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I took in one of my foster cats to be spayed today. I dropped her and two other cats off at 8am and picked them up at 5pm. They do the spays and neuters sometime in the morning. When I picked them up the other two cats were sitting up in their carriers, very alert. Mama, however, was looking quite groggy and not very happy.
When I got them home Mama went to the litter box and peed a little and then she went to lay down on a blanket in the corner and that's where she has stayed pretty much the whole time. I moved her to a basket once which she apparently didn't like so she went back into her carrier to sleep in there but after a while when another cat bothered her there she went back to the blanket where she is now. The only times she has opened her eyes since she got home is when she's had to. All she wants to do is to sleep. I tried to get her to eat by heating up some canned food in the microwave, to make it a little more stinky, but she didn't show any interest in it.
I've had several other cats spayed or neutered and I know that some are more sleepy and groggy than others but I've never had one be this sleepy so many hours after surgery (it's now 11pm) and it worries me.
The spay/neuter clinic has an emergency number you can call to talk to a staff member and I called them about an hour ago. The lady I spoke to didn't think that I needed to worry as long as her gums remains pink and her insicion looks okay which it does. I'm still worried though. Has anyone else had a cat that just keeps sleeping over 12 hours after the surgery? Should I worry? I basically want to know if Mama is just more sensitive to anesthesia or if her sleepiness could be a sign of something wrong. I'm afraid to go to be in case something would happen to her.
When I got them home Mama went to the litter box and peed a little and then she went to lay down on a blanket in the corner and that's where she has stayed pretty much the whole time. I moved her to a basket once which she apparently didn't like so she went back into her carrier to sleep in there but after a while when another cat bothered her there she went back to the blanket where she is now. The only times she has opened her eyes since she got home is when she's had to. All she wants to do is to sleep. I tried to get her to eat by heating up some canned food in the microwave, to make it a little more stinky, but she didn't show any interest in it.
I've had several other cats spayed or neutered and I know that some are more sleepy and groggy than others but I've never had one be this sleepy so many hours after surgery (it's now 11pm) and it worries me.
The spay/neuter clinic has an emergency number you can call to talk to a staff member and I called them about an hour ago. The lady I spoke to didn't think that I needed to worry as long as her gums remains pink and her insicion looks okay which it does. I'm still worried though. Has anyone else had a cat that just keeps sleeping over 12 hours after the surgery? Should I worry? I basically want to know if Mama is just more sensitive to anesthesia or if her sleepiness could be a sign of something wrong. I'm afraid to go to be in case something would happen to her.