Hello, so both of my kittens have recently been fixed (I have a male and female from the same litter who are both 6 months old). I’m currently having some complications with Tobi (female) after her spay about a week ago. She’s started to form a pocket of apparent fluid under her incision site. I noticed it this morning and was super scared. I took pics and called the vet. They said it was probably a seroma since it wasn’t hot to the touch and wasn’t causing her any pain. She’s also using the bathroom normally and eating/ drinking normally. The line of stitches is not inflamed and appears to be healing/ scabbing normally. The reason I’m concerned still is because I don’t trust this vet clinic 100%- the reason being that they sent Tobi home with me with no e-collar. This confused me since my male cat had just been fixed and they (a different vet clinic) were very adamant that any licking is very bad and will cause infection. So when I asked the vet why no e-collar, she just replied to stop Tobi if I saw her licking. Confused and left a little distraught, I took her home. I had my bathroom set up with all the essentials so she had somewhere to recover. I still had to go to school for he next two days so I could not monitor her licking during the day. Two days later, I noticed her incision area was red and there was what appeared to be a gap in the line of stitches which had opened. I called the vet and emailed them pictures and they said to bring her in. They then proceeded to examine her for a few minutes and give her a collar. The part that really got me was when they said “they should’ve sent her home with one”. So basically all this worry and extra trip (vet is 45 mins away from home) was due to a vet not doing what should’ve been done. I was a little upset that they didn’t give her one initially, but I was more relieved that she was fine and got what she needed.
Now it has been 6 days since her surgery and this “seroma” has begun to form. I put seroma in quotations because I’m not too sure if it could be a false diagnosis and that it might be something worse like built up tissue or a hernia. Especially since they told me over the phone and didn’t look at any pictures although I offered. Please if anyone has any advice or experience with this, help me out. I just want Tobi to be healthy and able to return to her normal activities again. Thank you
Now it has been 6 days since her surgery and this “seroma” has begun to form. I put seroma in quotations because I’m not too sure if it could be a false diagnosis and that it might be something worse like built up tissue or a hernia. Especially since they told me over the phone and didn’t look at any pictures although I offered. Please if anyone has any advice or experience with this, help me out. I just want Tobi to be healthy and able to return to her normal activities again. Thank you
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