Post cesarean discharge

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Four days ago my rescue cat, Lyla, had to have an emergency c-section due to being too young and small to give birth naturally. Sadly none of the kittens survived. After staying at the vet for 3 days I brought her home yesterday evening. She is eating and drinking fine and doesn't have any behavioral differences from before the surgery, but today she has had an opaque pinkish discharge that has a bit of a metallic odor. From what I have real online discharge is normal after a c-section for about a week, but I haven't found anything describing color, consistency, or smell. If this normal or am I looking an an infection that needs to be treated? 
 

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Four days ago my rescue cat, Lyla, had to have an emergency c-section due to being too young and small to give birth naturally. Sadly none of the kittens survived. After staying at the vet for 3 days I brought her home yesterday evening. She is eating and drinking fine and doesn't have any behavioral differences from before the surgery, but today she has had an opaque pinkish discharge that has a bit of a metallic odor. From what I have real online discharge is normal after a c-section for about a week, but I haven't found anything describing color, consistency, or smell. If this normal or am I looking an an infection that needs to be treated? 
My guess is its normal. Its pinkish because there is some blood in it.  And many describe the taste of blood as a taste of iron, no?   I presume you are more sensitive in your sense of smell, than most others.

That said, as she is a patient of this vet clinic, you can surely phone in there for free and ask.   Many vets dont want to answer phone question to random callers, but it is in the same errand where she was hospitalized in 3 days...  Phone if you have any  suspicions.

Good luck!
 
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Thank you. I am just a bit nervous and easily worried after having to have the emergency c-section and then losing all of the kittens. It has been quite traumatic. The reason I have turned to this site before calling the vet is because I live in Thailand and cannot communicate with the vet directly since he does not speak english. I have to go through someone who can translate for me but sometimes details are lost in translation. 
 

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Thank you. I am just a bit nervous and easily worried after having to have the emergency c-section and then losing all of the kittens. It has been quite traumatic. The reason I have turned to this site before calling the vet is because I live in Thailand and cannot communicate with the vet directly since he does not speak english. I have to go through someone who can translate for me but sometimes details are lost in translation. 
Yes, I understand.  Its good and wise of you to be vary, and be concerned.  Whom else will be if not you, the actual warden and protector??

C-section may be difficult for the kittens yes.  Also, with many such c-sections there is a risk the kittens will be taken out premature.   And cats  manage premature much worse than humans, much worse.  So its always at best a fight uphill.... On the other hand, cats tend to manage a little too long pregnancie better than humans.  This is the main reasons why we on this forum has come to the standpoint, not to recommend cesarean untill absolutely necessary.    On the balance sheet of calculated risk, its almost always less risky to wait out.

A very young momma is a risk by itself, and you could easily be forced to a cesarean anyway, even if you had decided to take the risks and let her deliver herself.

So here it was obviously Fate - you were caught between two bad choices, and tried to choose the least bad of them...
 

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It sounds normal to me. If the discharge turns green or yellow and smells foul, or your cat seems to be running fever, please get back to the vet asap.
 

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How is she doing today? Was she spayed at the same time?
 
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