him. I seem to remember that she mentioned that in some cases the testicles will take longer to descend. However, she didn't indicate that it was very major surgery to take care of this. Perhaps she has more experience at this operation than your veterinarian does.
Anyway - she had to operate. In this case, the incision wasn't that big - about 2-3" (sorry I can't remember the exact size - it was a couple of years ago). She recommended that we keep Baxter quiet (yeah right) for a few days for the incision to heal. Overall - it wasn't that big of an issue. Just cost a bit more for the neutering that it would have normally. Good luck Jennifer, Baxter, Cassiopia & Sharkey |
| Mardi also had an undescended testicle when we got him but it resolved itself and had since descended. He's two. I haven't had him neughtered yet but am going to talk it over with the vet at our next visit. Mardi's didn't descend until he was 1 year old. Hopefully your dogs will descend on it's own also. |
I've got an appointment with a vet who is supposed to be a wonderful surgeon next week. It looks like we may just wait a bit and see if they come down on their own, we'll see what he says. Ollie's only six months old and I'm trying to avoid behavior problems as he matures. He hasn't shown any humping or anything like that yet but it may be around the corner. Thanks for all your feedback. Hopefully this will be an easy fix  He he |
| Hi Herbgirl
I have a 7 month ridgeback with one undescended testes. Can you say when your dogs testicle appeared? |
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