my 5 year old, unspayed kitty has a pink discharge, vet said pyrometra. maybe? surgery is tomorrow! anoyone have any info of the pink liqiud, risks of surgery, other signs?? i'm very scared for my baby.
You are doing the best thing you can do, one sign of pyometra can be this kind of discharge.Originally Posted by kelch23
my 5 year old, unspayed kitty has a pink discharge, vet said pyrometra. maybe? surgery is tomorrow! anoyone have any info of the pink liqiud, risks of surgery, other signs?? i'm very scared for my baby.
Yes and no. Functionally the surgery is the same as a spay because it is the removal of the uterus and ovaries, but a pyometra surgery is anything but simple. If the uterus tears or ruptures during surgery, it will leak toxic pus and bacteria into the abdominal cavity and if this happens, it is likely to be fatal. It is very common for a healthy uterus to tear during surgery, especially if the cat has had multiple heat cycles. Keeping a uterus that is swollen and full of infection from tearing is even more difficult, and you have to take into account that a cat with pyometra has had many heat cycles and therefore would probably have a pretty friable uterus even if she did not have pyometra. Plus a cat with pyometra is already very sick and surgery is always riskier for a sick patient as opposed to a healthy patient.Originally Posted by booktigger
The surgery should be a simple spay operation