MeowBun
Member
I've got a bit of a conundrum. I have a 5-7-year-old female mini rex named Lily who I adopted around 3.5 months ago. I was told she was fixed. Since then, however, she has displayed a bit (and I mean a bit, only once each) of behavior (nesting, urine spraying) I believe to be more associated with unspayed females.
So when I took her into the vet for a general checkup, I asked them to shave her belly to check for a spay scar and they were unable to definitively find one! There is a VERY pale line, but it really looks more like just a skin crease... and when I asked the previous owner, she says she was told Lily was fixed before she adopted her, and she doesn't remember the contact info of the original owner. Very annoying.
My question is: is it possible for a spay scar to heal so well that you can hardly tell it's there? We seem to be looking at a time frame of 2-5 years ago the procedure was done. I just don't want to put her through the unnecessary risk and pain (not to mention the $450) of a spay procedure if she may be already fixed, but I also don't want to increase her risk of uterine cancer! Do you have any bunnies who have a spay scar that's hardly visible?
So when I took her into the vet for a general checkup, I asked them to shave her belly to check for a spay scar and they were unable to definitively find one! There is a VERY pale line, but it really looks more like just a skin crease... and when I asked the previous owner, she says she was told Lily was fixed before she adopted her, and she doesn't remember the contact info of the original owner. Very annoying.
My question is: is it possible for a spay scar to heal so well that you can hardly tell it's there? We seem to be looking at a time frame of 2-5 years ago the procedure was done. I just don't want to put her through the unnecessary risk and pain (not to mention the $450) of a spay procedure if she may be already fixed, but I also don't want to increase her risk of uterine cancer! Do you have any bunnies who have a spay scar that's hardly visible?