Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to say goodbye to my 2 best friends, my balls. *sad face*
Rest in peace ballsies!
[Romeo was neutered on 27 December 2011.]
If you want to see a picture of what his “down there” looks like now, after 48 hours from time of surgery, keep going and read the rest of this post.
If not, STOP HERE. DO NOT SCROLL DOWN ANY FURTHER.
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Ample warning has been given – if you proceed further, you shall be responsible for all nightmares and trauma you might get from seeing the picture. If you are chaste and haven’t seen balls before, now may not be a good time. If you are male and squirmish, you might not want to look either!
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Last chance!!
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Alrighty then..
For anyone who is interested, for whatever reason (because you are pervy or just curious), here’s a picture of my well hung boy’s “down there” area 48 hours after the surgery. The suture wound is looking good and clean, but there is some bruising (apparently common, especially with older dogs since they have more blood vessels in the balls).
For educational purposes – The incision (small 2cm one in Romeo’s case) was made at the base of the schlong and the gonads are pushed out of the ball sacs through the cut and removed and all the left over bits are tied off. Romeo was stitched up with dissolving stitches so no need to return to have them removed.
Romeo is feeling some pain because he sometimes acts like he is trying to run away from his own backside, before realizing he can’t, then sitting down abruptly, then lying down to try and lick at the area.
He has on a Kong Cloud collar to try and prevent that. Can’t say that it works very well in this case because my boy is abit of a contortionist and can bend in weird ways to reach his balls despite the collar. I have a backup clear plastic Elizabethan collar (e-collar) for times when I have to leave the house or leave him with anyone that is as observant as an earthworm.
Earthworms are blind.. getit??
Anyway, Romeo is eating and drinking well. Barks and is generally acting as he usually does save that he’s a bit more restless probably due to the discomfort and soreness he’s feeling in his scrotal area. A couple more days and I’m hoping the pain will subside and he’ll be more himself.
Interesting thing I observed so far – he tried to mark over Juliet’s freshly peed spot, but instead of leaving just a wee bit of pee (as he used to), he let out a whole damn puddle, like he couldn’t hold it back? I’m sure the surgery affected his peeing control to some extent. Shall see if that changes as he gets better.
Oh, also, Juliet has been such a good sister! She has been leaving Romeo alone and hasn’t gone to annoy him like she usually does. She only tried once to chew his head, but backed off and didn’t try again when I told her not to. Good girl Juju!
[Other ball updates: 60 hours after surgery ; 5 days after surgery ; 1 week after surgery ; 1 month after surgery]
