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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2008Saw Star again - and neuter/cone question
Hi there: I went to visit Star again today to keep up his progress with remembering/learning that humans can be okay. He purred on my lap again and I gave him a couple of catnip treats as well. I unleashed the inner kitten in him and, for the first time, he played. It did my heart good to see him relax enough to do that. He also rolled over and showed me him tummy. I took the plunge and rubbed it a bit and he liked it! He's a *big* talker. Yikes - sounds like Otis. LOUD when he complains (he wanted out of the little room) and mrrrp'y and other meows. He'll be a chatty companion for Sarah. His eye was dripping a little bit so they put him on the vet list for tomorrow to have him looked at. They say he has to wear a cone for 2 weeks after neutering?????? Neither of my boys did that. Anybody remember what they did for their boys post snip? I'm worried about stressing him out with a cone. I don't really have the time to be sporting into the shelter to visit but I think its really important to socialize him as much as possible before he meets Sarah - also, to make sure he keeps his spark and doesn't get depressed. He gets sprung on Wednesday! Susan M Otis and Chester Susan M kirjoitti: > They say he has to wear a cone for 2 weeks after neutering?????? Neither > of my boys did that. Anybody remember what they did for their boys post > snip? I'm worried about stressing him out with a cone. Neither Laku nor Nico had to wear anything in particular, cones or other stuff, after their snip. The procedure was fast and all one had to do afterwards was to monitor them waking up from the anesthesia, so they didn't stumble around too badly and hurt themselves. One was supposed to try to keep them from licking the area too much, but they were licking as soon as you turned your back anyway, so...  SignatureChristine in Laitila, Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester We've had three boy cats snipped over the years and never did anything post snip. Sounds like a real excess of caution. Then again I'd let them send him home with a cone. Sarah can always take it off and will have it around to put back on if he should need it. Could save the cost of a vet visit to get one if he does go after his stitches. Jo >> Hi there: >> [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > after his stitches. > Jo When Shadow had his snip he didn't have any stitches. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >Susan M >Otis and Chester I'm glad Star is doing so well. He sound like such a sweet kitty! He's pretty too! I everything goes well for him! Most vets don't put a cone on after neutering. Or if they do, only for a few days. Personally I would recommend a cone for a day or two. Cat saliva tends to have a lot of staph bacteria in it, which is why when cats fight, the wounds tend to abscess so often. When I worked for a vet, we never used a cone after neutering. But we dosed the cats with 2 different antibiotics; enough to get past the risk of infection for a few days. Two weeks sounds really, really unnecessary to me. The area is very well vascularized, and heals quickly. It's fairly common after spaying, of course. That is major surgery, and takes awhile to heal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Life without cats would be only marginally worth living." -TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie. How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven. - Robert Heinlein Life is very difficult. Once you understand that, life becomes easier. -Buddha I would have to ask about the cone. My O. T. didn't have to wear such a thing and neither did Mr. Lewi my son's cat. I would think that would be so stressful. Doesn't make sense to me. >>Hi there: >> [quoted text clipped - 55 lines] > Life is very difficult. Once you understand that, life becomes easier. > -Buddha > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > (he wanted out of the little room) and mrrrp'y and other meows. He'll > be a chatty companion for Sarah. He sounds so lovely. > His eye was dripping a little bit so they put him on the vet list for > tomorrow to have him looked at. > > They say he has to wear a cone for 2 weeks after neutering?????? Neither > of my boys did that. Anybody remember what they did for their boys post > snip? I'm worried about stressing him out with a cone. Whaa?? I have Caliban's snip in fresh memory. Definitely no cone. The vet said he might be licking the site a bit, but that I shouldn't worry unless he overdid it - i.e. wouldn't do anything else but lick it all the time. But Caliban was OK, he sniffed at the site a bit, then he forgot about it and went on his merry way. > I don't really have the time to be sporting into the shelter to visit > but I think its really important to socialize him as much as possible > before he meets Sarah - also, to make sure he keeps his spark and > doesn't get depressed. He gets sprung on Wednesday! Yay! SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > I have Caliban's snip in fresh memory. Definitely no cone. The > vet said he might be licking the site a bit, but that I shouldn't worry > unless he overdid it - i.e. wouldn't do anything else but lick it all > the time. But Caliban was OK, he sniffed at the site a bit, then he > forgot about it and went on his merry way. Easy come, easy go. :) Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. . But Caliban was OK, he sniffed at the site a bit, then he >forgot about it and went on his merry way. Reminds me of my friend Mick's cat Sam (possibly RB by now- he was 12 when Mick died in 200) coming back from his snip. Apparently he settled down for a wash and when he reached his privates he stopped and stared at the place then at Mick as if to say "Where did my balls go?" Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >He's a *big* talker. Yikes - sounds like Otis. LOUD when he complains >(he wanted out of the little room) and mrrrp'y and other meows. He'll [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Neither of my boys did that. Anybody remember what they did for their >boys post snip? I'm worried about stressing him out with a cone. He sounds like a very good boy. Regarding neutering, this particular video was of Buster a day after he was neutered: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmhdr0xR2Qc As you can see, he was cello-y for a while, and his incision bled a bit for a few days, but the vet said that was normal. In his surgery records, his neuter was described as, "Routine cat neuter. Blade incision over each scrotum. Autoligation, closed castration, tied, no sutures, no glue." I'm not clear on what "each scrotum" means though, as mammals have only one scrotum. >>He's a *big* talker. Yikes - sounds like Otis. LOUD when he complains >>(he wanted out of the little room) and mrrrp'y and other meows. He'll [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > I'm not clear on what "each scrotum" means though, as mammals have > only one scrotum. What a totally delicious boy! All those stripeys and thumbs. And of course, a cello solo, but he could be distracted by skritches! > In [Buster's] surgery > records, his neuter was described as, "Routine cat neuter. Blade > incision over each scrotum. Autoligation, closed castration, tied, no > sutures, no glue." > I'm not clear on what "each scrotum" means though, as mammals have > only one scrotum. Oh, c'mon. They just mean each ball. A bit of imprecise language is all. Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. On Jan 21, 5:00 pm, bastXXXe...@sonic.net wrote: > > In [Buster's] surgery > > records, his neuter was described as, "Routine cat neuter. Blade [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > -- > To send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. I dunno, maybe Buster was a mutant. Pam S. really smiling >On Jan 21, 5:00 pm, bastXXXe...@sonic.net wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >Pam S. really smiling Buster is a poly after all! >> I dunno, maybe Buster was a mutant. > Buster is a poly after all! You never know what's under the tail of a polydactyl. I mean, you know what they say about men with large hands. :) Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. > > In [Buster's] surgery > > records, his neuter was described as, "Routine cat neuter. Blade [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Oh, c'mon. They just mean each ball. A bit of imprecise language is all. That's what I thought too, except it looked like it was just one incision right down the middle. Not having had a boy kitty before, I was a bit concerned about it, and kept prodding and poking him there for weeks afterwards to make sure there was none of the inflammation or tenderness my vet told me to watch for. I found that this scrotal-retentiveness works against me though. When a friend's friends invited me over their home for dinner for the first time, as we were on the couch watching a video, next to their snoozing recently neutered cat, I lifted up the kitty's tail to see if it looked any different there from Buster. The hostess gave me a such an odd look. :) > I found that this scrotal-retentiveness works against me though. LOL, scrotal-retentiveness. > When > a friend's friends invited me over their home for dinner for the first > time, as we were on the couch watching a video, next to their snoozing > recently neutered cat, I lifted up the kitty's tail to see if it > looked any different there from Buster. The hostess gave me a such an > odd look. :) Maybe she thought you were a perv with a very unusual kink? Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > of my boys did that. Anybody remember what they did for their boys post > snip? I'm worried about stressing him out with a cone. Neither of my boys did that either. And the surgery seemed not to affect either one in any adverse way, even termporarily. Once the anesthetic wore off, both of them were back to their silly selves. . > I don't really have the time to be sporting into the shelter to visit but > I think its really important to socialize him as much as possible before > he meets Sarah - also, to make sure he keeps his spark and doesn't get > depressed. He gets sprung on Wednesday! Purs for Star, and for you too, for all you are doing for this sweet little guy! > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester When Shadow was snipped last year he was fine without a collar at all. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > They say he has to wear a cone for 2 weeks after neutering?????? Neither > of my boys did that. Anybody remember what they did for their boys post > snip? I'm worried about stressing him out with a cone. None of our cats has ever had to wear one of those contraptions. SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> They say he has to wear a cone for 2 weeks after neutering?????? >> Neither of my boys did that. Anybody remember what they did for their >> boys post snip? I'm worried about stressing him out with a cone. > > None of our cats has ever had to wear one of those contraptions. Sam, my only male cat, didn't wear a cone after the neutering. He didn't need any special care at all - the vets were more careful warning about not letting my female cats jump (now, *that* was difficult!) and watching their incisions than they were about Sam's operation. Cheryl >>> They say he has to wear a cone for 2 weeks after neutering?????? Neither >>> of my boys did that. Anybody remember what they did for their boys post [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Cheryl Oh yes-- that I remember! Post-spay, the little tuxedo tyrant Mimi didn't lose a step. She was a lively little critter, and I remember despairing as she charged up the stairs as if nothing had happened at all. There was no holding her back. Fortunately, she suffered no ill effects. Yeah, telling you not to let a cat jump is like "don't let a dog bark." Good luck! I finally decided that if it hurt they wouldn't do it. Kept all of them in the dog cage for three days just to do my part in the "not letting them jump." >>> They say he has to wear a cone for 2 weeks after neutering?????? Neither >>> of my boys did that. Anybody remember what they did for their boys post [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Cheryl Susan M <not_here@shaw.ca> wrote in news:5vikm6F1lveosU1 @mid.individual.net: snip > They say he has to wear a cone for 2 weeks after neutering?????? > Neither of my boys did that. Anybody remember what they did for their > boys post snip? I'm worried about stressing him out with a cone. I had 4 boys snipped over the years and none had to wear a cone. They all had a sniff at the area and got on with their routine with no problems. Bobble > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Susan M Perhaps they plan to do an "amputation" which IMHO is not necessary, Be sure to question this. MLB >> They say he has to wear a cone for 2 weeks after neutering?????? >> Neither of my boys did that. Anybody remember what they did for >> their boys post snip? I'm worried about stressing him out with a >> cone. 2 boys, no cone > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >...> Susan M > Otis and Chester We've had two male cats neutered. Neither needed a cone. None of our female spays needed a cone, either. Just our experience. Annie > They say he has to wear a cone for 2 weeks after neutering?????? Neither > of my boys did that. Anybody remember what they did for their boys post > snip? I'm worried about stressing him out with a cone. I took Boyfie for his snip in the a.m. and he came home in the p.m. His scrotum was not stitched. He cello'd for about 24 hours on and off but he did not have to wear a cone. He was given a long lasting antibiotic injection and I think a painkiller too and 36 hours after his op he was out on rat patrol as if nothing had ever happened. I would challenge the decision - did they mix him up and think he was a female, perhaps? Tweed On Jan 21, 6:01 pm, "Christina Websell" <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > > They say he has to wear a cone for 2 weeks after neutering?????? Neither > > of my boys did that. Anybody remember what they did for their boys post [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Tweed None of our females were given cones either, and they went to TEDs in several locations. It all reads like someone is misinformed, my guess would be the case worker. Whoever has Star after they get done with him can remove the cone if they wish after they get him home. Common sense should rule, in my opinion. Pam S. <snip> >They say he has to wear a cone for 2 weeks after neutering?????? >Neither of my boys did that. Anybody remember what they did for their >boys post snip? I'm worried about stressing him out with a cone. With my vet they don't send a collar home unless you ask for one, and then you put a couple dollars down as a deposit, which you get back when you go back to get the stitches out. Sammy ripped out her stitches on the ride back from TED when she came home, and of course I didn't have one. So ever since then I've always brought home one home, but she is the only one who wore one. Rocky was the only male I've had done, and he never paid any attention to his stitches. Good thing. too, because I don't know if I could have gotten one on, never mind kept it on him. >I don't really have the time to be sporting into the shelter to visit >but I think its really important to socialize him as much as possible [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Susan M >Otis and Chester SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit, Spot, Princess and Furby with loving memories of Rocky (RB) I asked my vet about the collar thing and he was amazed that on this type of surgery it was still being used! If they notice a problem after surgery, the car trying to dig the stitches then it would be a good idea. However, he said that with all this type of thing he does, he works with the local animal shelter, he has never used one. He said that yes, a few have pulled their own stitch, sometimes he uses the glue stuff, but an event of that kind is rare. Purrz that Star bonds with her new hooman fast. > <snip> >>They say he has to wear a cone for 2 weeks after neutering?????? [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >>Susan M >>Otis and Chester > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester Soncek didn't have to wear a cone after neutering. Best wishes, POlonca and Soncek > They say he has to wear a cone for 2 weeks after neutering?????? > Neither of my boys did that. Anybody remember what they did for > their boys post snip? I'm worried about stressing him out with > a cone. I've never heard of that - Ollie (the last one done) didn't even have any stitches. "They" seem a bit weird. When we had Marblecake spayed they put a cone on her and she had it off before I even got her to the bus stop. We took the hint and gave up on it. No adverse effects, she didn't try to pull the stitches out. ==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === <http://www.campin.me.uk> ==== Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557 CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts
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