Hi all, I am seriously thinking about getting my rhino ig, Kharma spayed as a preventative to reproductive problems. We just lost a 5 year old rhino to repro issues. She died literally overnight with no symptoms of any problems. On necropsy she had lots of rotten folicles in her with at least one broken with yolk on her organs. This animal did slow down eating in Aug/Sept but started eating again with vigor in October. Since they will slow down eating during breeding season there didnt seem to be any cause for alarm. I actually drove her to Michigan to a new adoptive home in early November and not 7 weeks later she was dead from unlaid follicles.

Which leads me to my worry about Kharma. I am tired of losing female iguanas to reproductive issues. I have thus far lost 1 green iguana who was a "superproducer" after laying 105 eggs. She died in the spay after losing too much blood. I lost my hybrid cyclura, "Tashmoo" in a spay after she didnt lay her eggs.

So I am looking for a vet in the CT/MA/NY (preferrably CT) area that has done LOTS of spays. I have lost 2 out of 2 iguanas to spays and am leary of doing this again. But I feel damned if I do and damned if I dont. For all I know Kharma has rotting follicles in her too and is a time bomb. I want to get bloodwork done but would like to start seeing a vet that has actually done many spays as opposed to taking her to just anyone for the blood.

Thanks for any help.
Carole
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