Male cats neuter incision looks red on both sides suddenly?

l3mmmy

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I’m sorry of this sort of stuff gets posted all the time. I just don’t want to put my cat through the stress off going back to the vets unnecessarily.

Basil was neutered a week ago today. After 4 days the vet saw a photo of his incision and said he is good to be discharged. However today, a week later, I noticed two small red bulgy looking bits on each testical. He doesn’t seem to uncomfortable or in pain, he let me touch it and didn’t care. Eating, drinking, litterboxing and zoomy-ing as usual.

Does it look okay?

For reference, the last image was taken on Monday when the vet discharged him.

Thanks so much in advance, this litter terror drives me mad!
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Hi. It looks to me like the healing has regressed. Is he licking that area a lot? I am not sure you have much choice but to get a hold of the vet and ask - preferably by sending them the pics so they can see the changes.

It may be a matter of him irritating the incisions, but then something needs to be done to stop that before it gets any worse, or turns into an infection. You could put a cone/inflatable collar on him to try to stop him from being able to lick the area, but I still think you should share the changes with the vet.
 

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I agree with FeebysOwner FeebysOwner - I feel like that should be pretty much completely healed by now, it's a tiny incision and they tend to heal quick after castration surgery.

That looks a bit pink and inflamed, especially given it's been a week - I would be expecting it to be looking more or less back to normal by now.

Give your vet a call, and email the most recent photo showing the redness/inflammation if you can.
 
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