Benign lump & complicated desexing procedure

[CharlieBrown]

Hi everyone,

Yesterday my 5 month old sheltie got desexed. One testicle was a normal castration but the other one had not descended yet so the bet had to go looking for it. Looked in the groin it wasn't there, looked in the abdomen, it wasn't there. After an elongated incision they found the cords and stuff that lead to the testicle. It had attached itself to the outta wall of his abdomen. It never would have descended. It's very rare and the vet said she'd only ever seen 1 other case of it before in a male cat.

Does anyone know what it's called and has this happened to anyone else?

Because they had to go searching for it there are 3 incisions and two are quite large because they couldn't find it. Poor Charlie is in a lot of pain. He's on two types of pain medication and antibiotics.

On top of all this the day before his surgery I found a lump under his left arm pit half the size of a golf ball. So while he was under yesterday the bet took a biopsy and found a fatty mass benign tumour so she removed it. There was no blood and no cancer cells which is really good but he now had a massive shaved area approximately 15cm by 7cm. Now I know you're never meant to shave a sheltie but for this operation it needed to be done. Will his heat ever grow back normally? He's only 5 months old so his guard hairs on his side are only really just starting to grow properly.

Has anyone else ever found a lump in their sheltie? The bet said it was very uncommon for a puppy of his age to get one

Anyways, it's gonna be a long road to recovery. Can anyone give me ideas on how to make him the most comfortable?

Thanks,
Emma and Charlie

 

[Caro]

Shelties are one of the breeds known for cryptorchordism - where one or both testes are retained. The testes should drop through the inguinal canal, which runs along the abdomonal wall, so that's probably how the teste was attached to the wall (maybe one of the vets can explain it better).

My current male was a crypto, his testes didn't even make it into the inguinal canal. All that fishing around makes it quite a painful procedure - next time I'll go to a vet that ultrasounds to find the testes before operating. It's definately better to get have a crypto desexed though.

 

[HopeShelties]

It is uncommon for a puppy. My first sheltie had one. It was noncancerous as well. He didn't get it until he was 15 years old.

 

[Justicemom]

I work in a humane society have literally spayed and neutered thousands of animals(avg of 20-30 a day or more). I have seen 2 as you described. It was lodged in the inguinal ring and buggers to get loose. Both were cats- 1 a kitten 1 a 3 yr old.

But if I learned anything during my career expect the unexpected with neuter and spays. There are trends and tendicities with breeds and age but also that 1 that makes you say "Wow I have never seen that before". I am sorry that Charlie is the one. Hope he recovers quickly. Not much you can do but keep him inactive and calm and give the pain medication.

Fat lumps are very rare in youngs dogs. Can't say I have ever seen one under a year.