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Hi all,
I recently brought in a stray by the name of “Rux”. Yesterday he had his castration surgery and the vet administered a long acting opioid pain med.
Ling story short, Rux is really scattered. I’m certain that the stress of the vet visit was a lot, but I’ve never had a cat show such signs of going between states of anxiety and euphoria. Last night he had diarrhea on my bed - I’m sure stress induced.
I put him in his bathroom for the night to keep him as quiet and “stimulation free” as possible, even though he does not like it.
Today he is very hyper and then quiet -
going to the door and growling and then being quiet and “normal“. I put normal in quotes bc I have only had him inside a few weeks and he normally is quite quiet and shy. I don’t mind him being active, I just feel badly for him bc his startle response is so high and I can tell that he’s definitely “in another space” from either the long acting pain medication and/or the anesthesia. They did give him fluids at the office so he would stay hydrated post procedure depending on how he feels. They did say he would “feel great“ and likely be “all loving and all over me and pretty chill“ bc of the pain medication.
i would say he’s definitely “not chill”.
I really wish I had been given the option to Medicate for pain bc this guy is probably having some “kitty high” and not necessarily the good kind.
I am not sure if anything can be done - I can put him back in the small bathroom, but he absolutely acts petrified (maybe because that’s where I put him the night I took him in and he associates it with that stressful incident?).
Anyway, I don’t feel like he’s in any harm, I just have never had a cat react to meds in such a dramatic fashion. Any advice would be appreciate.
He’s in between agitated and flighty. Right now he’s sitting at our front door looking outside and once in a while he will growl and swish his tail, sit up put his paws on the door, paw on the glass, then make a chirpy sounds, walk around and go back to the door.
I sincerely hope this wears off sooner than three days for his sake.
thank you for reading!
I recently brought in a stray by the name of “Rux”. Yesterday he had his castration surgery and the vet administered a long acting opioid pain med.
Ling story short, Rux is really scattered. I’m certain that the stress of the vet visit was a lot, but I’ve never had a cat show such signs of going between states of anxiety and euphoria. Last night he had diarrhea on my bed - I’m sure stress induced.
I put him in his bathroom for the night to keep him as quiet and “stimulation free” as possible, even though he does not like it.
Today he is very hyper and then quiet -
going to the door and growling and then being quiet and “normal“. I put normal in quotes bc I have only had him inside a few weeks and he normally is quite quiet and shy. I don’t mind him being active, I just feel badly for him bc his startle response is so high and I can tell that he’s definitely “in another space” from either the long acting pain medication and/or the anesthesia. They did give him fluids at the office so he would stay hydrated post procedure depending on how he feels. They did say he would “feel great“ and likely be “all loving and all over me and pretty chill“ bc of the pain medication.
i would say he’s definitely “not chill”.
I really wish I had been given the option to Medicate for pain bc this guy is probably having some “kitty high” and not necessarily the good kind.
I am not sure if anything can be done - I can put him back in the small bathroom, but he absolutely acts petrified (maybe because that’s where I put him the night I took him in and he associates it with that stressful incident?).
Anyway, I don’t feel like he’s in any harm, I just have never had a cat react to meds in such a dramatic fashion. Any advice would be appreciate.
He’s in between agitated and flighty. Right now he’s sitting at our front door looking outside and once in a while he will growl and swish his tail, sit up put his paws on the door, paw on the glass, then make a chirpy sounds, walk around and go back to the door.
I sincerely hope this wears off sooner than three days for his sake.
thank you for reading!