Hey everyone, I adopted a couple of kittens a few months ago. I'm a little worried about one of the kittens and would be really thankful for your advice please.
They are 8 months old and spayed. This particular girl kitten was spayed a few days before she turned 7 months. She was meant to be spayed as soon as she turned 5 months old, but we had to delay her operation twice because she wasn't well enough for the GA. She previously had diarrea (giardiasis) but is all clear of that now and was spayed on 2 January. She hadn't gone into heat before she was spayed, or at least showed no signs of it.
I've noticed a small amount of vaginal discharge on a few occasions so I'm a bit worried. Sorry for the gross details, but at first I thought it looked slightly green but that was just in poor lighting. In proper lighting it doesn't look green. It's thick and white-ish, with slight yellow tinge. There is no odour.
I did call the vet when I first noticed it a few days before Christmas. The vet asked about the colour and if there was a smell. They said that based on the description they weren't worried, but if there's any change to call back. They said that it could be that she would soon be going into heat. There was no change in the discharge and still no signs of going into heat, so they were happy to spay her a week or so later.
She's recovered well from the operation and there's been no change in colour of the discharge and there's still no smell or anything. But I'm still a bit worried as I notice it maybe every second day.
Is this normal? I've read about pyometra so that's really worried me! Can that affect spayed kittens who haven't been in heat? Should I take her back to the vet? I took a couple of photos so maybe I should take those in, in the first instance?
I'm of course very happy to take her to the vet, it's just that I'm a little paranoid and have already taken both kittens for a couple of appointments for various reasons and it turned out to be nothing to worry about, so I don't want to put them through it just because I'm such a constant worrier!
Sorry for the long post and thank you for any advice!
They are 8 months old and spayed. This particular girl kitten was spayed a few days before she turned 7 months. She was meant to be spayed as soon as she turned 5 months old, but we had to delay her operation twice because she wasn't well enough for the GA. She previously had diarrea (giardiasis) but is all clear of that now and was spayed on 2 January. She hadn't gone into heat before she was spayed, or at least showed no signs of it.
I've noticed a small amount of vaginal discharge on a few occasions so I'm a bit worried. Sorry for the gross details, but at first I thought it looked slightly green but that was just in poor lighting. In proper lighting it doesn't look green. It's thick and white-ish, with slight yellow tinge. There is no odour.
I did call the vet when I first noticed it a few days before Christmas. The vet asked about the colour and if there was a smell. They said that based on the description they weren't worried, but if there's any change to call back. They said that it could be that she would soon be going into heat. There was no change in the discharge and still no signs of going into heat, so they were happy to spay her a week or so later.
She's recovered well from the operation and there's been no change in colour of the discharge and there's still no smell or anything. But I'm still a bit worried as I notice it maybe every second day.
Is this normal? I've read about pyometra so that's really worried me! Can that affect spayed kittens who haven't been in heat? Should I take her back to the vet? I took a couple of photos so maybe I should take those in, in the first instance?
I'm of course very happy to take her to the vet, it's just that I'm a little paranoid and have already taken both kittens for a couple of appointments for various reasons and it turned out to be nothing to worry about, so I don't want to put them through it just because I'm such a constant worrier!
Sorry for the long post and thank you for any advice!