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I posted this at the other board, but no one has answered, and I desparately would like some advice and some reasurance that everything is going to be okay:
My name is Linda, and we own a beautiful tri-colored chihuahua puppy named Bean. Actually, we bought him for our daughter, but he is definitely a part of all our lives; hubby (who adores him), me, and our daughter.
We just learned that our puppy has one descended testicle, a condition called cryptorchidism. Bean is going to be seven months old on the 15th. We noticed the problem around a month ago, but we weren't sure at what age he should have two descended testicles. Today, we took him to the vet, and she confirmed that he does have a problem. She also told us that he could be at a greater risk of developing cancer and that he would have to be neutered. She said she could give him until he turned one year to see if the one testicle would drop. We are so brokenhearted over this news. We were hoping to breed him. We know now that that would be out of the question as he could pass this defect onto his offspring. The part about him being at risk for cancer really scares us, as you can imagine. My question is, how long should we wait to give it some time and see if he does indeed drop the other testicle? We certainly wouldn't want to have unecessary surgery performed prematurely, but how safe is it to wait? Is he going to be okay? Anyone else have a male like this who lived to be a ripe old age? Please help. We love our little guy, Bean, so very much. Thank you.
My name is Linda, and we own a beautiful tri-colored chihuahua puppy named Bean. Actually, we bought him for our daughter, but he is definitely a part of all our lives; hubby (who adores him), me, and our daughter.
We just learned that our puppy has one descended testicle, a condition called cryptorchidism. Bean is going to be seven months old on the 15th. We noticed the problem around a month ago, but we weren't sure at what age he should have two descended testicles. Today, we took him to the vet, and she confirmed that he does have a problem. She also told us that he could be at a greater risk of developing cancer and that he would have to be neutered. She said she could give him until he turned one year to see if the one testicle would drop. We are so brokenhearted over this news. We were hoping to breed him. We know now that that would be out of the question as he could pass this defect onto his offspring. The part about him being at risk for cancer really scares us, as you can imagine. My question is, how long should we wait to give it some time and see if he does indeed drop the other testicle? We certainly wouldn't want to have unecessary surgery performed prematurely, but how safe is it to wait? Is he going to be okay? Anyone else have a male like this who lived to be a ripe old age? Please help. We love our little guy, Bean, so very much. Thank you.