Best care for cat after neutering.

I took everyone's advice here and got my cat neutered. Now I'm a little overwhelmed with how to care for him so he has a good and safe recovery. Can anyone give me some great advice/instructions to follow?

There's helpful info here: http://www.thecatsite.com/a/spaying-and-neutering-what-to-look-for-after-surgery

Males bounce back afte a neuter really quickly. You don't need to give a just netuered male any particular special care. Many will try to lick under their tail but try to discourage it because excessive licking can open up the surgical area and the saliva may cause an infection.

The vet should give you a general run down of post op care, but in case they don't. Neutering isn't as big of an operation as a spay, so recovery is generally pretty quick. He may not want to eat the night when he gets home, but give him water, he should have an appetite by the next day though. Depending on the vet, some put a stitch in the incisions others leave it open, but either case keep an eye out for any drainage, redness, swelling, or bruising happening. Also keep him from licking the area, some cats need cones to prevent licking. You should also keep him confined at least for a couple days, ideally in a small room, or a large dog crate, with a bed, litter pan, food and water.  You want to restrict activity so he heals, no climbing, jumping, running, etc. Keep him inside for at least a couple weeks, if he is an indoor/outdoor cat, to keep the area clean and dry. No bathing him for a couple weeks either it can irritate the incisions. I use a pellet litter like Yesturdays News during recovery, so the litter doesn't stick to or get into the wound either.

Hello spookysmom234, like the rest said, don't have too much worry about it. Just need to observe and help keep the incision site clean and dry. Make sure that the litter and litter dust does not get on it and if does, use a warm lint free cloth and gently dab it off.

It's just two tiny slits that will heal and close up in a week or so. As long as there's no pus or bleeding, he's good to go.

Some cats don't mind the cone but some do. My boy kicked it off as soon as he reaches home, so he was off the cone. It should be okay with a little jumping around

Like everyone has said; recovery for a male is pretty quick and simple.  In fact my mother had to stop by my house with her male cat after she picked him up from his neuter.  He acted like he was on a grand adventure; purring, exploring and batting a packing peanut up and down the hall.  It was hard to tell anything had been done!  

The other have given enough care advice that I don't think I need to add anything else.  

Some older males seem fairly sore for a few days. Younger cats always bounce back faster. In general, though, a neuter is pretty minor. Just make sure he doesn't lick himself so much/so hard that he bleeds, and keep an eye on it for signs of infection. He should be back to normal within a week.

My boy keeps jumping on things. I don't have a cat crate and the room I keep him in has a bed that he jumps on. What should I do so I can restrict him from activity? I don't want his healing to be disrupted

He should be ok. If your bed is very high you could place a box for him to use as a step stool. If he was hurting he wouldn't climb. As everyone has said neutering is not major surgery. Ours was running around within 1 hour.

Boys don't need as much movement restriction as girls do for healing. It really is a very tiny incision and the placement make it difficult for them to hurt themselves running or jumping. Think about it biologically, he is used to moving in a manner where he has something there. Now there is nothing there but his body is still used to moving as if there was. That on its own will provide some protection for the incision when he is moving regardless of if he is jumping or running. It also isn't a spot that twists or turns much even at his most active which reduces the chances of some movement damaging it; unlike a female who has the incision across her abdomen. 

His bigger risk is from reopening the incision with grooming than hurting it any other way. I really wouldn't worry about trying to limit his movement at this point. 

spookysmom234 said:

My boy keeps jumping on things. I don't have a cat crate and the room I keep him in has a bed that he jumps on. What should I do so I can restrict him from activity? I don't want his healing to be disrupted

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No worries My Aby was zooming around like usual after his neuter.

I'm nervous.
Looking at my cat down there I notice a pink pscrew like thing poking out. Should I take him back to the vet? I'm scared it might be infected as I'm not sure if this is normal
He doesn't seem to be in pain but it's really bothering me. My follow up appointment is on Tuesday but now I'm worried I should have called sooner. I noticed this yesterday. He has his cone on now but seems to want to lick down there a lot :/ he has taken it off two times and I'm not sure if he's locked down there when he's taken it off or not

pscrew like thing poking out? Is it his birdie? On the left? Center or right side? You have a photo?

TabbyTom said:

pscrew like thing poking out? Is it his birdie? On the left? Center or right side? You have a photo?

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It's gone now. I think it was discharge because I don't see it anymore. The wound isn't swollen or red. I think I'm being paranoid. I'll take a picture soon

It may have been his penis . If it was sticking out of that opening.

Willowy said:

It may have been his penis . If it was sticking out of that opening.

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It was lol everything's fine thanks lol

Happy everything worked out and your kitty is ok.

Is fresh step litter okay to use? My mom is kind of worried

spookysmom234 said:

Is fresh step litter okay to use? My mom is kind of worried

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Sorry nobody answered you more quickly. Fresh step litter is fine. I expect your boy is fully recovered.

Enjoy your kitty.

Feel free to ask more questions or post pictures of your baby

foxden said:

Sorry nobody answered you more quickly. Fresh step litter is fine. I expect your boy is fully recovered.

Enjoy your kitty.

Feel free to ask more questions or post pictures of your baby

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I was beginning to think you all got annoyed with my clueless questions lol thank you!

Here's my spooky back to his normal self, I don't know how he got up here

There is no such thing as clueless questions on the cat site! It's most likely that the time zones are messing things up. I am on usually at 4:30 or 5AM and people come on asking questions. This is way before normal people get up! So I always try to tell them to post a one liner once in a while to bring their post back out front and to the top, it really helps! I hope your little one is doing OK, now, he will be much happier now!