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    I adopted a cat and i feel guilty, why?

    My first (family) cat Marmalade would vomit during car rides, without fail. I feel awful about it in hindsight but when she had to go to the vet, there was no choice! She lived a happy long life and was loved by the whole family, and the little bumps in the road like the car rides were just that...
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    I adopted a cat and i feel guilty, why?

    Hope Obsidian is doing well! I had a very similar experience adopting my two kittens a few months ago. I'd lost my dear Loki almost a year before that; I was missing kitty company, and had a closing window of telework to be able to help the new pets adjust. I went through a huge amount...
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    Food plan for cat sitting

    Safe travels, and good luck with Juno! I'm making travel preparations myself, and have a sitter coming once a day while I'll be away. If it helps I'll share what I've got planned for feeding, with a timed feeder. I've got two kittens and they normally eat four times a day, wet food only. When...
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    Kitten spay incision check - pulled stitch?

    An update on Nyx's progress. It's been almost a month since her spay surgery. She went in to the vet hospital again last Wednesday because she still hadn't healed up, and was seen by the same vet who had done her surgery and had already seen her once before. They advised to leave the recovery...
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    Kitten spay incision check - pulled stitch?

    Thanks! I was worried about it leaking through the incision site, sent more photos to the vet, and she was back for another vet visit on Wednesday. The vet who saw her was the one who originally did her surgery, and he was puzzled as to why she wasn't healing up. But, he didn't recommend any...
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    Kitten spay incision check - pulled stitch?

    A question: I went to change Nyx's recovery suit earlier tonight, an easy process because she was preoccupied with grooming her front legs while her cone was off for those few minutes. I was switching out one suit for another because I saw the fabric had some pink stains around the area of the...
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    Kitten spay incision check - pulled stitch?

    Update after a few days. The kitties had a rough weekend, going to the vet twice in two days. Nyx had indeed figured out a way to lick her incision even with the cone on - by putting her head between her haunches, using her knees to brace the front edge of the collar, and sliding it back on her...
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    Kitten spay incision check - pulled stitch?

    Friday PM... the incision has been bleeding again. Aside from the vet visit, she's been in her crate practically all day. Starting to have a strong suspicion that her inner leg grooming is what's irritating the wound. Or, relatedly, the cone scraping up against and irritating the incision when...
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    Kitten spay incision check - pulled stitch?

    Thanks for your advice Mamanyt1953! This morning there was more fresh blood over a larger area of the incision. I emailed pictures over and called the vet first thing this morning, and they wanted to see her ASAP. Of course by the time she came out of the carrier, the bleeding had stopped and it...
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    Kitten spay incision check - pulled stitch?

    Another picture, this one is from yesterday (Wednesday), head pointing left.
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    Kitten spay incision check - pulled stitch?

    Hello all. My girl Nyx (and her little sister Luna) were spayed on Monday, it's now Thursday. The vet set their recovery time at 14 days. They've both been in separate dog crates, wearing cones. They come out a few times a day, and Nyx has been guilty of jumping up on the crate, etc. at least...
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    Right strategy for spay recovery?

    Also to add on I was given a pretty thorough post-recovery sheet with instructions in addition to a talk-through with the vet techs when dropping off and picking up, detailing no running or jumping for 14 days and wearing the cone for 14 days. I'm sure they give these instructions knowing that...
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    Right strategy for spay recovery?

    This advice was from the vet tech when I dropped them off for the surgery. I will say that I like my vet's office a lot, I've gone there for almost a decade now and their staff are great, so I try to take them at their word. It seems unreasonable to me to keep them crated 24/7, so I let them out...
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    Right strategy for spay recovery?

    They're on Buprenex, every 12 hours, for 10 doses total in their prescription. I've let them out of the crates several times today to be together, and they played quite a bit, mostly with their toys but some with each other too. Their crates are right next to one another, so they can also...
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    Right strategy for spay recovery?

    The vet tech did specifically mention recovery suits as well as a modified baby onesie, but had the same concern that because the incision itself was covered by fabric, that it would retain moisture if licked and that could weaken the sutures. They repeated multiple times between the techs I...
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