Spayed cat and no bodysuit?

[SanFranBear]

My little, petite girl was spayed today and she was sent home with a bodysuit on. She's not actually that fussed by it except she is really tiny and the suit is too large... so her legs get caught in the baggy bit at the back and it pulls down her back so her head and front legs pop out.

She's got her entire self out of it whilst I was washing up and, whilst cleaning ferociously around the shaved area, seems to be leaving the actual, tiny 'wound' alone. The vet did say all the stitches were internal.

My question is - do I go against my vets advice to keep her in this thing for 10-14 days whilst constantly worrying she'll do herself a mischief when her legs get all caught up in it? Persevere for tonight and then speak to the vets in the morning about a cone of shake or collar? Or just let her be seeing as she seems to be doing ok?

I guess my main concern, other than the fact its against the vets advice, is that her brother also lives here and they do groom each other. He's much bigger and stronger than her so I don't want it to get nadgered through that... not that she'll let him near her at the moment!

What would you do?

@thecatneuterer

I'm with a specialist neuter clinic and we never use cones or suits

Can I ask a quick question?

Over 20 years ago I had my first girl cat neutered. When I picked her up (new vet), there was the tiniest hole, so tiny that I actually asked if there’d been an problem and had they managed to complete the spay?

Vet laughed and said they used a crochet hook type technique - very small incision, hook in to fish out the relevant organ, snip, job done.

I wonder when I see/hear of cats with big external wounds and stitches, cones, suits etc why the “crochet hook” technique isn’t used more. Is there a reason?

@Nomoreusernames1244 This is exactly what baffles me! There are never any external stitches visible on the cats done at our clinic. And we have one vet who makes it so neat and so tiny that you honestly can't see where an incision has been made - it can be quite disconcerting sometimes. Maybe it's more difficult to do it that way and some vets just aren't as good at it? I don't know the answer. We need vets who spay with visible stitches to tell us.

Mithril was surprisingly good about wearing his suit. My parents would take it off if they went out in case he hurt himself on it. This is a cat who kicks up a massive fuss about flea spot on. But happily had the suit put back on. Cats are completely bizarre!

Maybe it's more difficult to do it that way and some vets just aren't as good at it? I don't know the answer. We need vets who spay with visible stitches to tell us

I dis ask my vet and he said any decent vet with a bit of experience should be able to spay with barely an external mark. I’ve always used that as a bit of a benchmark when choosing a vet.

Bloody good vets they were (since retired and sold the practice). Diagnosed two of my cats with very serious issues in a 30 sec consult. Gangrenous fat pad anyone? I only took the cat because he miaowed when I stroked his stomach which seemed so trivial at the time. Was a bit surprised to be told to bring him for urgent surgery first thing!