Hi all!
My cat had a PU surgery in mid-September. He's finally at the point where he's got regular supervised freedom from the cone, it's been several days now, but he won't stop grooming himself. Isn't focusing on the incision site in particular, more like obsessively going, "every single bit of my body has gone a month without a bath and I cannot let this stand" everywhere.
He's not overtly dirty, but I'm going to attempt to give him a bath as soon as I've got the go-ahead from the surgeon to get any remaining odd smells off him. He's always loved water, so I know it won't overly stress him--he's the type of cat who will jump in my own bath for fun if I don't close the door. In the meantime, does anybody have any suggestions to improve this situation? As he's not going for his surgical site, I don't want to put the cone back on (he still gets it when I'm sleeping or have to leave him unattended, as the surgical site is currently ok to be lightly groomed but needs to not get too much attention) but he's already had one hairball and I'm sure there's more coming! I've been giving him small amounts of Laxatone the last couple days to help smooth that along.
Do I just let this ride and hope he calms down?
My cat had a PU surgery in mid-September. He's finally at the point where he's got regular supervised freedom from the cone, it's been several days now, but he won't stop grooming himself. Isn't focusing on the incision site in particular, more like obsessively going, "every single bit of my body has gone a month without a bath and I cannot let this stand" everywhere.
He's not overtly dirty, but I'm going to attempt to give him a bath as soon as I've got the go-ahead from the surgeon to get any remaining odd smells off him. He's always loved water, so I know it won't overly stress him--he's the type of cat who will jump in my own bath for fun if I don't close the door. In the meantime, does anybody have any suggestions to improve this situation? As he's not going for his surgical site, I don't want to put the cone back on (he still gets it when I'm sleeping or have to leave him unattended, as the surgical site is currently ok to be lightly groomed but needs to not get too much attention) but he's already had one hairball and I'm sure there's more coming! I've been giving him small amounts of Laxatone the last couple days to help smooth that along.
Do I just let this ride and hope he calms down?
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