Why does he need a cone after all the stitches are dissolved? Their purpose is to prevent the surgery patient from breaking them apart. I would expect him to only wear it the first two weeks.She said she's pleased with where he's at, and has no concerns! As long as he's peeing, eating, drinking, alert, in minimal pain, kept as clean as reasonably possible without disturbing his stitches, and his incision is not infected, she's happy. These surgeries are going to look ugly as they heal; there's only so much to be done about that.
My understanding was it's hard to come up with an exact schedule for these recoveries, as the cats usually have some level of physical trauma going into them from developing urinary obstructions that makes it hard to predict exactly how fast they'll bounce back. The stitches will start to dissolve around the 10-14 day mark, and she'd like him to wear a cone and have somewhat restricted movement for a month (even after the stitches are gone, the area will be delicate for a while).
It could depend on how blocked he was at the time for all I know. Was the urine just dripping or a stream?