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Cat Forum / General Topics / November 2003Feral kitten spaying question
Actually it is not just about feral cats I guess but about any. My mother-in-law takes in strays that "appear" at her place. She lives on a slow country road with a barn and several outbuilding and I quess it looks like a good place for people to drop their unwanted pets off and her being a softy trys to take them in and find homes for them. To date she has had at least 12 cats / kittens fixed and with the help of her vet found homes for them. Thing is that up to now she has paid to have them fixed and full price at her vets. He probably loves her for all the bussiness she gives him. She went to the humane society (They charge $50 to take a pet here - Saginaw County, MI) and got certificates to have 7 felines fixed at $10 each but they have to go to a certain vets. Thing is that when they send them home they give them a pain shot but no meds for home then she has to take them back in ten days to have stitches removed (These 3 that were done are females). Question is that none of mine and I have had 3 done at my vets ever had stitches and I was wondering if others have had stitches when they had theirs done. TIA http://www.ameritech.net/users/lestark/my-babies.htm Some vets are using a new adhesive glue for surgery closures. I have never not had a cat that had stitches. I have had close to 100 females done. Your aunt can request "dissolvable" sutures, so that she does not have to make the trek back in 10 days. Also, it is unusual for cats to be sent home with pain meds. I have never had any of my cats have pain problems. Cats are resilient and bounce back quickly from spays. Really no need for pain meds. > Actually it is not just about feral cats I guess but about any. > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > http://www.ameritech.net/users/lestark/my-babies.htm >Some vets are using a new adhesive glue for surgery closures. That stuff is wonderful - I've had half a dozen cats spayed and stuck back together. No problems; fast healing; minimal down time for the cat. Since females are somewhat more incapacitated than males for a few days, I would recommend trying to keep freshly spayed ferals confined for a couple of days. My tame females were not able to jump well for a couple of days, then they were back to jumping into my lap and on furniture, etc. T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body) >>Some vets are using a new adhesive glue for surgery closures. > >That stuff is wonderful - I've had half a dozen cats spayed and stuck >back together. No problems; fast healing; minimal down time for the >cat. I agree. It's wonderful for people *and* cats. I had a quadruple bypass a couple years ago and was "glued" back together. Nothing's fallen out yet. :) The stitches are on the inside, and they dissolve on their own. Best thing is it saves the trauma of another vet visit just to take stitches out. Sherry >Since females are somewhat more incapacitated than males for a few >days, I would recommend trying to keep freshly spayed ferals confined [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig >in the body) >Thing is that when >they send them home they give them a pain shot but no meds for home >then she has to take them back in ten days to have stitches removed >(These 3 that were done are females). Question is that none of mine >and I have had 3 done at my vets ever had stitches and I was wondering >if others have had stitches when they had theirs done. The females had stitches. Only one had to have them removed - the others removed them by themselves. They have newer stitches now-a-days that dissolve after awhile. I didn't observe any indication of pain in either the males or females. Halloween Survey http://members.aol.com/RichClark7/rev/hallowen.htm > Actually it is not just about feral cats I guess but about any. > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > http://www.ameritech.net/users/lestark/my-babies.htm Removing stitches easy. Ask your vet to show you how. |
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