I will be getting Lily Bun spayed during the easter break as I will be off for 2 Weeks can keep a close eye on her
Question 1- Will her bonded partner Flopsy have to go to the vets with her?
Question 2- Shall I keep them in overnight or for a few days? -........ they normally live in the shed
Question 3- when can she go outside again?....... they have cat flaps on the shed and can go in and out during the day into large runs.
Many thanks in advance
when my girls were spayed - they both went in ..obviously:lol:...but if one had been a male - Id have sent him along too...just so they smelt the same. Id also send along with them each one of their own blankets with their own "home smells" on them.
Also some of their own nuggets (my vet used a different one from one I used...so I wanted them to have the same one) and some of their favourite noms...I packed a lunch box each with apple leaves, twigs, rose petals and other dried foraged foods I had...I picked fresh herbs and rosemary in the morning. It helps to get them eating again after their ops.
Id keep them in for a few nights to keep an eye on them....and obviously dont keep the heating on etc if the not used to it...
Make sure she is unable to jump onto anything...and that the floor surface is clean so no hay can get in her stitches/wound etc...you dont want any infections. You dont want them to strech their tums too much until it heals nicely.
After ops their body temperature drops- so make sure she has a warm snuggle safe with a soft fleece to snuggle into if she wants...but also enough space to sit in another area.
I used puppy pads to absorb their wee and to keep the floor of the cage clean....
I also put hay into toilet rolls and wedged it into the cage bars...kept the hay off the floor and their wounds clean.
I also made sure they had a water bottle as well as a bowl - sickly buns will find a bowl much easier to drink from as they dont have to stretch up.
They will usually use dissolveable stitches... and glue the skin on the outside...when the buns flop on their sides..you can check their wound is not too pink...if it gets pinker or red...then it needs to be checked for infection.
You will prob. find your Flopsy will feel very caged so he will need time out to run about and go mad...but Lily-Bun needs ot rest a few days before she excerts herself even if she wants to.
By day 5 mine actually leapt out their cage...so that was that- I knew they were ready and their wounds were totally healed.:lol:
Obviously she will get pain killer to receive...I mashed this into a small piece of banana and they wolfed if down.
She shoudnt be kept in the vets overnight unless she hasnt eaten, wee'd or pooped...or they want to keep an eye on her wound...mine were kept in as one of them may have had a problem...but it was a precaution and both were fine.
Once you let them into their usual area...its important the wound is very healed and there is no chance of infection...especially as the fur will have bee shaved and the tummy bare.
Ensure she has her snuggle safe as she will feel the cold more without that tummy fur.
They usually go back for a post-op checkup...so by then it should be fine for her to go outside again...
lotsa vibes for them both to be brave and Lily-bun xxx