Abdominal nutering? Please help!

We took our cat to get fixed today assuming it was a she and it turns out it was a male, but his testes didn't drop so they had to be removed through his stomach.  The care instructions they gave me match nothing I've been able to find online, everything I can find is for regular neutering.  The problem is he's 7 months old and he's FREAKING OUT.  What do I do?  I'm so scared he's going to tear everything open.  There is no where in our house we can put him, everywhere we've tried he tries to jump and they said don't let him jump or play and try to keep him calm, but he refuses to calm down.  He isn't very friendly and bites so petting/holding him is out of the question.  Right now we have his crate door off and his crate is butted up against his litter box door so he can get to his commode, but even in there he won't lay down.  How do I make him calm down?!

Please help, I don't want him to get hurt!  Thank you.

How long ago was this operation?

Do you give him painkillers?  Better not. Having painkillers he dont feel he has the surgical wound...

I dont have any really good advices now.

But if it jumping as problem, you may perhaps have him in his carrier.  Or is he there already if I understood you right?

In periods you can have him wrapped in towels... He will get calm and submissivee.

You can also hold him by his neck behind "scruff"

Both work for shorte periods, but enough if you must do something. Say scope clean his litter, and change in his carrier.

Perhaps put on an elisabethanian collar? this way it will be more difficult to jump...

lets hope others fill in!

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Good luck!

He's in the crate...We took the door off of it and faced it to his litter house with weights on either side so he can't move it so its kinda like this:

[box|crate]

And he does have the collar on, and he's still so loopy from the ddrugs they gave him there that his pupils look insane, but he STILL is trying to jump.  Needless to say, this is the most strong-willed, stubborn cat I've ever owned.  He's been home for about an hour or so now and he still hasn't calmed down.  I'm supposed to feed him and give him meds in 30 mins.

I'm sure I sound like such an idiot not knowing what to do, but I've always gotten older pets that were already fixed, this is the first time I've had to go through this with one and I have no clue how to calm him down.  (The towel thing just makes him freak out even worse...he has  VERY high-strung, violent temperment.)

Females have spays done through the abdomen all the time and they do fine without being confined.  I would just let him stay in his crate with the door off or open and he can come and go as he pleases.  Keep an eye on him since he's kinda loopy.  If need be, you can set up a temporary place for him in the bathroom with a nice soft warm bed, litter box, water, and food.  That way he has some space to move around in, but not a ton of space to run and play.  I think he'll be fine once the anesthesia wears off, though.

The after care will be the same as for a spay. Personally, I don't try to confine a cat after surgery at all; I figure they know what hurts and what doesn't. If he's still loopy just keep him locked in his crate until he's fully functional again. . .if he goes potty in there no biggie, it's easy to clean up. After he's fully aware, let him do what he wants. Anything you do to confine him will stress him more and if you try to restrain him physically he might get injured. Just keep an eye on his stitches and call the vet right away if he pulls any out or if the area looks infected.