Not eating or drinking 5 days post spay

Hi everyone! I took my 9 month bengal to get spayed on 7/6/11 (last Wednesday). We picked her up the next afternoon and she has been in severe pain since. The only time she would eat or drink was if we brought the food or water to her. Well, she stopped drinking and eating completely yesterday. I took her back to the vet this morning and they said she had a fever so they gave her a shot and sent us home with some antiboitics. He said that she should feel better this evening but she's NOT. She's walking around meowing and STILL will not drink anything. It was absolute hell giving her the meds this evening. I'm just extremely worried about her lack of appetite. I plan on calling the vet in the morning if I can't get her to drink tonight. I sooooo don't want to have to take her back.....she acts totally traumatized! Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Sherri

After my post, I did a search and found another thread similar to mine. I looked in the cabinet and found her a can of tuna fish and she ate some of that, but not much. I'm going to take her back to the vet in the morning.

Welcome to TCS, Izzie's Mom. I'm sorry it had to be under these circumstances.

I definitely think bringing Izzie back to the vet and getting a more detailed examination / diagnosis is the right thing to do. Hopefully, Izzie will be feeling as good as new very, very soon!

<<<Hugs>>> for your worry.

AC

So its only been 24hrs w/o water? Ask if they think she's dehydrated, and if so they can give intravenous fluid. Its not harmful and will just have two little camel lumps of water on her back and its very quick and easy for them.

For meds, you can reduce stress by picking up some Greenies chicken Pill Pockets, and put the pill in there.

For food, I'd just grab some fishy flavored junk food like Friskies, and if the vet has it reasonably priced you can pick up some Purina Fortiflora. Its a flavored probiotic that helps if the cat has had any antibiotics and acts as an appetite stimulant sprinkled on food as its apparently quite delicious.

A spay is routine but pretty major surgery as it is a hysterectomy after all, so hopefully there is no infection. Let us know how it goes.

I was soooo happy last night because she ate the tuna fish UNTIL she threw it all up:-( I paged the Vet and he told me to meet him at the office this morning at 7:30 to put her on an I.V. Poor baby, all she wants to do is snuggle. If you aren't snuggling with her she is crying. I'm really worried about how she's going to do there without us.

Thank you for the reply. I'll definitely keep you posted.

Thanks again,
Sherri

Just an update on Izzie! I ended up taking her back to the vet yesterday morning and they immediately put her on a an I.V. He said that they would keep her for a couple of days giving her antibiotics and fluid. We left her blanket there with her, hopefully that will make her a little more comfortable. I feel terrible about this and definitely regret having her spayed. She is a completely indoor pet anyway so I should have left her intact!

No you should not have left her in tact and I quote:

1. When a cat enters her heat cycle she is very annoying, loud, and messy. Spaying ends the heat cycle.
2. Spayed cats tend to wander less.
3. Reduces chances of cat developing mammary cancer, especially if spayed before their first heat cycle.
4. Prevents a common uterine infection, called pyrometra.
5. Prevents many cancers, such as uterine, and ovarian cancer, since these parts are removed.
6. May result in a friendlier, less aloof, cat.
7. A cat who is not breeding will not catch any feline sexually transmitted diseases.
8. In some areas that require licensing of cats, the fees are lower if a cat is spayed.
9. Spayed cats have longer lifespans.
10. No risk of complications during pregnancy, or delivery, such as a costly Caesarian section.
11. In some areas, pregnant cats are sought after for the purposes of sale for euthanasia to be used for veterinary students for dissection.
12. The cat will not contribute to the large number of unwanted kittens.

You did the right thing. Healing thought to your baby

No, you did the right thing with the spay, truly. I hope she's feeling better now. Sometimes cats, or people, have the odd reaction to surgery, but honestly spaying her was the right thing to do.

Izzie's Mom, I can one hundred percent relate to how you're feeling. Please try to let go of that negativity and self-reproach, you did exactly as you should have and Izzy is going to be just fine. Whatever the complication, she's in the right place to address it.

This is a one-shot problem versus a lifetime of discomfort, and spaying her was truly the right thing to do. Hopefully, she'll back home hale and happy before you know it!

<<<Hugs>>>

AC

Izzie's Mom, you did the right thing for your baby. Here are the most important health reasons for spaying

http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/spayne...r-top-ten.aspx

Your female pet will live a longer, healthier life.
Spaying helps prevent uterine infections and breast cancer, which is fatal in about 50 percent of dogs and 90 percent of cats. Spaying your pet before her first heat offers the best protection from these diseases.

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http://www.dailypuppy.com/articles/r...f-b94e3f70e3ba

Spaying a female cat eliminates the risk of ovarian or uterine cancer, and greatly reduces the risk of mammary gland cancers. It also prevents health problems and complications associated with pregnancy. Unspayed cats that come into heat but don't get pregnant can develop pyometra, a potentially fatal infection of the uterus.

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I hope this information will make you feel a LOT better.

Thanks for the encouragement ya'll! I really appreciate it. I'm just upset and blaming myself for her discomfort. I feel better now. We are going to pick her up in the morning......FIRST THING:-)

It's good she'll be able to come home. How's she doing?

He said that she's made huge improvements so she will be ready in the morning. I hope she's not too traumatized from the whole experience. I just want her to be back to normal, she was sooooo funny and such a live-wire before we took her in. Check out her pics on New Cat's on the Block. She's a sweetie, but very mischievous at times (as you'll see by one of the pics). I can't wait to get her back home and love on her!

Thanks for checking on her!

Originally Posted by Izzie's Mom

I feel terrible about this and definitely regret having her spayed. She is a completely indoor pet anyway so I should have left her intact!

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You couldn't have known there would be complications, and there definitely would be MANY unavoidable complications trying to deal with an intact cat in your home. That would have certainly ended in disaster with spraying and crying out and stress of constant heat cycles with no male there to service her.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.