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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / January 2004kitten spayed. Just noticed.
my kitten has just been spayed and I have just noticed that unlike any of my previous cats that i have had done, she hasn't got her paw shaved. Why? Could she have been given gas instead? watching her at the moment she looks like she has been out on the beer all night. I could do with some of what she has had!!! LOL >my kitten has just been spayed and I have just noticed that unlike any >of my previous cats that i have had done, she hasn't got her paw >shaved. Why? Could she have been given gas instead? watching her at >the moment she looks like she has been out on the beer all night. I >could do with some of what she has had!!! LOL Possibly, but often vets use a fast-acting intravenous anesthesia first before administering gas. I don't recall that any of our cats had shaved paws for their spays. circa 15 Jan 2004 21:56:29 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Yngver (yngver@aol.comnospam) said, > >my kitten has just been spayed and I have just noticed that unlike any > >of my previous cats that i have had done, she hasn't got her paw [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > administering gas. I don't recall that any of our cats had shaved paws for > their spays. It usually depends on how easily the vet finds a vein in the cat and whether the vet automatically shaves before checking. If the kitty didn't need to be shaved to find a vein, that is a very good thing, trust me. It means that the cat either has good veins, the vet/vet tech is a very good "poker", or both. Regardless, it's occasion for happiness. (I learned a whole lot about cats' veins and whatnot when Alex went through chemo. Good veins and/or skilled needlers are *great*.) Laura  SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. <<circa 15 Jan 2004 21:56:29 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Yngver <<(yngver@aol.comnospam) said, <<> >my kitten has just been spayed and I have just noticed that unlike any <<> >of my previous cats that i have had done, she hasn't got her paw <<> >shaved. Why? Could she have been given gas instead? watching her at <<> >the moment she looks like she has been out on the beer all night. I <<> >could do with some of what she has had!!! LOL <<> > <<> Possibly, but often vets use a fast-acting intravenous anesthesia first before <<> administering gas. I don't recall that any of our cats had shaved paws for <<> their spays. <<> <<It usually depends on how easily the vet finds a vein in the cat and <<whether the vet automatically shaves before checking. If the kitty <<didn't need to be shaved to find a vein, that is a very good thing, <<trust me. It means that the cat either has good veins, the vet/vet <<tech is a very good "poker", or both. Regardless, it's occasion for <<happiness. (I learned a whole lot about cats' veins and whatnot when <<Alex went through chemo. Good veins and/or skilled needlers are <<*great*.) << <<Laura Thanks for the answer Laura. Another thing I have noticed is that TED said her stitches would dissolve and would not need any removed, so why has she got one stitch at the one end of her incision exposed. Should i call in case she has bitten or licked it out her self or just leave it as it is? TIA Tracy & Tilly. circa Sat, 17 Jan 2004 20:33:18 +0000, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, tracy (tracy@mayer92.freeserve.co.uk) said, > Thanks for the answer Laura. Another thing I have noticed is that TED > said her stitches would dissolve and would not need any removed, so > why has she got one stitch at the one end of her incision exposed. > Should i call in case she has bitten or licked it out her self or just > leave it as it is? What was the date of her spaying? Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. circa Sat, 17 Jan 2004 20:33:18 +0000, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, tracy (tracy@mayer92.freeserve.co.uk) said, > Thanks for the answer Laura. Another thing I have noticed is that TED > said her stitches would dissolve and would not need any removed, so > why has she got one stitch at the one end of her incision exposed. > Should i call in case she has bitten or licked it out her self or just > leave it as it is? Whoops, if you're just worried about the fact that it's exposed, don't. Can you see a knot in it? Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. <<circa Sat, 17 Jan 2004 20:33:18 +0000, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, <<tracy (tracy@mayer92.freeserve.co.uk) said, <<> Thanks for the answer Laura. Another thing I have noticed is that TED <<> said her stitches would dissolve and would not need any removed, so <<> why has she got one stitch at the one end of her incision exposed. <<> Should i call in case she has bitten or licked it out her self or just <<> leave it as it is? <<> <<Whoops, if you're just worried about the fact that it's exposed, <<don't. Can you see a knot in it? << <<Laura She was spayed on tuesday. there is a knot in it yes. circa Sat, 17 Jan 2004 21:14:31 +0000, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, tracy (tracy@mayer92.freeserve.co.uk) said, > <<> Thanks for the answer Laura. Another thing I have noticed is that > TED [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > She was spayed on tuesday. there is a knot in it yes. Oh, then I wouldn't worry *at all*. Give the stitches at least a week, preferably a bit more, to dissolve, and that external stitch is simply the anchoring knot, so no cause for alarm. Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. <<circa Sat, 17 Jan 2004 21:14:31 +0000, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, <<tracy (tracy@mayer92.freeserve.co.uk) said, <<> <<> Thanks for the answer Laura. Another thing I have noticed is that <<> TED <<> <<> said her stitches would dissolve and would not need any removed, <<> so <<> <<> why has she got one stitch at the one end of her incision exposed. <<> <<> Should i call in case she has bitten or licked it out her self or <<> just <<> <<> leave it as it is? <<> <<> <<> <<Whoops, if you're just worried about the fact that it's exposed, <<> <<don't. Can you see a knot in it? <<> << <<> <<Laura Thanks laura. Your answer has really helped. It has been around 2yrs since i last had a cat spayed and as like many other things i suppose things do change. Where do you get all your knowledge from? What fur babies do you have? Tilly, (the one causing all the worrying) is one of three that i have. The others are Tabby, a LH tabby cat who is around 11-12yrs and boots, a ginger tom, who is around 8-9. Tilly is still only a baby at 6mnths and is a joy. I got her when she was around 8wks old according to the person I had her off. Personally i think she was younger as when she lies on her blanket she has happy feet and sucks the thing that she is lying on. Is this because she left her mom too soon? None of the others have had many problems except tabby when she was around 2yrs old. She got run over and had to have a major operation as i can't recall what is what called, but her intsetines had somehow got through a hole and into her chest cavity. She was a ted's for three days and had all her stomach hair and more shaved. TED was worried because she would not eat while there but made up for it when she came home. Must be something about missing me, I hope!!!! sorry for the long reply but once i started i couldnt't seem to stop typing. Where R U from? (Just out of interest) Thanks again Tracy, Tabby, Boots, Tilly & DS Daniel. <<> <<> <<> She was spayed on tuesday. there is a knot in it yes. <<> <<Oh, then I wouldn't worry *at all*. Give the stitches at least a <<week, preferably a bit more, to dissolve, and that external stitch is <<simply the anchoring knot, so no cause for alarm. << <<Laura circa Sat, 17 Jan 2004 21:57:45 +0000, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, tracy (tracy@mayer92.freeserve.co.uk) said, > Thanks laura. Your answer has really helped. It has been around 2yrs > since i last had a cat spayed and as like many other things i suppose > things do change. Plus, different veterinarians (and their technicians) literally have different "styles". Some shave circular areas for surgery; some shave squares. Some shave the smallest patch possible, others darned near shave a cat bald for surgery. ;-) They have different stitching styles, needling styles, examination styles, you name it. It's like any other profession- everybody develops a routine that tends to reflect what has worked for him or her in the past. > Where do you get all your knowledge from? There is *far* more that I _don't_ know than I do know. It's just that I've had a lot of cats in my lifetime, and I am by nature (not by profession) a researcher and a behavioralist. Whenever any of my pets have had any kind of illness, procedure, whatever, I've always read everything I can find on the subject. I'm one of those people who feels more comfortable with medical procedures if I know exactly what's involved in every aspect of them. Besides, when I was a kid, I wanted to be a veterinarian, but some pretty hefty allergies precluded that. Basically, I have several different interest areas, and cats are one of them. :-) > What fur > babies do you have? Tilly, (the one causing all the worrying) is one > of three that i have. The others are Tabby, a LH tabby cat who is > around 11-12yrs and boots, a ginger tom, who is around 8-9. Tilly is > still only a baby at 6mnths and is a joy. I got her when she was > around 8wks old according to the person I had her off. I currently have three, having lost one in August that I've not yet "replaced". Oscar, who turned 9 on November 1, is a buff tabby DSH who is slowly slimming down from a couple of years of chubbiness that resulted from his eating Jacob's K/D (renal failure food that is low phosphorus, but fattening). Oscar is my pissant cat- he loves to pick on Camille. However, he's totally subservient to Jacob, who he seems to think is his boyfriend. Or his mommy. Camille will be 11 on March 31. She's a dilute tortie DMH with fur that always looks kind of dusty and ratty even five minutes after she's been brushed. She's skittish and shy, hates to be picked up or held, but will crawl up into my lap when she wants to, as she is doing at this very moment. She licks my hands and feet obsessively and loves to talk in the morning. My oldest is Jacob, who was born in 1988. He is a black DSH wo always looks like he was put in the dryer (he's kind of fluffy, yet short- haired). He has CRF and is the sweet old man of the house. He's also the most dominant of the cats, even though he's the smallest and oldest. He was the first cat I got as an adult, along with his brother, Gabriel, who died at age four of hepatic lipidosis (as did Hannibal, who was Oscar's littermate). He is the sweetest, cuddliest cat I've ever known, and borders on clinginess, which is fine with me. > Personally i > think she was younger as when she lies on her blanket she has happy > feet and sucks the thing that she is lying on. Is this because she > left her mom too soon? Not necessarily. Camille does the licking thing I mentioned, and she had her mother (a feral who decided she would live with me for a while, and who also produced Oscar- long story) around until she was three or so. Jacob used to suck on my earlobes until he was five or six years old, but his littermate didn't do anything similar. I've had cats who did the suckling/happy feet thing, and others who didn't, and there has been no consistency as to how old they were when they left their mothers. I think it's just that some cats are comforted by doing it, or reminded of their kitten times. :-) > None of the others have had many problems > except tabby when she was around 2yrs old. She got run over and had to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > up for it when she came home. Must be something about missing me, I > hope!!!! Being away from their people and their homes is very stressful for cats, so I'm not surprised that she gained weight once she was back with you. She must love you a lot. :-) > sorry for the long reply but once i started i couldnt't seem > to stop typing. Obviously, I suffer the same affliction. ;-) > Where R U from? (Just out of interest) I live in New York (City) now, but I've lived in lots of places. I'm mostly from Michigan, originally. Oh, I almost forgot- you can see pictures of my cats, including the one I lost to lymphoma in August, here: http://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=geekwench&AID=370271 http://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=geekwench&AID=1006040 http://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=geekwench&AID=369785 Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. |
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