12:30 a.m. Day "after" being spayed....

These two beautiful sisters, Jazmine and Jypsee got spayed today (or well "yesterday" since its past midnight). They have JUST NOW calmed down enough to conk out for a bit. But all night, we've been bumping into things, getting e-collars stuck on everything including the carpet. (So sad, but so funny) I started out just keeping them in their cages to keep them still in a quiet dark room; they both kept viciously bashing their faces into the cage. So I laid out blankets, and nice new cat beds we bought for them in the bathroom. Heard commotion, one is in the tub, the other trying to jump on the sink, and failing miserably. So we all stayed in my bedroom, nice, quiet, no other fur family to bug them, but they just wobble/paced everywhere until the both decided they wanted on the bed. I gave them a VERY gentle lift, crawled in bed with them, and now here we all lay.
And just think!! Tomorrow begins the REAL (after anesthesia is worn off) battle with the e-collars begin! Uggh. Only 7-10 days.......we can do this!
What are your tips for avoiding the e-collar drama?

Those girls are beautiful! (And lucky to have such a conscientious mom.)

They'll get used to the e-collars, but they won't like them. I remember Mollipop used to walk backwards, trying to get out of the collar. She hated it. And Tabby wouldn't eat for a while because the collar bothered her so much. Those collars are very awkward, but your girls will adapt. They won't like them, but they'll adapt. And it helps for both of them to have them at the same time.

We took the collars off the girls, so that they could eat their meals and then bathe afterwards. But we kept a very close eye on them and, as soon as they started going after their bellies, the collars went back on. 

Keep a very close eye on the girls, though, even with the collars on. Molli managed to get around her collar and still rip some of her stitches out. I remember Rick coming home from work and texting me, telling me that he and Molli were making an emergency run to the vet. Thankfully it was toward the end of her time with the stitches and so, the vet didn't do much to her, a little re-gluing and that was all that was needed. Just watch the girls and make sure they can't reach their bellies.

Congratulations on having two very pretty little girls!

I'm chuckling just picturing it!  (Sorry, kitties.)  Part of the issue is that they are loopy from the anesthesia.  So they can't coordinate themselves, and wouldn't even with the collars off.  Once the anesthesia is out of their systems, they will be able to think better and adjust.   Sorry you didn't get much sleep their first night home.

My last little girl was given a soft e collar. She just played dead with the plastic one. It worked well for us. I did take it off for feeding times too.

BBDOLL22 said:

My last little girl was given a soft e collar. She just played dead with the plastic one. It worked well for us. I did take it off for feeding times too.

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That's hilarious! I had a cat do that once when I tried to put a halloween costume on him. We'd stand him upright, and *plop*! On his side we went stiff as a board.
Thanks for the support! This isn't my first merry-go-round, but it's been a good 8 years since I've had to have anyone fixed, so it almost feels brand new again.
Quick update: looks like most of the anesthesia has worn off. Jaz (the grey girl) was able to eat and drink fine with her collar this morning, Jypsee hasn't attempted it yet, but her surgery was done 4 hours after Jaz's, so I'm sure she'll give it a shot soon. In the mean time, when not just lounging on my pillows, it's all kinds of fun watching them do the moonwalk all over the room, although I'm sure they're not quite as entertained as I am, lol!
Oh, and Jaz found out she can't reach anything from part of her tail down to clean, so she kept walking in circles trying to find a way to reach her belly...... Until she was dizzy and fell over! I feel so guilty that I'm entertained by their post surgical antics, but they're just so darned adorable!

Oh for pete's sake!!! The whole point of having an e-collar is to keep kitts from chewing and ripping stitches out, right?! Well I cant seem to keep the sisters from licking and chewing EACH OTHER'S incisions!! I mean come ON already! What do I have to do? Put them each in a bubble?
On a more somber note, this morning marks day 4 after being spayed. Jaz seems to be getting on great. But Jypsee continues to hang out in the "loaf" position, hissing and growling at times if her sister even lays near her. She's obviously in more pain, which is understandable considering the vet found what we understand to be ovarian tissue further down close to the abdominal wall that had to be "scraped". She got as much as she could see, but it amounted in more "trama" to her abdomen than her sister. I wish I could do something to help ease her discomfort. Would it be a bad idea to offer her my heating pad on low on a timer? Like 20 minutes on, 40 minutes off?

my old siamese had his spleen taken out just over a month ago and i was surprised they called within hours of the surgery that we could pick him up!

they said i didn't need one of those collars and it freaked me out because this cat was bit many years ago and had surgery and a cone and he managed to rip most of his stitches out. 

he had a big incision for taking the spleen out and they didn't suture the outside layer and told me he would be fine and he was! i couldn't believe it, there was no drainage and he stayed away from it when grooming himself.

this just makes me wonder what the difference is in approach by vets or perhaps its the areas worked on? 

also although they brought my guy out of it and he was walking around, etc. when we took him home they said they gave him some shots and he should conk out for a couple days and continued with some other meds for a few days longer and he was bouncing off the walls since he came home trying to jump onto the counters!  he paced like a madman so we had to lock him in safe room.  luckily that got better within the first week and we started to let him out and i gave him a chair for counter areas so he wouldn't just jump straight up.

Two of my foster kittens were just neutered. Rupert and Noah had their cones put on them when they got home from the veterinarian. I thought they would be groggy, since they did not spend the night at the clinic, but they bounced off the walls and furniture like a couple of black pinballs trying to get their cones off. Rupert got his off eventually. We put it back on him. Then he got his jaw stuck around it and panicked, so they are coneless. They are healing nicely, thank goodness, and leaving things alone.

Yeah, I don't know how long these cones are going to last on Jypsee. She doesn't even like being held. Any kind of restriction, and she's a mad cat to get away. This cone is sending her into fits!! She has gotten her front paw stuck in it twice trying to shove it off her head. Then she's three legged, walking backwards.... I really should videotape this, lol! The best part is their bellies look great! No drainage, nice and clean, pretty gold colored stitches. They've come a long way since I had my kitties done 15 years ago!

Yeah, I remember when I had Zoe spayed back in `99. She had these long blue stitches. No cone, nothing. Its a miracle she left them alone.

This! Should not be possible! Mind you I had to do acrobatics in my craft room to get these pics, but are you kidding? I've lost all faith in the cone! Lol!!

Now THAT is talented...Holy Moses!