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She is finally spayed, in a large room, places to sleep -we bought a camera so we can see inside she is bored and keeps walking
around-feel so bad for her- she has to stay inside for a week on anti biotics from a bite! Will she be okay inside-she looks bored and just pacing around, she did sleep drink water we give food in the morning- any advice on after care -we can go outside in a week.
 

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She is finally spayed, in a large room, places to sleep -we bought a camera so we can see inside she is bored and keeps walking
around-feel so bad for her- she has to stay inside for a week on anti biotics from a bite! Will she be okay inside-she looks bored and just pacing around, she did sleep drink water we give food in the morning- any advice on after care -we can go outside in a week.
She is a semi-ferale?   Bored isnt so bad.  It would be worse if she panicked and desperately tried to get out.  As does happens with some semiferales - forcing the rescuer to let them out earlier than planned.

Spaying wise, she will prob be ok earlier.  Semiferales have  healing meat above the average, they heal typically quicker than family girls.    (these with not top notch immune system do perish before they have a chance to become semifereales...).

Have perhaps some relaxing music on.   Perhaps a video with birds on...  Or if you can find some other entertainment.  Calm but interesting for most cats.
 

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Hi dana17, it's good to keep her in a room and restrict her activities like jumping so to prevent the incision from opening and delay healing. Her surgery site would take around 10 days or so to be completely healed.
Look out for swelling or discharge or signs of infection and make sure kitty don't lick or bite the sutures. Give her pain medication from the vet if necessary.
She'll proably have to see the vet after 10 days or so.
 

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All of my strays and ferals came through spaying fine, much faster than my inside cats. If at all possible it is good to keep her in so she can get her medication regularly. Make sure she has a box or somewhere to hide so she doesn't panic. If she does start to panic enough to maybe hurt herself, you will have to make the decision whether or not to let her go. I have never confined any of mine over a day. You'll have to monitor her rather closely, she could hurt herself in a minute. The worst is over now, she will be a much happier, healthier cat!
 
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In the past I have posted many things asking for help and everyone is great , thank you. We had our feral spayed Tuesday and she is in a nice room, she hides during the day but at night, I watch our video camera, like 1-4 in morning, she climbs the walls and hanging from the window sill and is up ont the wall I think on tjensill, i can't see bc camera doesn't go high and then drops to floor-she did it a few times! I'm afraid her incision will be infected and we won't know since we can't go close to her! Not sure when to release her out again, she is on linguistic anti bootocs for 10 days for a bit mark-hip. Do we let her outside before 10 days, I don't want her to get hurt from always climbing walls and hanging from window sill! Please any advice will be great! What can we do! How do we know her incision isn't swollen or hurting bc climbing walls and hanging from window!!!
Thank you everyone!!! She meow a few times in the middle of night! Hope that isn't a bad meow! Thnaks!
 

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We had the same issue and had to go to a recovery cage that we were able to borrow from the local humane society. I kept one little female in the recovery cage for 7 days before we released her. This can be good thing if you are trying to socialize rather than just TNR. The first cat we did was a mama cat that had kittens and we released her after having her up for 3 days. We turned her out to be with the kittens though they were already weaned. This mama cat then proceeded to jump 9 feet from the deck on my house to the yard below! I thought for sure it would kill her but she never missed a beat! All I can figure is we had a very good Vet who really put in good stitches & a very tough cat! We went to the recovery cage after this incident. Check with your local humane society & see if you can borrow a cage. 
 

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I would definitely be getting her into a large dog cage.  You can then cover the cage with a sheet if necessary.  Be sure it is large enough to have a small litter tray as well as a place to feed her.  
 
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Yesterday about we opened the door to Smokies room to allow her to roam the house-smokes decided to come out after midnight-we just found her under the chair I'm laying on in the living room- ha-
TV on and watching Netflix!Hope smokes not afraid!
 
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We are afraid she wont eat, drink, drink her medicine again bc she is in a new area of our house! We have to keep her inside for a while bc of the bite mark on hip. She is a picky eater, dry food so hard to get her come out. We put food and water under chair
 

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She'll drink and eat after she gets used yo the new location. Leave water and food further out rather than under the chair. This way she'll venture more to the middle of the room and not hide under the chair to eat or drink. Have her litter box a distance from her food and drink.
 
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