I'm a little frustrated with both the animal medical center and the humane society in our area right now.
We got our two kittens Reilly and Lilah fixed (one nueter, one spay) on Wednesday. The Humane society paid for it (it was part of our adoption fee when we got them 4 months ago, but they didn't want to do the surgery until they were 6 months). They made the appointment, we just took them in and got it done. I'm feeling like I'm getting no direction or information from either the clinic or my Humane Society contact on post-op care.
Reilly is fine - bouncing off the walls again already, being super protective of sister.
Lilah (who is pretty small for 6 months, I'm guessing around 8 lbs) seems to be in pain. She was of course super drugged up Wed evening, and then moving slowly all day yesterday. She is looking thin and doesn't seem to be eating or drinking much. Her scar on her stomach seems to be healing fine (they did dissolvable stitches and glue), not red or infected looking or anything. All in all, she seems to be about normal for having had surgery about 48 hours ago. They didn't give me any pain meds for her.
I'm just looking for some general tips or things I should know - since the clinic is not helping me at all! I called this morning and asked about pain meds and they said "Oh, we usually give those to all of our patients...I guess we didn't because she's a humane society cat" I would have gladly paid for the pills if I knew it was an option!!
Should I give her pain meds? (The clinic said I could pick some up)
Should I switch her litter to a newspaper type (she pooped outside her litter box with feline pine last night)
Should I have her on any special food (she eats a mix of dry and wet, is either better?)
Anything else I should watch out for? Sorry that is so LONG!!
We got our two kittens Reilly and Lilah fixed (one nueter, one spay) on Wednesday. The Humane society paid for it (it was part of our adoption fee when we got them 4 months ago, but they didn't want to do the surgery until they were 6 months). They made the appointment, we just took them in and got it done. I'm feeling like I'm getting no direction or information from either the clinic or my Humane Society contact on post-op care.
Reilly is fine - bouncing off the walls again already, being super protective of sister.
Lilah (who is pretty small for 6 months, I'm guessing around 8 lbs) seems to be in pain. She was of course super drugged up Wed evening, and then moving slowly all day yesterday. She is looking thin and doesn't seem to be eating or drinking much. Her scar on her stomach seems to be healing fine (they did dissolvable stitches and glue), not red or infected looking or anything. All in all, she seems to be about normal for having had surgery about 48 hours ago. They didn't give me any pain meds for her.
I'm just looking for some general tips or things I should know - since the clinic is not helping me at all! I called this morning and asked about pain meds and they said "Oh, we usually give those to all of our patients...I guess we didn't because she's a humane society cat" I would have gladly paid for the pills if I knew it was an option!!
Should I give her pain meds? (The clinic said I could pick some up)
Should I switch her litter to a newspaper type (she pooped outside her litter box with feline pine last night)
Should I have her on any special food (she eats a mix of dry and wet, is either better?)
Anything else I should watch out for? Sorry that is so LONG!!