My post should have said, why DIDNT the vet clean off before its release

The part that looks wet is  actually  dry to touch.  No fluid  absorbs
into any tissue paper and so the glistening appearance of that part of
the wound is a little misleading.    The Cats Protection League paid
for the op.   It was performed  at the most inexpensive vets practice
in my town by a young lady vett who I think is in her  first job.   The
animals post operatively  (I  discovered  when I collected her)  are
kept in a  cold back room and without a nurse being present there.  The
cat could easily have pulled out a  stitch or mutilated her own wound
during the hours between surgery and my collecting her.  I feel great
misgivings about having selected that vets practice.  The Cat is on a
10 day course of antibotics due to infection of uterus  (she had been
aborting)    At the moment she seems to be making steady progress.
But that vets,  never again.  The Vets Secretary tok us to the animal
collection room, and it was hard to get to see the surgeon, who then
seemed in too much os a rush to give me proper aftercare advice

Sherri,

I wasn't quite sure if you meant cleaning with peroxide and water is a
good thing or a bad thing.

I wouldn't use peroxide on my cats, except to cleanse a wound
immediately after it happened. I wouldn't use it on a surgical incision.
It keeps the wound open and doesn't allow a scab to form.

Rhonda