The time is fast approaching for Meg kitten to be booked in for her spay op (she's about 21 weeks ish now) and I'm a tad worried about the aftercare side of things with her and Jasmine (our older cat) as they like to run around and wrestle together like loons!!!
We usually take Jasmine to the Companion Care vets in Pets at Home as it's only a couple of mins from us by car and we've been lucky in that she's only ever needed her booster vaccinations there so I don't have much experience of them.
I just gave them a call to find out about the spay op (which is £57) and they said that they'd use dissolvable stitches and they're very small and neatly woven into the skin so that they're barely visible with no loose bits hanging (I know when Jas was done at our previous vets she had long bits of thread poking out ). They said she'd come home with a buster collar and would need to wear it for 10 days and to keep her apart from Jas for most of that time so that they can't wrestle or go mad :err: They said she needs to go back 3 days after the op for a post op check.
As they're only just getting to the point of getting used to each other I'm a bit worried about seperating them too much really but I'm guessing Jas will be horrified initially when Meg comes home and smells of the vets with a big cone on her head to boot!!
I did also ring the vets that the CPL branch that Meg is from use and speak to them - the spay op would cost £75 and seems generally the same (but they didn't mention a post op check).
Someone on one of the forums mentioned that I should look into having the wound sealed using glue rather than stitches as there would be less of a need to keep the cats apart and I mentioned this to the Companion Care vets and they wouldn't offer that as an option. The other vets said that they could glue the wound but that they would only usually recommend that option for ferals where there's not proper aftercare
I'm just a little confused about what would be the best option really - will just be glad when it's over and done with I guess
Am aiming to book her in for having it done in the next fortnight really as I just want it over and done with really (obviously she's not been outside as yet and there's no way I'd let her out until she's been spayed and recovered
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