Umm...it's my first day and I've started a lot of threads...I just overthink things a lot and I have a lot of questions...
Anyway my seven month old kitten got spayed on Saturday. She spent the night at the vet and I got her back on Sunday. Sunday night she spent licking and biting her stitches so I took Monday off work and got her a collar. She's used to it and I think maybe she can even lick the bottom of her scar now, but she hasn't seem that bothered by it.
The vet gave me an antibiotic to give her over four days (last day tomorrow), and told me to clean it with methiolate once a day. Lucia hasn't been thrilled about me trying to clean it, but at least I got the methiolate in a spray bottle so at the very minimum it gets sprayed, even if I can't clean it thoroughly :/
Honestly...I don't think the vet did a great job. I live in a fancy expensive neighbourhood where the vets charge an arm and a leg to spay, so my friend took me to her cousin's aunt (who is a vet, this isn't just some random aunt haha) on the outskirts of the city in a poorer neighbourhood where it's a lot less. I think the incision looks too long and kind of jagged. I can see a little bit of red - not like blood, more like raw skin, But maybe Lucia pulled out some stitches on Sunday and I didn't realize?
She's taking her antibiotics well, she's been increasingly playful. I'm pretty sure her wound isn't leaking anything, it doesn't feel hot. She's not jumping around yet, and when she jumps onto the bed or a chair she does it on two steps, one back leg after the other.
Opinions? Even if the vet did a bad job (in my oh-so-professional opinion), if it's not hot and not leaking, and she physically seems to be improving, it's okay, right? Any tips on how I can get her to let me clean it properly? Also, how do I clean it properly? I don't want to press so hard I hurt her (and cause her to wriggle out of my arms and hide), but I don't want to do it so gently I don't do anything...
Her vet is sooooo far away it's really hard to get to without a car, and vets in this neighbourhood charge so much just for a consultation. I know you guys aren't vets but other peoples' opinions before I have to live on ramen for the next month because I have no money left haha would be useful.
Anyway my seven month old kitten got spayed on Saturday. She spent the night at the vet and I got her back on Sunday. Sunday night she spent licking and biting her stitches so I took Monday off work and got her a collar. She's used to it and I think maybe she can even lick the bottom of her scar now, but she hasn't seem that bothered by it.
The vet gave me an antibiotic to give her over four days (last day tomorrow), and told me to clean it with methiolate once a day. Lucia hasn't been thrilled about me trying to clean it, but at least I got the methiolate in a spray bottle so at the very minimum it gets sprayed, even if I can't clean it thoroughly :/
Honestly...I don't think the vet did a great job. I live in a fancy expensive neighbourhood where the vets charge an arm and a leg to spay, so my friend took me to her cousin's aunt (who is a vet, this isn't just some random aunt haha) on the outskirts of the city in a poorer neighbourhood where it's a lot less. I think the incision looks too long and kind of jagged. I can see a little bit of red - not like blood, more like raw skin, But maybe Lucia pulled out some stitches on Sunday and I didn't realize?
She's taking her antibiotics well, she's been increasingly playful. I'm pretty sure her wound isn't leaking anything, it doesn't feel hot. She's not jumping around yet, and when she jumps onto the bed or a chair she does it on two steps, one back leg after the other.
Opinions? Even if the vet did a bad job (in my oh-so-professional opinion), if it's not hot and not leaking, and she physically seems to be improving, it's okay, right? Any tips on how I can get her to let me clean it properly? Also, how do I clean it properly? I don't want to press so hard I hurt her (and cause her to wriggle out of my arms and hide), but I don't want to do it so gently I don't do anything...
Her vet is sooooo far away it's really hard to get to without a car, and vets in this neighbourhood charge so much just for a consultation. I know you guys aren't vets but other peoples' opinions before I have to live on ramen for the next month because I have no money left haha would be useful.