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Hello! So I have a 1 year old grey male tabby named Charlie. Three days ago I took him into a local vet/rescue shelter who offer free spay and neuter for your dogs and cats. I thought that he was going in for a straight neutering surgery but today as a was checking on his incisions, like I do twice a day as asked by the vet, I noticed a black string coming from his anus.....
I thought maybe it was just something he ate or was stuck there and tried to lightly pull it out however it resisted coming out. Idecided to leave it alone as Im not sure what it is now and don't want to yank it out and possibly hurt him. Oh and btw, the vet used glue sutures not your typical needle and thread for removing his testes. I cut tiny piece of the string off (the string protruding from his behind is about an inch and a half in length and I only cut about a centimeter) and looked at the piece under a jewelers loop and light and upon further inspection noticed it's definately a synthetic type string and not just a piece of black hair as I originally suspected. I inspected closer around his anus and noticed what looks like sutures on the right and left sides of the outside of his anus. (Maybe two small stitches on each side).
Before he went in for his surgery he did have an incident where his tail was injured and required antibiotics for an abscess that formed in his tail but there wasn't any other damages done as a result if his tail injury (ie bladder or deification issues weren't present) and his tail was healed and antibiotic regimen was complete by the time he had his neuter surgery. Not sure that this detail matters but decided to mention it anyhow. My question is (because I'm assuming based off what it looks like that they removed his anal glands and when I picked him up he smelled very strongly of hs spray, obviously I'm not an expert but based off of the little knowledge I have this is all I coud come up with) do the vets normally remove these glands as part if the regular neutering procedure or is thus something that we should have discussed prior and after to surgery?
Clearly I will have to call the shelter and dr who performed the surgery to get more answers (Which I will be doing here in the next two hours when they open). I just figured while I'm waiting what others experiences are and what not. Any and all comments, suggestions, and criticisms are welcomed and asked for as I don't know a whole lot and like to gather I go from other expirienced owners/Drs/professionals. Well thanks and let me know whatcha think! [emoji]128521[/emoji]
I thought maybe it was just something he ate or was stuck there and tried to lightly pull it out however it resisted coming out. Idecided to leave it alone as Im not sure what it is now and don't want to yank it out and possibly hurt him. Oh and btw, the vet used glue sutures not your typical needle and thread for removing his testes. I cut tiny piece of the string off (the string protruding from his behind is about an inch and a half in length and I only cut about a centimeter) and looked at the piece under a jewelers loop and light and upon further inspection noticed it's definately a synthetic type string and not just a piece of black hair as I originally suspected. I inspected closer around his anus and noticed what looks like sutures on the right and left sides of the outside of his anus. (Maybe two small stitches on each side).
Before he went in for his surgery he did have an incident where his tail was injured and required antibiotics for an abscess that formed in his tail but there wasn't any other damages done as a result if his tail injury (ie bladder or deification issues weren't present) and his tail was healed and antibiotic regimen was complete by the time he had his neuter surgery. Not sure that this detail matters but decided to mention it anyhow. My question is (because I'm assuming based off what it looks like that they removed his anal glands and when I picked him up he smelled very strongly of hs spray, obviously I'm not an expert but based off of the little knowledge I have this is all I coud come up with) do the vets normally remove these glands as part if the regular neutering procedure or is thus something that we should have discussed prior and after to surgery?
Clearly I will have to call the shelter and dr who performed the surgery to get more answers (Which I will be doing here in the next two hours when they open). I just figured while I'm waiting what others experiences are and what not. Any and all comments, suggestions, and criticisms are welcomed and asked for as I don't know a whole lot and like to gather I go from other expirienced owners/Drs/professionals. Well thanks and let me know whatcha think! [emoji]128521[/emoji]