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Old 01-20-2012, 07:40 AM   #4
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Cost was a couple hundred to get Groucho neutered, but that included painkillers, fluids, and pretty much everything else needed. For Dusty, a friend suggested another vet that was "only $65"... but by the time they added up painkillers, fluids, and pretty much everything else needed, it came to almost $200 as well.

Neither fluids nor painkillers are NECESSARY... but as Lil Bastrd suggests, IV fluids are usually recommended for smaller dogs during any surgery, because they can dehydrate easily while they're under.

And painkillers, well... that's just to alleviate the dog's discomfort. Groucho really needed them the first couple days as he really had trouble sleeping... Dusty never seemed to even know anything had happened; we gave him the meds the first night home but he never seemed to need them.
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