I took my three adult cats to be spayed last Thursday. Goldy has healed up beautifully, you can barely even see the scar now.
Shareena and Miss Patchwillow had fairly severe reactions to the sutures. They both have big lumps around the sutures and Shareena's incision looks like it's been bleeding a little bit. I took Shareena back to the vet yesterday because she was not moving around very much and generally acted like she didn't feel well. He said his main concern was that they might develop an infection and gave me clavamox for them.
They've had two doses now and Shareena is definitely feeling perkier this morning, jumping up on things instead of just lying curled up on my bed. I can't see any difference in the swelling around the incision yet on either of them.
Has anybody had experience with suture reaction? How long can I expect the swelling to last? I don't want to panic and take them back to the vet if things are progressing normally. I'm just not sure what "normal" is in this case.
Shareena and Miss Patchwillow had fairly severe reactions to the sutures. They both have big lumps around the sutures and Shareena's incision looks like it's been bleeding a little bit. I took Shareena back to the vet yesterday because she was not moving around very much and generally acted like she didn't feel well. He said his main concern was that they might develop an infection and gave me clavamox for them.
They've had two doses now and Shareena is definitely feeling perkier this morning, jumping up on things instead of just lying curled up on my bed. I can't see any difference in the swelling around the incision yet on either of them.
Has anybody had experience with suture reaction? How long can I expect the swelling to last? I don't want to panic and take them back to the vet if things are progressing normally. I'm just not sure what "normal" is in this case.