Hi all, been lurking around these forums for months, but finally made myself an account to ask for some opinions on my current situation.
Long story short, on this past Sunday (Nov 19), one of my two 7 month old kittens got into a ball of yarn and ate a ton of it, and ended up needing surgery to have it removed from his intestines before it could cause serious damage. And yes, I'm well aware kittens and cats really shouldn't have yarn, but he unfortunately got into a ball of it somewhere where I thought he couldn't get it. It was an unhappy accident but he's doing well now and seems to be healing nicely.
My dilemma comes with trying to keep him calm and not jumping and roughly playing, which has led me to keep him confined to his own room for these last several days. My kittens are attached at the hip and I know they'll survive this even if they don't see each other until the sutures are removed, but I feel bad that they both seem to be really lonely. Both are meowing and scratching doors way more than ever, which I realize is just an inconvenience I'll need to deal with to ensure my kitten heals without complications.
However, I was curious if anyone had any experiences to share.. is it overkill for me to keep them apart? After a few more days, would supervised time together be okay? My number one fear is having him jump or play too rough since they like to bunny kick each other right in the gut. I was told that the greatest risk of leakage from the intestinal sutures is between 3-6 days, so I've been so paranoid about doing anything that could make that worse... I don't know if I'm being too worrisome or not, this is the first time I've owned cats as an adult that I've been 100% responsible for, and I just want to do right by them. I don't think I trust them not to get out of control with each other, but the full two weeks until the sutures are removed feels like a really long time to keep them apart.
I'd appreciate any insight or input anyone has, I don't want to be a crazy over protective cat mom being way over the top about this, but I also don't want to do anything that could potentially lead to complications.
Long story short, on this past Sunday (Nov 19), one of my two 7 month old kittens got into a ball of yarn and ate a ton of it, and ended up needing surgery to have it removed from his intestines before it could cause serious damage. And yes, I'm well aware kittens and cats really shouldn't have yarn, but he unfortunately got into a ball of it somewhere where I thought he couldn't get it. It was an unhappy accident but he's doing well now and seems to be healing nicely.
My dilemma comes with trying to keep him calm and not jumping and roughly playing, which has led me to keep him confined to his own room for these last several days. My kittens are attached at the hip and I know they'll survive this even if they don't see each other until the sutures are removed, but I feel bad that they both seem to be really lonely. Both are meowing and scratching doors way more than ever, which I realize is just an inconvenience I'll need to deal with to ensure my kitten heals without complications.
However, I was curious if anyone had any experiences to share.. is it overkill for me to keep them apart? After a few more days, would supervised time together be okay? My number one fear is having him jump or play too rough since they like to bunny kick each other right in the gut. I was told that the greatest risk of leakage from the intestinal sutures is between 3-6 days, so I've been so paranoid about doing anything that could make that worse... I don't know if I'm being too worrisome or not, this is the first time I've owned cats as an adult that I've been 100% responsible for, and I just want to do right by them. I don't think I trust them not to get out of control with each other, but the full two weeks until the sutures are removed feels like a really long time to keep them apart.
I'd appreciate any insight or input anyone has, I don't want to be a crazy over protective cat mom being way over the top about this, but I also don't want to do anything that could potentially lead to complications.
