December 4, 2006
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Cat Spay Update
Hilary was okay for a while, and then things went downhill. Doug
had taken off her E-collar so she could do some personal grooming under
his supervision. That much was okay, but when he put the collar
back on, he left off the ribbon that secures it from slipping
around. Next time he looked in on her, there was blood around her
incision and on the edge of the collar.I tied the ribbon back on, we cleaned her up, and kept giving her the
combination analgesic and anti-inflammatory drops the doc had sent home
with us. At some time after that, she bled a little more, and
started oozing a small amount of pus from her incision. This
became apparent on Saturday, while the vet was closed.I called, explained the situation, and then drove in on roads slick
enough to make me glad I’d gotten my winter tires on the car and picked
up about a week’s supply of antibiotics that someone had left under a
rock (no kidding) in an alcove by the hospital’s back door. That
was last night. Through it all, Hilary hasn’t expressed any
complaints beyond a clearly signalled dislike of the collar and a few
attempts to escape from Doug’s room when one of us is going in or out.The vet seemed fairly unconcerned after asking if she was lethargic and
being assured that she was anything but. This morning, it looked
to me as if she had popped a couple of sutures. I asked Doug,
whose eyes are better than mine, to see what he thought, and he said it
looked that way to him, too. I guess I’ll call the vet again
tomorrow and see what she says.All things considered, I think this spaying is the cruelest thing I have ever done to an animal.
Comments (7)
but this was a simple mistake….although you’ve caused some suffering, putting too much blame will result in nothing but self-inflicted damaging..
Awww, poor kitty… I’ve never seen an animal have that much issue with it, and we’ve spayed a number of them in my family.
Ours are always spayed/neutered. I’ve never had to bring a spay home with one of those collars — just isolate them from the other cats for the 1st 24 hrs so there’s no overrambunxious behavior. By the end of the 7-10days, there’s never an stitches for the vet to take out.. they usually pop/vanish on their own. Course it’s possible that your girl tends to lick a lot more.
She’ll be ok
And, this isn’t cruel — what’s cruel is liter after liter of kittens (of which, most will die).. or the medical problems that ensue due to non-spaying. We had a female who was spayed late in life.. She got the worse case of feline breast cancer my vet has ever seen. Her entire mammory section was nothing but lumps. (instances in breast cancer greately increase w/ non-spayed or late spayed females – as well as ovarian issues). She was a sweet little girl.. and had to put her down in May.
I hope she gets better.
Poor kitty. I hope she is able to heal up…
I don’t really think spaying is all that cruel and if she isn’t lethargic, she’s likely okay. I can’t remember how long it took my cat to heal (it was 10 years aog), but the vet assured me that if she wasn’t lethargic, she was okay, just not to let her jump around on furniture.
How is she doing now? We have the same love for kitties and stress whenever they are not feeling well.
Hope things are OK by now.
Dance On!