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cat spay and recovery
I posted recently about a neighbours cat who was bleeding. Since my
post I arranged with Cats Priotection to fund a cat spay operation on behalf of the owner. yesterday I took the little lady to the vet and it was done. I bought her home and once out of the carrier started to tug at her stitches ! I rang the vet who suggested I get an Elizebethan collar. I managed to obtain one and it seems to work. But it prevents ALL grooming and to some extent is disorientating. Sop the cat really hates it. But I wonder how long I should impose this regime for ? Perhaps another night and all of tomorrow ? It might be that she would not actually remove those stitches but I am not at all sure. A bit of moderate licking causes me no problem as the cat has an antibiotic course to take. But stitches out ... I don;t like that thoight at all I plan to keep her here for another couple of days and nights. Her owner has 3 children under 5 and I sense it would be difficult to protect the cat there Any advice would be really appreciated Andrew |
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cat spay and recovery
wrote in message oups.com... I posted recently about a neighbours cat who was bleeding. Since my post I arranged with Cats Priotection to fund a cat spay operation on behalf of the owner. yesterday I took the little lady to the vet and it was done. That's really great! I bought her home and once out of the carrier started to tug at her stitches ! I rang the vet who suggested I get an Elizebethan collar. I managed to obtain one and it seems to work. But it prevents ALL grooming and to some extent is disorientating. Sop the cat really hates it. But I wonder how long I should impose this regime for ? Perhaps another night and all of tomorrow ? That sounds reasonable to me, but if I were you I would ask your vet to be sure. I plan to keep her here for another couple of days and nights. Her owner has 3 children under 5 and I sense it would be difficult to protect the cat there This little cat is lucky to have you for a friend. Any advice would be really appreciated Much as she hates the collar, she can't be pulling her stitches out, so she needs to keep it on. Can you maybe take a warm damp cloth and wipe her down with it, as though you are petting her, kind of a soothing plus grooming thing? It won't be long before you can take it off, and in the meantime she will likely be sleeping a lot--mine did after their surgeries. Plus, she's a cat--it's what they do! |
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I'd leave it on her as long as possible.
I've had two female cats and both pulled out their stitches. The first was when I was a young child, so I don't know how long she waited or what happened. Kira only waited 2 days, and I was horrified. She had been messing with the night before. I called the 800 vet number, and they said to trim the stitches and put ben gay on it to make them less appetizing. I did that, checked them in the morning, and went to school. I cam back and the stitches were gone. I called the vet, and had me look at the color and said it sounded fine. We had spayed two cats at the same time, so they both went back in a week. The vet looked at Kira and said she looked great. So, it isn't always bad, but I would have felt a lot better if she had not done that, and I would be especially concerned the first few days since it needs a chance to heal, and chewing on the incision could cause an infection (the vet's main concern). |
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