What exactly happens with a "neuter"?

Maybe a bit of swelling going on?  Normally right AFTER the nueter there is still some STUFF hanging around.  Both testicles are removed tho in a nueter.

both testicles are removed,,,unless you got a weird veterinarian,,,they are removed from a single incision, usuall a few centimeters in front of the scrotum.  you make that incision and the reach in and get the first testicle and  cut it into little pieces,---I know Gross_- but this allows it to come through a small incision...the the other testicle is removed the same way, throuigh the same incision...then, at least the way I do it, was to close the incisons with gut and close the skin incision in a way that there are no showing sutures and no need to remove the stiches...My way is not every vets way but  it is pretty close

Ewwww!  I just got this vision of a little Magic Chef slicer/dicer at work![:-]
 
The vet who did Theo saved his to show me.  They looked like whole water chestnuts.  His were retained tho so his was more a search and destroy mission and required a larger incision.

Found this. Lots of pictures so if you are a bit squeamish like I am wait until after breakfast. Hope the link works.
 
[linkhttp://www.thepetcenter.com/sur/sp.html]www.thepetcenter.com/sur/sp.html[/link]

okay I have a silly question - I remember that male dogs and cats were always like hmmmm sack free. It seems now when they are netuered they still sort of look intact.
I recall when my cat, Zeus, came home from his neuter (my first male pet BTW) I had to call the vet back to confirm he was neutered cause he still looked intact. I was told they simply scoop out the contents of the sack and eventually the body absorbs what is left. Well Zeus is nearly 5 years old (was neutered at 6 months) and he looks like an intact male. And I've had other foster males who were the same way - and it's quite obvious with a sealpoint siamese cause their sacks are quite dark.
Do they do the same with male dogs? Leave the sacks. Not trying to be gross but I've always wondered and I've never had a male dog either so I don't know.

Not at all silly, Mary.  Yeah, that's what they do...scope them out and leave the sacks.

Yeah, that's what confused me - my guy has a white tummy but (haha) black-skinned testicles. So when I looked and saw that tell-tale black spot with what looked like a big lump still inside...! But Glenmar, you're probably right, it's probably some swelling. He's still rather tender around there - that would explain it.

Thanks! Now when Rascal and I sit down to have "the talk" I'll know better what to tell him []

I remember that male dogs and cats were always like hmmmm sack free. It seems now when they are netuered they still sort of look intact.

 
We have two males cats, and both were neutered quite early (one at 8 or 9 weeks, the other at 12 or 13), and both have "full sacks." One was neutered when I got him at 9-10 weeks, and I always questioned it, until I had a vet feel him up and tell me that, yeah, he's neutered. The other we took to the SPCA to be neutered, and he had only the tiniest little incision, and looked unneutered a day later.
 
My sister's dog, on the other hand, was just neutered 1 1/2 years ago, at 5-6 years old, and now has a small empty sack. And my other sister's dog was neutered before she got him at 4ish, but the SPCA had no idea when he was neutered, and he has NO hint of a sack at all. I've got no idea what this means. Either dogs and cats are totally different, or it has to do with the age at which they were neutered, or it has to do with the neuterer. Just thought it was interesting.

I guess if you really want to get gross you can check the int act testicles of the cat and the dog....the cats are within a toght packet..not a good term--so when they are removed there  is very little skin  left, ie no pouch...Dogs are obviousluy suspended testicled....new term-- so when they are removed there are multiple amount of flesh that may take several weeks to shrink up....I can;t really explain it without gesticulating so just figurte it out for yourself or check you male dog andmale cat