Cat balls, a follow-up

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"Amethyst" <adoptsoldc…@aol.com> wrote in news:1114932134.000545.162750 @l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com: > TMI ALERT for the following paragraph. Do not read if squeemish > @@@@@ > Interesting. In my case, my scrotal skin was sutured. I think this is > standard for human beings. (Not sure about dogs.) I had the empty sac > removed several months later for comfort reasons, not cosmetic reasons.

I wonder if this could be the reason for removal in large animals. Not that the bull could tell you how much discomfort he was in. Chak — After the "heroic" and "noble" struggle is over, what are we left with? Debt, body bags, and a generation scarred by witnessing destruction on a scale no private parties could be capable of. –Lew Rockwell

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After the debate about how to neuter a cat, I remembered that one of my acquaintances from another newsgroup is a veterinarian, who until his retirement a couple of years ago ran a spay-and-neuter clinic in San Francisco. So I wrote and asked him why some vets remove the sac and some don’t, and here was his reply: "I’m afraid I’m going to give you a obvious answer. Sure you can excise the scrotum (sac) of the cat, and simply suture it, but why? For cosmetic reasons, I guess one could. Normally we just make a incision on each sac, just big enough to pull out the testicle and then tie the cord to the blood vessel so it won’t bleed to death and the cut the cord between the knot and the testicle. The scrotal skin is not sutured since the skin is so loose, the cut edges will just oppose each other and heal in about a week. All this takes a minute or two." Now, this doctor’s practice was entirely limited to urban household pets. I suspect that for whatever reason, vets who work on farm animals too are probably the ones who remove the sacs. Eva

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"Eva" <EvaDStructio…@NOverizon.net> wrote in message

news:AWVce.376$jU6.328@trndny06… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> After the debate about how to neuter a cat, I remembered that one of my > acquaintances from another newsgroup is a veterinarian, who until his > retirement a couple of years ago ran a spay-and-neuter clinic in San > Francisco. So I wrote and asked him why some vets remove the sac and some > don’t, and here was his reply: > "I’m afraid I’m going to give you a obvious answer. Sure you can excise > the scrotum (sac) of the cat, and simply suture it, but why? For > cosmetic reasons, I guess one could. Normally we just make a incision on > each sac, just big enough to pull out the testicle and then tie the cord > to the blood vessel so it won’t bleed to death and the cut the cord > between the knot and the testicle. The scrotal skin is not sutured since > the skin is so loose, the cut edges will just oppose each other and heal > in about a week. All this takes a minute or two." > Now, this doctor’s practice was entirely limited to urban household pets. I > suspect that for whatever reason, vets who work on farm animals too are > probably the ones who remove the sacs. > Eva

I suspect the same. And, as a tangential thing to the hairballs/cat barf thread – wherever it now is??… For those who haven’t seen this yet, & would like some amusement (however, possible gross-out warning involved! – except for the cute pics of Mr. Boogers, the cat), how about this link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=5572… I’d say it’s a tie between Elvis & Abe, except the hairdo’s wrong for Abe! And no, I wasn’t searching for anything that could’ve come up w/ this particular auction! – it’s traveling around on the internet at the moment. At first, my thought was: who in hell would auction this off??! But then my thought was: Hey, she’s ahead by $120+, & a bunch of people bid, & one person actually *paid* $127 for the item! I also thought: maybe I better start examining my cats’ hairball offerings even more closely. <g> Cathy

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"Amethyst" <adoptsoldc…@aol.com> wrote in message

news:1114932134.000545.162750@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > "I’m afraid I’m going to give you a obvious answer. Sure you can > excise > > the scrotum (sac) of the cat, and simply suture it, but why? For > > cosmetic reasons, I guess one could. Normally we just make a incision > on > > each sac, just big enough to pull out the testicle and then tie the > cord > > to the blood vessel so it won’t bleed to death and the cut the cord > > between the knot and the testicle. The scrotal skin is not sutured > since > > the skin is so loose, the cut edges will just oppose each other and > heal > > in about a week. All this takes a minute or two." > TMI ALERT for the following paragraph. Do not read if squeemish > @@@@@ > Interesting. In my case, my scrotal skin was sutured. I think this is > standard for human beings. (Not sure about dogs.) I had the empty sac > removed several months later for comfort reasons, not cosmetic reasons.

When I read a few of the links for dogs’ castrations, they said that instead of a little incision in each sac (as for cats), that usually one incision is made on the lower abdomen centered slightly above the scrotum, & then the testicles pulled up & excised. Cathy – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –

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Cathy Friedmann wrote: > When I read a few of the links for dogs’ castrations, they said that instead > of a little incision in each sac (as for cats), that usually one incision is > made on the lower abdomen centered slightly above the scrotum, & then the > testicles pulled up & excised.

This is the way they do it for males with testicular cancer. There is less chance of cancer cells escaping. More work is involved, of course.

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Eva wrote: > You probably could have avoided the discomfort by walking on all fours! > Seriously, thanks for the input. > Eva

To: Medical Unit Please assign Harry Andruschak to Light Duty in the aftermath of his surgery. He will be required to walk on all fours during this period, so his duties must not require anything that would need his standing on two feet, or even sitting down. @@@@@ Somehow, someway, I don’t see the USPS going for that one.

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"Amethyst" <adoptsoldc…@aol.com> wrote in message

——— You probably could have avoided the discomfort by walking on all fours! Seriously, thanks for the input. Eva

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> "I’m afraid I’m going to give you a obvious answer. Sure you can excise > the scrotum (sac) of the cat, and simply suture it, but why? For > cosmetic reasons, I guess one could. Normally we just make a incision on > each sac, just big enough to pull out the testicle and then tie the cord > to the blood vessel so it won’t bleed to death and the cut the cord > between the knot and the testicle. The scrotal skin is not sutured since > the skin is so loose, the cut edges will just oppose each other and heal > in about a week. All this takes a minute or two."

TMI ALERT for the following paragraph. Do not read if squeemish @@@@@ Interesting. In my case, my scrotal skin was sutured. I think this is standard for human beings. (Not sure about dogs.) I had the empty sac removed several months later for comfort reasons, not cosmetic reasons.

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"Cathy Friedmann" <c…@adelphia.net> wrote in message

news:u-OdnYDQAc7npOnfRVn-og@adelphia.com… > And, as a tangential thing to the hairballs/cat barf thread – wherever it > now is??… For those who haven’t seen this yet, & would like some > amusement (however, possible gross-out warning involved! – except for the > cute pics of Mr. Boogers, the cat), how about this link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=5572… ———- That…..is……VILE!!!!!!!! BAD Cathy! NO treats for you! Eva

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"Eva" <EvaDStructio…@NOverizon.net> wrote in message

news:JUWce.3792$yd1.3339@trndny01… > "Cathy Friedmann" <c…@adelphia.net> wrote in message > news:u-OdnYDQAc7npOnfRVn-og@adelphia.com… > > And, as a tangential thing to the hairballs/cat barf thread – wherever it > > now is??… For those who haven’t seen this yet, & would like some > > amusement (however, possible gross-out warning involved! – except for the > > cute pics of Mr. Boogers, the cat), how about this link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=5572… > ———- > That…..is……VILE!!!!!!!! > BAD Cathy! NO treats for you! > Eva

;-D I thought it was funny! Gross & rather on the weird side, but amusing! Cathy

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Cathy Friedmann wrote: > And, as a tangential thing to the hairballs/cat barf thread – wherever it > now is??… For those who haven’t seen this yet, & would like some > amusement (however, possible gross-out warning involved! – except for the > cute pics of Mr. Boogers, the cat), how about this link: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=5572… > I’d say it’s a tie between Elvis & Abe, except the hairdo’s wrong for Abe! > And no, I wasn’t searching for anything that could’ve come up w/ this > particular auction! – it’s traveling around on the internet at the moment. > > At first, my thought was: who in hell would auction this off??! But then my > thought was: Hey, she’s ahead by $120+, & a bunch of people bid, & one > person actually *paid* $127 for the item! I also thought: maybe I > better start examining my cats’ hairball offerings even more closely. <g>

Now this is really one for the YJCMTSU files!!! FurPaw — "Here we go round the prickly pear At five o’clock in the morning." – T. S. Eliot To reply, unleash the dog

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