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Cat getting neutered tomorrow, any tips/advice for her

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MrsPresley · 27/02/2012 17:28

As above, my lovely wee Tiggy is getting neutered tomorrow. I know she isn't allowed to eat after 7pm tonight, so she has had a good feed of chicken a wee while ago (I knew she wouldn't be able to resist some nice chicken Smile ). She normally eats during the night and I wanted to make she had something before 7pm.

Anyway, what can I expect when she gets home? Will she be hungry? will she be able to move about a bit?

She normally sleeps either in the wardrobe, on the hall floor or under the sofa during the night but I'm thinking she wont be able to get in the wardrobe and the floor might be too uncomfortable for her. Then again if she's sore she might just stay in her carrier.

Is there anything I can do to make her more comfortable?

The other thing I wanted to ask is, will she able to use her litter tray or should I keep an eye out for her weeing where she is?

She won't be disturbed as my 2 are 18 and 10 so know not to annoy her.

Last question...will she hate me for putting her through this Sad

Sorry, lots of questions, but any advice/tips would be very welcome Smile

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catmadcaz · 27/02/2012 19:37

When I had my 2 cats neutered (brother and Sister) they came home from the vets starving hungry. I was advised to give them somthing light like chicken which they gobbled up.
They used the litter tray as normal and the next day were chasing each other around.

I dont think they felt any ill effects, but they did keep licking the shaved bit with the stitches.

tabulahrasa · 27/02/2012 19:43

They usually come back still a bit sleepy, but fine for eating, using the litter tray and generally getting around - unless she's like my wee one who I had to put back in the carrier for her own safety because she was literally climbing the walls, lol

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MrsPresley · 27/02/2012 21:27

Thank you both, good to know that she will probably be fine and hungry!

I now think that booking Wednesday off work to look after her has been a bit of an over reaction on my part Blush

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ripsishere · 28/02/2012 08:43

{grin] just slightly.
My two boys were done when they were about 5 months old. I wish the vet had advised me to get some fish or chicken before we collected them. It could have been cooked and cooled and ready for them.
In the end, DD had to wait in the taxi while I went into the butcher for chicken breast. CAts were wailing with hunger.
It took 5 minutes to boil the chunks then another 5 to cool them with cold water.
After they'd gobbled the four down in record time, I gave in and presented them with dried food.
They were play fighting as soon as they'd eaten.

RosiethePriveter · 28/02/2012 13:24

My vets gave me some specific food for after their surgery, it came in pouches and I was advised just to give 1/2 pouch each until the pouches were finished. The hardest part for me was keeping my boy and girl separated, they wailed solidly for days and both were very disorientated and scared when they came back, which lasted until the next morning (NO SLEEP FOR ME)

My little girl hated her cone too, took a while for her to be able to eat with it on. Then she discovered how to take it off...

girlywhirly · 28/02/2012 13:28

My girl cat was ravenous and very awake when I collected her, we were given some tins of food for post operative cats, so rather like a mousse consistency and she woofed one down having jumped on the worktop which worried me a bit!

I had to get her one of those cone collars because she wouldn't stop picking her stitches. Each evening she would sit on my lap for a good wash when I took the collar off as she found it difficult to reach all of herself. I used to put my finger over the scar so that she couldn't pick at it, and then the collar went back on when she was done.

sashh · 29/02/2012 09:34

Mine was done in Januarry - she completely ignored her wound so we didn't need to use the collar. The vet gave me a tin of food, half as soon as she was home and hale 2 hours later.

She had no problems with the litter tray, in fact she didn't seem to notice she'd had anything done, she was running around having mad mins the following day and shortly afterwards discovered the top of the wardrobe.

BTW if not already microchipped the vet did that while she was under anesthetic.

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MrsPresley · 29/02/2012 12:55

Well Tiggy was absoloutley fine!

The vet said to give a couple of spoonfuls of her favourite food, so when we gt home (just after 6pm) I put half a pouch in her dish and she scoffed it.

Gave her the other half and she scoffed that too!

About 9pm I put another pouch in her dish and by midnight she had scoffed that! Gave her yet another pouch at about 7am and by 7.30am that too was gone, plus she has access to dry food, oh and she's drank almost 2 bowls of water

She really isnt a big eater, probably about just under a pouch and some dried food a day, so to seeing her eat all that made me a bit Shock

She's now curled up in the wardrobe, no doubt sleeping off her banquet Grin

She's really not bothered about her wound and is back to jumping/running about like a mad thing.

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