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Last Fall I found a pregnant cat in my backyard. I feed two street cats and had them neuttered. She came along, and I was not sure if she was lost or not. I realized she was pregnant and tried to find the owners, but couldn't. I gave 4 of the kitties (at 3 months, and by pairs to 2 owners) and kept two for me. I also found the father, which I nourrish and will try to get him inside. I'm pretty sure he's the father. The two cats know each other, and the male cat is grey and 2 kitties looked exactly like him.
Now was time to spay the mother. I went to a "hospital" vet because my old vet said she had a heart problem. So the spaying, examination and all cost 450 dollars (including blood tests).
The problems start here: This is the first time I deal with a female cat, but they gave me a collar for her to wear so she doesn't lick her belly. This is a nightmare in itself. She cries and take it off at times, and when I watch her I take it off, because she is not licking her belly at all (only her legs). But though the wound itself seems clean and untouched, it is bulging like a balloon a little. It looks like an hernia to me.
I call the vet for a rendez-vous tomorrow, but it's 20 dollars the technician
+ another 40 if the vet comes to examine her. This upsets me. I would assume that post-op examinations should be a curtesy. Is it just me?
I also find that slicing the belly right in the middle like they did calls up for hernia. Is it just me? What part of post-operative complications would be the responsability of the vet? An hernia sounds like a vet responsability.
Also, aren't they other methods to protect a wound than to leave it
free and use a collar? I have bought Skin Closure Strips and wonder if I should just put it there myself. It is not impossible that the cat have licked because she is able to take her collar after a while, and the time I put it back I have no idea where she has been. What is a clear indication of infection? The skin is not red, the wound seems dry. It just that a "pouch" has formed on the belly.
Have I just started a slow painful process of killing my cat by having her spayed? Ok...I'm panicking. I just mean that I never knew what I embarked on by spaying a female. Wow!
Giacometti
Last Fall I found a pregnant cat in my backyard. I feed two street cats and had them neuttered. She came along, and I was not sure if she was lost or not. I realized she was pregnant and tried to find the owners, but couldn't. I gave 4 of the kitties (at 3 months, and by pairs to 2 owners) and kept two for me. I also found the father, which I nourrish and will try to get him inside. I'm pretty sure he's the father. The two cats know each other, and the male cat is grey and 2 kitties looked exactly like him.
Now was time to spay the mother. I went to a "hospital" vet because my old vet said she had a heart problem. So the spaying, examination and all cost 450 dollars (including blood tests).
The problems start here: This is the first time I deal with a female cat, but they gave me a collar for her to wear so she doesn't lick her belly. This is a nightmare in itself. She cries and take it off at times, and when I watch her I take it off, because she is not licking her belly at all (only her legs). But though the wound itself seems clean and untouched, it is bulging like a balloon a little. It looks like an hernia to me.
I call the vet for a rendez-vous tomorrow, but it's 20 dollars the technician
+ another 40 if the vet comes to examine her. This upsets me. I would assume that post-op examinations should be a curtesy. Is it just me?
I also find that slicing the belly right in the middle like they did calls up for hernia. Is it just me? What part of post-operative complications would be the responsability of the vet? An hernia sounds like a vet responsability.
Also, aren't they other methods to protect a wound than to leave it
free and use a collar? I have bought Skin Closure Strips and wonder if I should just put it there myself. It is not impossible that the cat have licked because she is able to take her collar after a while, and the time I put it back I have no idea where she has been. What is a clear indication of infection? The skin is not red, the wound seems dry. It just that a "pouch" has formed on the belly.
Have I just started a slow painful process of killing my cat by having her spayed? Ok...I'm panicking. I just mean that I never knew what I embarked on by spaying a female. Wow!
Giacometti