I was thinking of buying a male pug puppy. I saw one available, but he only has one testacle. Will this affect his health, is it a current health issue? If I bought him of course I'd get him fixed, so does him only having one testacle effect the whole neuter process?
2007-03-23 06:00:38 · 14 answers · asked by Stephanie V 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
The pup is 3 months old.
2007-03-23 06:13:49 · update #1
It makes the neuter process much more expensive as they have to go into the dogs abdomen to get the retained testical. He should be neutered and not bred as it can be passed on and many times if not neutered the testicle will become cancerous.
So it would be fine but expect your neuter to cost more than normal as it will be a abdominal surgery. As for the rest of the dogs health he should be fine. Many pups have the problem and once neutered are fine.
My sister had one on her husky and he was perfectly fine for the rest of his life. He had no problems.
2007-03-23 06:07:16 · answer #1 · answered by tlctreecare 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its not unusual for only one testicle to drop.How old is the pup? If it has not dropped by 5 months it probably won't drop at all. You will definitely need to have him neutered. The process will be a bit more invasive than a regular neuter since they will have to go internal to remove the undescended
testicle. Otherwise,your pups health should not be affected by this.
2007-03-23 06:06:32 · answer #2 · answered by W. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably, the puppy's second testicle hasn't descended yet (it may or may not ever descend). If you're having him neutered, and his 2nd testicle hasn't appeared by the time he's old enough, your veterinarian will have to determine whether it will affect the neutering. It may require surgical removal, because your dog will still be fertile if the testicle is functional.
It shouldn't cause any other health problems, but naturally I would suggest consulting your vet. Perhaps before you purchase him (the puppy, not the vet), the store will allow you to have him medicaly examined.
2007-03-23 06:11:37 · answer #3 · answered by What the Deuce?! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well... If the vet has to ' search ' for the testicle, neutering will cost you quite a bit more. If he can find it easily, then it won't be much more than a normal neuter. Otherwise, once he is neutered, he is no different than any other neutered male healthwise.
2007-03-23 06:16:49 · answer #4 · answered by DP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He probably actually has both testicles, one just hasn't 'dropped' yet. If it doesn't, it will be slightly more expensive to get him fixed as the vet will have to do an incision in the abdomen to remove the undecended testicle. Sometimes it takes them up to a year to drop, but they can be fixed before this. Sometimes they don't drop at all, but there shouldn't be any adverse health problems.
2007-03-23 07:58:41 · answer #5 · answered by houndgirl44 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my 9 year-old minipin had the same problem. he had only one testicle. the vet told me to let him reach a year of age because sometimes the testicle just descends later than the other. it never descended though so i researched on it and found out that having an undescended testicle (meaning one testicle is usually still in the dog's abdomen) can increase the dog's chance of getting cancer. since i have no plans of breeding my dogs, i had the vet remove the outer testicle and go in to remove the inner one as well. my dog had two or three stitches on his abdomen but was feeling great just a few hours after the surgery and was eating, drinking, and playing after a while. he is healthy and strong to this day!
2007-03-23 06:10:38 · answer #6 · answered by kissy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We had a male daschund like that, because of that our vet said he could not be bred, and we had him fixed, but the body retained the other testicle and it caused all sorts of issues later on - if you have him fixed they'd have to go and find the other one, otherwise it's not done properly.
2007-03-23 06:08:00 · answer #7 · answered by Unicornrider 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, it would not affect his health. It might be a previous health issue but since it is removed it should not affect his current health. Having one does not affect his neuter process.
2007-03-23 06:06:20 · answer #8 · answered by Felicia C 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the only thing is that it is a defect that if bred can pass on which is a good thing for having him neutered. But other than that it is no different a dog after the neutering than a dog that had both testicales.
2007-03-23 06:12:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
some of the testicles don't drop until later even if he has one now ; we had two litters of puppies and each time one pup had one testicle that dropped sooner than the other one; but eventually they both dropped; a vet can feel the other one inside but even they make mistakes ; my vet said that he couldn't feel the one that hadn't drop ; another vet did ; and eventually they both dropped so the first vet was wrong; it is a puppy thing mostly ; probably rare for one than just one testicle that didn't drop
2007-03-23 06:08:36 · answer #10 · answered by sml 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋