Hiya,
I just wondered if anyone had any experience with external dissolvable stitches and recovery time?
The vet closed Sky's external spay incision with glue and two dissolvable stitches. He said its his preference with younger cats as its an extra layer of protection if the kitten gets a bit over excited before they've healed properly.
My question is really how long do I have to prevent her from cleaning the area?
We're day 8 post spay now and the incision looks really good, but she's utterly miserable in her surgery recovery onesie! She looks adorable but hates hates hates moving around in it and I think she is generally just a bit depressed and bored so the sooner I can let her be free the better!
I know the stitches won't really dissolve from the outside but may take weeks/months to fully absorb/dissolve from the internal side and I feel like keeping her that long in the onsie when she's so miserable would just be cruel!
Any stories/advice will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
(here she is looking a bit grumpy because I just put the suit back on her after letting her have a bit of a grooming session)
I just wondered if anyone had any experience with external dissolvable stitches and recovery time?
The vet closed Sky's external spay incision with glue and two dissolvable stitches. He said its his preference with younger cats as its an extra layer of protection if the kitten gets a bit over excited before they've healed properly.
My question is really how long do I have to prevent her from cleaning the area?
We're day 8 post spay now and the incision looks really good, but she's utterly miserable in her surgery recovery onesie! She looks adorable but hates hates hates moving around in it and I think she is generally just a bit depressed and bored so the sooner I can let her be free the better!
I know the stitches won't really dissolve from the outside but may take weeks/months to fully absorb/dissolve from the internal side and I feel like keeping her that long in the onsie when she's so miserable would just be cruel!
Any stories/advice will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
(here she is looking a bit grumpy because I just put the suit back on her after letting her have a bit of a grooming session)