Desexed kitten last week & worried about Ellie

Hi,
My 2 gorgeous Devon rex kittens (5mths old) were desexed 5 days ago. Ted, the boy is doing well and is like nothing happened. The girl, Ellie has had it much harder. I know that the op is much more serious for a girl, but she was very active and playful and even now is not interested in playing or jumping and cries when jumping or when I pick her up. Her scar is a little red but does not look too bad.

Is her behaviour normal or should I be concerned??

Does she have an appt to go back to the vet to get her stitches out ?

Ellie has her appt to get her stitches out in 6 days from now. I did ring the vet today and they said I could bring her in if I was worried, but I guess I am just not sure what was normal and am wondering if others have seen similar behaviour and if people thought she should be more playful by now.

Because you say she cries when you pick her up and shes not as playful, I would go ahead and take her in. I know its only been 5 days, but kittens usually heal very quickly. Just to be on the safe side, I would take her.

thanks Pamela. I'll do that.

Let us know what the vet says.

Poor Ellie has an infection I feel like such a bad meowmy. As a Devon Rex, her neck and head is so small that even the smallest collar / little bucket thing falls right off her head so of course I could not stop her licking herself, and her brother got in on the act too! They gave her an anti-inflammatory injection, antibiotics to take and a tea-tree oil wound spray that keeps away bacteria and stops them licking. After the injection though she seems to have perked up and is almost her normal self. Phew - am I relieved...

Please don't use the tree tea oil on your kitty. It is toxic to cats.

Here's an article
http://www.messybeast.com/teatree.htm

Hope your kitty is better soon.

I agree about the tea tree oil. It's probably in a low concentration... but. Keep it for humans, though, it's great on us!

You are NOT a bad meowmy! You had your kits fixed, which is the number one sign of a good meowmy! I'm sorry your girl got an infection, though. Sounds like she's being well treated. My girl got a weird flu sort of thing from where she was spayed, which made me feel like you do somehow... but she's been all better for a long while now, and soon so will your girl.

Normal - remember its major surgery for the females so recovery time takes a little longer. Just be sure they don't roughhouse with each other, or she bothers the stitches, or that the area looks/feels hot to the touch.

A little red is fine, but if it increases or feels warm, then you need to call your vet as it could be a little infection started.

Poor Ellie. She'll be better soon. All cats will lick an area that is wounded. Shes on antibiotic now so that will take care of the infection, I wouldnt worry about the licking, my vet advised me that cats actually have a protein in their saliva that helps with healing. Let us know how shes doing.



Taking her in and caring about her shows what a great meowmy you really are.

Licking isnt so bad but be careful they dont chew on the stiches.. both of mine did and even on each other. I ended up having to clip the ends down as far i could with out disturbing the actual stiches. If it seems like the licking is a little more rough then usual make sure she isnt actually chewing!

Tipper and Proffy's mum,
Anjya

Evryone has been so kind I thought I would update you - Ellie is doing really well and is back to her energetic happy self. She is on her antibiotics and whilst her wound is swollen it is looking clean. I immediately stopped the wound spray as soon as I heard that it could be toxic.

Thanks so much for the advice!!
Toni

Glad she is doing better. I see her face now. How beautiful your rex's are.