Laparoscopic spay recovery time

Freya, my 4.5 month old Siamese kittens was just spayed yesterday laparoscopically. The vet originally said that keeping her quiet a couple days would be good. But when I picked her up the vet tech said to keep her quiet and restricted for a week. And the paperwork says to keep her quiet and restricted for 7-10 days. ?

She is acting like nothing happened. I'm thinking that 4-5 days restricted to one room would be plenty. She is already going nuts.

Her brother Magnus was also neutered yesterday. 7-10 days seems really excessive for neutering.

This is all especially because I will need to separate them since they play rough. They will not be happy to be separated.

Any thoughts on isolation time?

Any thoughts on recovery time?

I wonder if the vet gave you instructions for the laparoscopic procedure and the tech gave you the instructions for the regular spay?

The most important reason to keep them quiet is that they might tear stitches; and of course with this procedure the incisions are much smaller. But you don't want them to start having issues with the healing inside, either.

Give the vet a call, ask which recovery period makes more sense. I'm guessing the shorter one, personally. Cats are pretty good at hiding pain, but it stands to reason that the less invasive the surgery, the less the recovery time.

I also just had 2 kittens spayed and neutered (not lapo or laser, just my vet's old-fashioned way) on Monday. . .on the spay caresheet the vet gave me, it says "no running or jumping for 7-10 days". He and I laughed about that because it's so hard to keep a young cat from doing whatever she wants. On the neuter caresheet, it says "no activity restrictions". I wouldn't worry about the male at all.

For the female, a lapo spay does have a smaller incision and fewer stitches, so less chance of anything happening. In the past, I haven't attempted to restrict a cat's activity after a spay at all; I figure she knows what hurts. This time, I'm keeping the kittens in the spare bathroom when I'm not home to watch them, because I have 3 one-year-old females who play very rough with these kittens. But when I am home, I let them out to socialize. . .I just try to make sure the female doesn't do anything too strenuous. So far she seems to be controlling her own activity well enough, and isn't letting anybody wrestle with her.

Basically, I would say that keeping your kitty separated for 2-3 days ought to be good enough. If her brother is in the habit of kicking her in the stomach, I would watch them when they're together, and lock her up when you aren't home, for around 7 days. After that, she should be fine. At her age, she'll heal quickly.

Wow, we must really have been rolling the dice. We never separated kitties after being spayed, just kept an eye on them. (And yes, unless you put them in a crate it's completely impossible to "restrict their activity!" ). But we were also lucky in that no one ever bothered with stitches, and while our kitties played together, they weren't rough with each other.

When we TNR, also done the old fashioned way but with dissolving stitches, we release the females after 48 hours.

Whatever you decide to do, there won't be any complications!