Sally is 12-13 weeks old and got spayed on Friday.....And I'm seriously regretting it. My husband and I were both "off" about having her done so little but she was given to us by a neighbor who was hopeful to see her spayed before she moves. (She also paid for it...) The vet who did it neutered my boy Pinball last month and did an excellent job. Sally on the other hand ended up kind of screwed. They ended up making a "larger than normal" incision on her tiny body, which wasn't fully explained to me WHY but they meantioned having to manually express her bladder so I assume that's why? Due to the extra cutting, the vet also gave her a Convenia shot without telling me which scares me because there are many awful side effects and even death because of being given this shot. I mean she gets it at 3 months old and it will still be in her body at 5 months old!!! That idea doesn't sit right with me but I had no options and it's done now. They also forgot to give her a rabies vaccine until AFTER she had already woke up...My poor baby! Her body is no doubt seriously taxed from having organs removed and drugs pumped in. One thing they didn't want to give her was pain meds though so she came home screaming for the first day and a half and even shredded my arm for trying to PET HER!
Even through all that I figured she would be happy to have a good meal when she got home. I know theybsay appetite comes back over 24 hours but ALL my animals have always eaten when they got home. Sally did not. In fact, Sally hasn't eaten a real meal since roughly 9:30-10pm on THURSDAY! (Since she couldn't eat after midnight) She's probably ate a total of 3oz canned food and probably only about 1/4 cup of kibble since then. She also drank an ounce or two of KMR. So not "nothing" but I'm scared it isn't enough to prevent fatty liver. :/
So what are my options and what should I look for? Is this normal for a female cat? Ugh. She was 4.2lb (Which surprised me because I was concerned she hadn't even made it to 2lb given how small and lanky she was!) when I dropped her off at the vet but after removing everything she came home looking like a skeleton. I can feel every bone in her body and if she didn't have her coat, I know that I could see everything. So she isn't "fat" with anything that could stand to have been lost to begin with!
Even though she seems a little better today, she has been and still is pretty lethargic. She gets up to potty and that's about it. She hardly gets up to eat, I normally end up putting her in front of the bowl and that encourages her some but only for 2-3 bites before she goes back to the bed to sleep.
Even through all that I figured she would be happy to have a good meal when she got home. I know theybsay appetite comes back over 24 hours but ALL my animals have always eaten when they got home. Sally did not. In fact, Sally hasn't eaten a real meal since roughly 9:30-10pm on THURSDAY! (Since she couldn't eat after midnight) She's probably ate a total of 3oz canned food and probably only about 1/4 cup of kibble since then. She also drank an ounce or two of KMR. So not "nothing" but I'm scared it isn't enough to prevent fatty liver. :/
So what are my options and what should I look for? Is this normal for a female cat? Ugh. She was 4.2lb (Which surprised me because I was concerned she hadn't even made it to 2lb given how small and lanky she was!) when I dropped her off at the vet but after removing everything she came home looking like a skeleton. I can feel every bone in her body and if she didn't have her coat, I know that I could see everything. So she isn't "fat" with anything that could stand to have been lost to begin with!
Even though she seems a little better today, she has been and still is pretty lethargic. She gets up to potty and that's about it. She hardly gets up to eat, I normally end up putting her in front of the bowl and that encourages her some but only for 2-3 bites before she goes back to the bed to sleep.