mid line???? please help me!!!!

Re: mid line???? please help me!!!!

Claire Cameron — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:10:37 GMT

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We used to have a epileptic lab come in for phenobarb level blood tests and the owner used to request that we didn't shave his neck as he would get cold!! He was a big chunky lab!!

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haha I've had that a few times and for cat spays, so I produce photos of my Sphynx as back up for my logic and argument that they won't get cold

Re: mid line???? please help me!!!!

Kim Buckley — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:08:13 GMT

We used to have a epileptic lab come in for phenobarb level blood tests and the owner used to request that we didn't shave his neck as he would get cold!! He was a big chunky lab!!

Re: mid line???? please help me!!!!

Tracy Windler RVN — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:26:19 GMT

We had an ex-breeder of Beardies that gave up showing and breeding, but still refused to have her dogs clipped for bloods- which we did regularly, as they all had numerous conditions! Bloody woman! She also once told me that she was so glad she had found our vets, as it was refreshing to have a vet that acknowledged she knew as much, if not more, than he did about her dog's condition!!!!

Re: mid line???? please help me!!!!

StephSVN — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:53:24 GMT

One of our vets once told me that she had a dog brought collapsed after vomiting copious amounts of blood, owner had put rat poison down few days previously...owner asked them not to clip anything as it was going to Crufts in a few weeks. Vet 'politely' told owner there was only place the dog would be going if we couldn't get fluids in. Luckily dog made it (not to Crufts though, suprisingly enough!)

Re: mid line???? please help me!!!!

Looby — Sat, 15 May 2010 00:11:25 GMT

We dont allow clients to dictate what we clip - if they want treatment, we do what is necessary. All the breeders at our practice have accepted this now, thank god! :D

Re: mid line???? please help me!!!!

Claire Cameron — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:20:21 GMT

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a moult on a bengal which has a pelt like coat takes years because their undercoat is so dense.

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Just get a Sphynx problem solved

Re: mid line???? please help me!!!!

Anonymous — Sun, 02 May 2010 17:08:06 GMT

a moult on a bengal which has a pelt like coat takes years because their undercoat is so dense.

Re: mid line???? please help me!!!!

Laura Ringsell — Sun, 02 May 2010 16:40:43 GMT

Once the cat has a moult the hair re-grows at the normal colour not darker so it is only a temporary colour change.

Re: mid line???? please help me!!!!

Vicky RVN — Sat, 01 May 2010 13:25:36 GMT

I would tell people that we HAVE to shave in order to make the op site aseptic, other wise there is likely to be infection. It REALLY bugs me when people ask not to clip due to a show...tough, we're looking after your animals best interests grrrrrrrr!!!! Thankfully we don't have many clients like it.

Re: mid line???? please help me!!!!

Kim Buckley — Sat, 01 May 2010 11:06:55 GMT

We once had to fix an umbilical hernia on a old english sheepdog and the owner requested we didn't shave that much as she was being entered in a show next week!! No doubt she would breed from her in the future! Grrrr!

Re: mid line???? please help me!!!!

Rachel Jayne — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:45:44 GMT

Urg, I used to hate it when breeders would be so flippin insistant about shaving their animals....

At my first practice, we used to have a poodle breeder, who even though it was all over her records in capitols & was always written on the consent forms, would still bring the dogs in, in their own crates with DO NOT SHAVE ANY FUR written on them.......

Didn't help that she mainly bred black toy poodles that were really flighty, so trying to find a vein on one wasn't much fun & usually resulted in at least one blown leg

Re: mid line???? please help me!!!!

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:33:24 GMT

[quote user="Kim Blowing RVN"]

[quote user="loobylou"]

One of my nurses was telling me about a client in her last practice who didnt specify a midline spay in a siamese and was horrified when she collected the cat and found a clipped flank. When it came back for its post op check it had been shaved all over except for its feet, tail and face

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That's ridiculous!

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Agreed that's a bit over the top! oh well.

Re: mid line???? please help me!!!!

Kim Buckley — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:22:36 GMT

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That's ridiculous!

Re: mid line???? please help me!!!!

loobylou — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:16:32 GMT

How funny you should ask this, we were just talking about this today!

A cats extremities are cooler which is why they are different colour. If you clip a flank you obv make it cooler as there is not hair to keep it warm and so the hair grows back darker. I have no idea why it only happens in oriental/ exotic breeds though.

Re: mid line???? please help me!!!!

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:13:43 GMT

When you clip the hair the skin temp drops and with some colour points this is not a good thing as it grows back a different colour. Also some spotted breeds have patterns grow back in different shades and sometimes even in different lengths which makes it look as if there's a line down the side. you also alter the tip of the hair which is sometimes multifaceted like with bengals and their 'glitter' which gives their coat a shine when light goes through it. until that hair shaft is shed it will not have it's glitter so will look dull and the wrong colour.

Re: mid line???? please help me!!!!

Claire Cameron — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:07:08 GMT

Cat's have darker points on their extremities, ie head, tail, paws etc. so when the hair is clipped the skin is cooler so the hair grows back darker as a result of this.

Also, If the hair is clipped it disturbs the hair growth, my westie had hair clipped from her scruff for a lump removal and the hair grew back yellow a totally different colour to the rest of her.

Hope thsi helps x