My cat was spayed and now her wound is infected I already took her to the vet many times :(

Hi Everyone 

I spayed my cat last Sunday and I picked her on monday morning. When I arrived home I noticed the wound wasnt normal well didnt looked very good and my cat was in pain when she moved, I was worried so I called the vet and she told me to bring her the next day. I went and she gave her some antibiotics and a shot for the pain. Also they didnt gave me the E-collar which I repeatly asked for and one vet told me some cats dont need one.

I did everything humanly  possible to prevent  licking and because I have very light sleep I hear the cat and night and stop her. (Right now I am not working so I have been all day long in my room with the cat preventing her from licking even at night I almost dontt sleep, have really light sleep anything wake me up). So on wednesday I notice the wound a bit yellowish on the top (looked like trapped pus).

I called the vet and went there. The vet was going out and told to see her college (same place many vets in the clinic). I see her and she press the wound and pus came out I told her is an infection and she replied it cant be she is under antibiotics (my thought was: my god!!! of course is infected who are you trying to fool!!!!). She clean the wound (not well) give her a shot of antibiotic and send me home (but I got upset and ask for the E-collar which I got) later I was worried and called my vet again and told her about it and went again next day in the morning, this time my vet examine my cat throughly and clean really well the wound, I saw it) then told me to bring her for 5 days to give her antibiotics.

I arrived home and later that day again it was pus going out I called another vet to just clean the wound. I went and he cleaned it very well too. Next morning again to my vet and told her about yesterday and she told me to bring my cat 2 times a day which I did.

When I was going home from the vet my cat take out the e-collar while I was driving and she licked herself and couldnt stop the car beause I was on traffic finally stop and put collar on and  called the vet (at this point I was super ashamed of calling the vet but my cat is in bad shape so I dont care anymore). She told me to came back to see her. This time she took the cat and I wait, when she called me, the cat was sedated,  told me the cat has took out her stiches and she made them again and for me to pick her at 4 after the sedative is worn off. So I picked her at 4 and take her next morning for antibiotics this time the wound didnt seem to drain so I was happy, but in my mind maybe the stiches are too tight and all the pus is there . I bring her again the same day for antibiotics all ok but then a friend came to visit and when talking the cat rolled and noticed: its draining again!!!! . 

So I dont know whatr to do anymore is my cat going to die? should I change vets? what can I do! I dont want my cat to be suffering anymore

My cat is: 

-Eating normally

-drinking water normally

-peeing and pooping everyday in her sand box normally

- a bit playful, not junping and running but like to grab her toy with her paws nothing wild

- she does climb a low chair and from there to my bed the is next to it

Also I want to say my vet is not charging me for the infection treatment

Any advice would be great!

Wow, that is crazy. OK, first off what part of the world are you located in. Just an area, nothing exact. I ask this because different places have different ways of doing things.

Do you know the name of the injection they are having you bring your cat in twice a day for?

How long has it been since the spay?

Do you have an e-collar that works right now? Is it on your cat right now?

How does your cat seem otherwise?

is she eating ad drinking? Pooping and peeing?

Do you have her confined in a crate or a cage?

This is what I would do for now if she was my cat: Check her temperature on a regular basis. Not rectally since she won't appreciate that right now. I would use a regular DIGITAL thermometer and put it under your cat. Any area like the fold of the leg, the underarm. Don't move her to do this, just gently place it between skin on the body. Hope that makes sense. This will give you a rough idea of what her temp is. Of course it could be totally wrong, but if you get a temp of 102 or 103 then you know you need to check a rectal temp. This way you aren't upsetting your cat. If you feel you need to get a rectal temp be very careful. Use allot of lubricant, and don't pull the tail straight up, just gently move to the side. Get a view and be sure you know where you are going . Don't do this if your cat starts to hiss or gets upset. Like I said, the way I first suggested is the way to go to give you a general rough range of temp and to let you know if you should be concerned enough to get a rectal temp. Enough about temps and cat butts.

The other thing I would do if she were my cat is a warm compress. To do that you get a wash cloth that is clean and a clean bowl (Not plastic) of warm to really warm water. The temp of your water should be not so hot that you cannot leave your hand in it. But not lukewarm either. Wherever your cat is at the time place a well rung out clean wash cloth with the warm water on it under her abdomen in the surgery area. So if she is laying sternal with her chest on the ground and her paws curled in the way they do just get the wash cloth under her. Don't pick her up or force her to do anything. She may get up and walk away and if she does so be it. The last thing you want to do right now is to handle your cat to much because who knows where she is hurting. No picking up etc. If you are able to warm compress her abdomen without to much stress to her then do so for 10 minutes or however long she will let you making sure to discontinue yourself before she gets up and walks off. Do this twice a day.

Make sure she is confined and where she cannot jump up on anything or get anything into her wound area. Just cause it is stitched doesn't mean it is safe from outside bacteria and dirt. Although with yellow puss I am sure it is already a bacteria fest anyway. I am surprised they sutured it infected like it is, But I don't know, I am not a vet. I do have to also wonder if it was not originally a suture reaction, but I also don't know. Did they use staples? wire? thread? if thread what color. It matters I am not just trying to decorate. So, keep her in a large cage or crate if you have one. If not try the bathroom although she can jump up on the counters.

If kept in a cage you must make sure she has food and water and liter.DO NOT USE CLAY CAT LITTER!!   Only use yesterdays news, shredded paper and such. The clay in the litter can get inside the incision.

If she is in a cage you can double stick tape or my favorite sticky Velcro tape everything to the floor of the cage so it doesn't get knocked over.

Keep an E-Collar on at all times. Sorry I know I hate them too. Make sure it isn't to tight. Make sure she can cone head her face over her food an water bowls and is able to eat that way.

MAKE SURE SHE IS EATING!! Super important. She must eat.

If it was my cat I would skip breakfast and get her to another vet in the morning. After confirming an appointment at a new vet in the morning I would call old vet and get all the records sent to the new vet or pick them up myself. That is if it was me. I don't know your situation and all and I certainly don't know the vets and am a bit cynical and judgmental and all especially with vets in general, but I would be finding another vet because the treatment (to me) I don't understand. I cannot comprehend why a cat would need to be taken to the vet not once but twice a day for an antibiotic injection. Also I do not understand suturing an infected wound. But like I said I am not a vet, just a bitter old cynical judgmental crazy cat woman behind this computer.

Good luck with all and it is great you had her spayed. It isn't usually this complicated.

If you need to take a rectal temp make sure you use a lubricant like KY jelly or similar.  Here is a video that gives good instructions.


And I agree with Quiet, if possible I would look for another vet.

Thank you very much for your advised !! 

I am in South America but we have good vets here well I mean my vet is supposely to be very good she has saved a lot of my friends animals (horrible accidents, cancer, accidental fights between animals, etc) my sister love to take her dog there and dont trust any other vet, the vet is well known and she also saved lots of animals from shelters (she owns a really big building only use the first floor for the clinic and the other five are for the animals,  she has 40 dogs and 4 cats also she has the personal to take care of them).  They have updated equiment so I dont know what went wrong there I was really unlucky or maybe an intern operated my cat because from the begining something was wrong. She is not charging me for the treatment or I would be broken lol. But my dad is horrified and said he will never neuter our yorkshire and he dont care about the risks or the dog peeing all over the house, he says vets are evil and only want to make money with our pets which is true more times than not. 

Also I think the sames as you about suturing the infected wound because the infection will be trap there and probably grow . I talked to the vet today and asked her if my cat was going to be ok, she told me not to worry she was not going to die and was going to be ok.

My cat is: 

-24H e-collar (I got it after 2 days of the spay because the vet didnt give me one even though I keep asking for it)

-Eating normally

-drinking water normally

-peeing and pooping everyday in her sand box normally (I am going to change as you adviced me but with white bond paper because newspaper is too dirty , sorry trees for that )

- a bit playful, not junping and running but like to grab her toy with her paws nothing else

- she does climb a low chair and from there to my bed that is next to it

-she is not confined to a crate, she is confined in my room but she doesnt run around, stays still although she wants to go out to play around the house (I just came from the vet and she told me to confined her to the crate which I will do after she finishes drinking water ahh she just finished and went to sleep so I will put her in after she wakes up. I really dont know if I should confined her to the crate she is not moving around just to eat got to litter box and when she feels bad come to my bed to be next to me and sleep)

-the thread is transparent (maybe is wire dont know)

-Overly my cat seems fine but kneading a lot when she cames near me (today not  feeling that much  ok because the vet clean the wound throughly again but did drink water after she arrived home)

Also my crate is enough for her to stand and turn around but not for putting food or water inside

I took her temperature and seems fine yay. 

My cat has really good character even when on the vet or in pain she just cries and dont show agression of any kind (just today but was more defensive like want to go away let me go and was directed to the vet and is understandable because too much stuff is going on with the poor cat and enough is enough)

I have been thinking about changing vets like right now but when I think which one to go I noticed their are only evil vets around (I have experience with other vets which I will never go back and are clinics whith good reputation but is only about the money for them). And this vet is really nice and she really loves animals so I finally made the desicion to stay for now with this one and if my cat dont improve I will change.

I already washed all of her blankets and going for it again so I keep her in a super clean enviroment maybe spray alcohol in the blankets and after being dry from it used them for the cat to sleep

Hi;

Don't put her in the crate if she cant have her food and water in there. Keep the collar on. No need to spray the blankets with alcohol. You need to submerge something in alcohol for 20 minutes to kill anything. It will just make it smell bad to your cat.

Make sure she eats like you are. Check the temperature every day. And call the vet if you think she is not doing well. Do you know what the antibiotic is? Do you still have to take her in twice a day?

Quiet said:

 
Hi;

Don't put her in the crate if she cant have her food and water in there. Keep the collar on. No need to spray the blankets with alcohol. You need to submerge something in alcohol for 20 minutes to kill anything. It will just make it smell bad to your cat.

Make sure she eats like you are. Check the temperature every day. And call the vet if you think she is not doing well. Do you know what the antibiotic is? Do you still have to take her in twice a day?

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Hi

Yes, the antibiotic is amoxicillin

She just eat a bit of her food (I give her Nutram is a canadian brand seems very good) 

I will check her temperature everyday as you say and I will not put alcohol on the blankets.

And yes I have to take her 2 times a day (I already went today and at 4pm I will take her again)

Ahh also I was thinking: isnt it a bit worse to use paper I mean it doesnt absorb as well as the sand and the cat paws will get dirty with pee if she pees a lot what do you think about it?

Thanks again for everything

Honestly it depends how closed the wound is by now. Use your best judgment. If it looks like sand can get inside the suture site use paper. If not use your regular litter. I always use white paper or commercial paper litter.

Quiet said:

Honestly it depends how closed the wound is by now. Use your best judgment. If it looks like sand can get inside the suture site use paper. If not use your regular litter. I always use white paper or commercial paper litter.

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The wound is no near and she sits straight to pee and to poop she sits on the air but I will have to be more vigilant just in case, thanks a lot for all your advice