Incision Help, Plz -opinions

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Hi everyone,
I am so happy i found this site, because my vet's office has closed already because of the weekend, and they open tomorrow at 10 (many hours from now).
My crazy cat was spayed yesterday afternoon. She slept the anesthesia off yesterday, but the following happened. Between the time I got her home and darted to the pet store for a collar, she licked her incision. She absolutely hated the collar and wrestled with it for an hour when I decided to take it off and fashion her a onesie so she can't reach the incision. This morning I found her on the fridge!!! That fridge is so close to the ceiling, i have to climb a chair and stand on my toes to see on top of it. I don't know how she did it. But after all this happened, I checked her incision and the lip of the incision is slightly parted on one end, and I think I can also see slight bruising right on the sides of the stitches.
I felt the inner incision through the skin on her abdomen, and none of the inner ones seem to have come apart (no holes on the inner muscle lining, I can actually feel the stiches on the inside through her skin) and I think jumping on the fridge might have caused her a few drops of blood on the outside, as I can see specks of dried blood on her skin, when there was none last night when I got her onesie on. Ive added a picture for visual. The vet uses silk thread to pinch the skin so she doesn't rip the absorbable thread under the skin. After 10 days they cut the silk thread pinching the skin and it snaps back like it was brand new, barely visible scar. My other cat's incision didn't even leave a scar. Do you think I should be worried about how this looks? I used the flash because she was laying in the darkest corner of the room so the colors aren't exactly true because of it, but i thought cats aren't given pain meds specifically so they don't jump and rip open their sutures? Please help. My only other alternative would be the emergency animal hospital and those buggers are expensive AF, and not as good as my regular vet. Do you think this needs to be looked at by a vet? I could really use some opinions from people who have more experience than me, or that have crazy cats that get the zoommies after being spayed. What brand of crazy do I have, for it not to feel pain less than 24 hours after being spayed? =))))
Thank you in advance!!!

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And since you made it this far, here's some cuteness, too

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Hello and welcome to TCS. Sorry, though, for the circumstances that brought you here.

Other members will likely reply, who have experience with female cats and spay incision healing/infection, and can offer their opinions.

My thought, however, is perhaps you could call the ER vet hospital and ask if you could email them the picture and see if they feel it needs urgent attention, or if it can wait till tomorrow.

Meanwhile, TCS does have this article which may be helpful.
Spaying And Neutering - What To Look For After Surgery

Good luck. She, and your other cat, are cutie pies.
 

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My thought, however, is perhaps you could call the ER vet hospital and ask if you could email them the picture and see if they feel it needs urgent attention, or if it can wait till tomorrow.
:yeah: I think that's what you should do. It's partly open and there's a chance she could open it more.
 
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Oh, I was there when they opened the doors =))) Vet said she's ok, apparently it's not open, its just the lips of the incision didn't line perfectly when the absorbable thread was put in, because he tried moving the ends together and couldnt, everything is sealed tight, and she didn't even bruise from jumping on the fridge, it was all dried blood but I can't see well without my glasses, lol. i tend to overreact when it comes to her because she had health issues when she was a kitten.
Thank you :)
 
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Ps. Here's her, chillaxing after we got back home :)
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Thanks, everyone :heartshape:
Very creative cover for her incision
Can't really take credit for it, the vet actually showed me how to make one with my other cat, because she didn't like the cone of shame, either :lol:
 
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