From:
Ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2005-05-04 00:55:09 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Digest 3 May 2005 04:48:40 -0000 Issue 989
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <210.1b3d95.2fa9776d@aol.com>
In a message dated 05/03/05 12:49:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:
I'd like to ask how often does this happen and what other possibilities
exist that might result in a v-hob producing litter? He was not recently
vasectomized, and the jill haven't met other hobs (although she lives with
two neutered male).
Unless a section of the spermatic duct was actually removed, the duct can
heal and allow passage of sperm. When I do vasectomies, I tie the cord in two
places about a centimeter and a half apart, then remove at least a centimeter of
tissue from between the two ties. I do both cords in the same manner (some
people remove one testicle when doing a vasectomy).
The duct is very small, especially in a hob that is not in season, so I only
do vasectomies on hobs in season so that I am more certain of what I am
removing. It is possible to not get the right tissue, so that would be another
possibility.
I have heard of several cases of a supposedly vasectomized hob producing
litters - invariably it has been because there was not a section of cord actually
removed.
The thing to do now is to have the vasectomy redone, and to get the cord
actually removed. Your vet can send in the tissue for histopathology to assure
that it is the right tissue.
Dr. Ruth
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