up..anyone?

In case like surgery, e.g. spaying, the time the cat need to recover from anesthesia varies from cat to cat right? They should recover fully after 24 hours right?

24 hours to recover from the anesthetic, 10-14 days for full recovery from surgery. No jumping, no running.

Thank You.

Mine was up and running the same day itself, as if nothing happened to her

depends on when the surgery is. my girl was walking around, but definitely not "sober", and the shelter vet told me no food for her until the following morning. She was fine after 24 hours, but because of the incision, I kept her shut in my bedroom with low furniture.

Okay guys i have a huge problem here. I'm a cat lover but i dont own any cats because my mum wouldn't allow. I fed stray cats in my housing area and also my office area whenever i see any. Lately this stray cat at office i fed her for few days now. She often get bullied by the stray pack at there, i will chase them away then problem starting. This cat start following and chasing my legs wherever i go. She keep rubbing her head on my legs. When i enter office she will follow into my office and never leave even i shoo her away. Luckily my boss didn't notice if not i probably will get a warning letter.

But she will wait me at outside office by sleeping or sitting. Whenever i go out for lunch she will again keep following and rubbing her head on my legs. I can't walk when she was doing that. Guys what should i do? It's been everyday. Now i was afraid to go out even to tarpau my lunch

ask your mum. tell her nicely. she may change her mind. i assume you live in a landed house. should be no problem right?

ah... terharu

that was about how i got my current cat...

Cannot bro my mum got skin allergic that itchy like 24/7 so doc advice not to keep any pets. So my mum will probably kill me too if i bring any. Now the cat will followed me wherever i go. I was afraid to go out now

my parents are anti-pet, fur-phobia. it took them 4 mths to accept their presence.
i set a boundary/make an agreement. cats outside of the house, human inside of the house. vacuum the floor always & comb their fur.
de-fur myself before coming into the house.
on the allergic portion, for my parent, it's just a mental thingy. i tricked my mum by having the cat sleep & roll on the couch without her knowledge. Then when my mum sleep on it for a few days, i then ask her if she feel itchy for the past few days. she says None cos she didn't know that the cat was there, gotcha...

same. i'm more worried than them.
first thing after they come home, rushed to their litter box..
guess they held poo & pee for 2 days 1 night. *hilarious*

I don't want to take any chances. I caged my girls separately. I had to re-arranged the 3-storey cage to one storey cage to prevent them from jumping or climbing in the cage.

I brought home my girls right after surgery, 4.30pm. One of the girls already started to awake while on the way back home but remain hungover even though she seems tried to fight it. The second one started to awake that night & remain hungover for no less than 24 hours. During hungover both can walk but their back legs still weak. I don't know how your cat can already running & jumping the same day, Seager. Probably depends on the anesthesia use by vet?

It's sixth days now & both my girls doing great.

Well this kind of behaviour is normal. Did you try find people to adopt these stray cats?

This post has been edited by kizwan: Apr 28 2015, 03:08 PM

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depends on when the surgery is. my girl was walking around, but definitely not "sober", and the shelter vet told me no food for her until the following morning. She was fine after 24 hours, but because of the incision, I kept her shut in my bedroom with low furniture.

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I don't want to take any chances. I caged my girls separately. I had to re-arranged the 3-storey cage to one storey cage to prevent them from jumping or climbing in the cage.

I brought home my girls right after surgery, 4.30pm. One of the girls already started to awake while on the way back home but remain hungover even though she seems tried to fight it. The second one started to awake that night & remain hungover for no less than 24 hours. During hungover both can walk but their back legs still weak. I don't know how your cat can already running & jumping the same day, Seager. Probably depends on the anesthesia use by vet?

It's sixth days now & both my girls doing great.
Well this kind of behaviour is normal. Did you try find people to adopt these stray cats?

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Mine came home I put her in the cage, she woke up and was still groggy.
She started climbing around wanted to be let out, so I let her out. She walk2 then fall, walk2 then fall so cute

But when we put her back into the cage she starts climbing and stretching again to be let out. So we just let her out and kept her in her bed in the hall and monitored her. About 4-5 hours after she came home she was back to normal, but we didn't play much with her as we did not want her to run around. The same night, all her eating habits and playing habits were back to normal but we avoided playing with her, instead just pet her and made her rest and sleep next to us. Couple of days later took her back to the vet to undo the stitch.

I dropped mine off at the vet at around 10am, and she was done by around 1pm - so we brought her home

Mine the opposite. They'll sit quitely in the cage but once get out, they will walk around & climbing. I actually can't wait to let them out from the cage.

About the stitch, I forgot to ask my vet & he also didn't tell me when I should bring them to undo the stitches. I'll call him tomorrow. A couple of stitches on one of the cats already gone without a trace.

Can you see the stitches? Usually they're internal, dissolving stitches. If they didn't tell you to come back to take them out, you may not even need to because they'll dissolve.

Yes, depends on the type of stitch.
My vet is pretty old school, outer stitch so I had to bring her back to cut. I could have done it on my own though, but I figured I'd just bring her back to the vet.

I can see the stitches. I just called my vet & he said it's too early. FYI, today is 7th day after surgery. He also said that the stitches that he used should be breaking off by itself which explains a couple of stitches on one of the cats already gone without any ill effect. It break off cleanly. Look like it's not something urgent at the moment. If the remaining stitches still there after 10 - 14 days, I can bring my cats to remove the stitches.

I took this pic a couple days ago. I don't know whether you can see the stitches clearly or not.


Another cat not photo-friendly unfortunately. Always moving whenever I try to take a pic. I want to let them out but they're climber. Always like to climb & jump. I let one out last night & first thing she want to do is jump up to the top of the cage.

I brought my cat back to the vet exactly a week after surgery to cut her stitch. But somehow my vet's incision is on the belly of the cat itself, yours seems to be on the side. Perhaps different vet, different techniques. Or maybe angle lari kot

I remember my cat started to lick and nibble on her stitch (the reason I say stitch is because AFAIK it was a very small incision), but the vet said it is normal as they are curious. As long as they don't remove the stitch, it will be okay. Just needed to be stern with her whenever she nibbled her stitch, whenever she did it we would scold her and she understood not to do it. Licking as fine, as my vet said it's part of their healing process.

Like I said previously, my cat when in her cage she climbs and stretches so we had to let her out, but paid very close attention to her. No sudden movements, no playing around for a couple of days. However at night, we put her back in the cage to sleep - only for a week till we got the stitch removed and then no more cage.

my girl climb in the cage as soon as she reach home. lick her wound and i'm not comfortable as the wound was a bit red hence i went to buy the waterproof dressing and stick on he belly. each dressing last for 3 days before she is busy peeling it off.
first 2 days full cage in is suffering for her. on day 3 onwards, we starts to give her time off to come out from the cage. only little gentle game and alot of pat and rubbing to comfort her. out and running after day 7.
her stitches untied and stick out from her skin after 2 weeks. i just pull it off and she's fine.