Should vet have advised us better?

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My little 5 month old kitten was spayed about 2 weeks ago at a vet recommended by Cats Protection League. We weren't given anything like a collar or suit to stop her licking the wound at the time. They said she wouldn't need it and that the stitches were dissolvable so we wouldn't need to bring her back.
She seemed fine at first but after a week she was in pain so we took her to our local vet (different one) and they gave pain killers. 2 days later she had a large seroma (build-up of fluid) which was infected. She's now on antibiotics and wearing a recovery suit. Poor little thing is still not recovered after 2 weeks.
I'm not sure if the first vet has done something wrong? Should she have had more aftercare? What's normal?
Pic attached of her helping me work this morning.

Seromas are a risk of surgery but do go down. People get them too.

When my 5 month kitten was spayed the vet scheduled a 3 day and 10 day check up. She did end up getting an infection and needing antibiotics too but recovered after 2 weeks. It does seem you should have been given more after care.

She should have had a painkiller for afterwards / and they should have advised that she should lick the wound / be doing lots of jumping etc or going outside for 2 weeks.

They should've given you something to stop her from getting to the wound like the collar / t shirt. And seen her again post op at 3 and 10 days

Check what the CPL cover in their funds for the spay.

*shouldn't lick the wound

Our kitten didn't didn't have any follow up appointments but she was given painkillers and maybe antibiotics to take home with her for a day or two if I remember correctly.

She didn't wear a suit or collar either - I really do think all practices do it differently. Ours was very against bringing cats in unnecessarily as they generally find the car journey and being in their carriers very stressful.

So they'd have seen her if we'd had concerns but didn't want us to have to make the trip if she was otherwise happy and healthy. She was absolutely fine within a few days.

The first vet did advise that she should be kept inside and we shouldn't let her do too much.

She's an indoor cat right now anyway and we kept her in one room for the first few days so I think we followed the rules there.

They said she probably wouldn't lick the wound and to contact them if she did.

ln hindsight think we maybe should have used our own vet and paid for the spay but the CPL one seemed great for the vaccines. Vaccines, microchipping and spaying were included in the adoption fee as long as you used that vet.
Perhaps we got the discount version of the spay and could have had painkillers and a suit if we paid for them. We weren't told that though or I would have gone for it.

Is she OK now ?

Yes she is on the mend now thank you