First Spay Accomplished!
This is the longest I’ve gone without posting on this blog, but it hasn’t been easy spending time on the computer with a very active 7 week old kitten running around the house. He requires a lot of attention, and of course then there are Lena and Tim, plus helping my neighbor’s daughter with math homework. I’m amazed I’ve gotten any sleep in the past couple of weeks. More on the kitten (whom we’ve nicknamed Ninja Kitten) later, as well as on the dog I rescued earlier this week. My animal stories never end.
The latest good news is that Mama Cat got spayed yesterday. I took her to a nearby animal hospital that one of my neighbors and one of my co-workers both recommended. They both like the doctors there and the prices were very good too. So Wednesday afternoon, as soon as I saw Mama Cat, I grabbed her, put her in the carrier, and took her over to the vet. She wasn’t supposed to eat after 9 pm, so that’s why I was bringing her in the night before the surgery. After all, it’s impossible to make sure that an outdoor cat fasts. Then Thursday morning they performed the operation and when I called that afternoon they told me that everything had gone very well and she was recovering from the anesthetic. They also gave me another piece of good news—she’s negative for feline leukemia.
This afternoon Tim and I went to pick her up. It’s been about 15 years since I last dealt with a recently spayed cat, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that the incision was so small. She meowed some in the carrier, but looked fine in general. I’m going to have to take her back in 10 days to have those stitches removed. They had told me that it would be ideal if she could stay indoors tonight, but agreed that if she was going to go nuts indoors it would be best for me to let her out. They just told me to check on her and clean the area with warm water if necessary. Stray cats are pretty tough so I’m sure she will be fine. I’ll still keep an eye on her, though.
After I opened the carrier inside our apartment, she walked around a bit and licked the Ninja Kitten. She allowed me to pet her and didn’t seem too upset by the situation. After a while, though, it was clear that she wanted to be let out. So I opened the door for her and she went outside and socialized with her older kids as well as with a couple of the other cats. They were interested in sniffing her since she must have been carrying the unfamiliar smells of a veterinary hospital.
It’s been raining tonight, so a while earlier I went outside to see if I could find Mama Cat. She was actually sitting on the mat outside our door with Baby Boy, who was keeping her company. She looked fine and I was glad that she wasn’t alone (of course I’m just anthropomorphizing—I’m sure she would have been fine by herself too!) Splotchy Junior then showed up and I wouldn’t be surprised if Baby Girl was nearby as well. I have made an appointment for another spay next week, and I think it will be Splotchy Junior’s turn. The idea is to get the older kids spayed and neutered as well, and once they have all finished recovering I will take them to my boss’s farm along with Mama Cat. They will be safer there and will get plenty of food, plus whatever mice they can catch. I will then do the same with the other cats. I think that will be a better life for them. Of course I will miss the cats, but I think it’s the right thing to do for them.
The latest good news is that Mama Cat got spayed yesterday. I took her to a nearby animal hospital that one of my neighbors and one of my co-workers both recommended. They both like the doctors there and the prices were very good too. So Wednesday afternoon, as soon as I saw Mama Cat, I grabbed her, put her in the carrier, and took her over to the vet. She wasn’t supposed to eat after 9 pm, so that’s why I was bringing her in the night before the surgery. After all, it’s impossible to make sure that an outdoor cat fasts. Then Thursday morning they performed the operation and when I called that afternoon they told me that everything had gone very well and she was recovering from the anesthetic. They also gave me another piece of good news—she’s negative for feline leukemia.
This afternoon Tim and I went to pick her up. It’s been about 15 years since I last dealt with a recently spayed cat, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that the incision was so small. She meowed some in the carrier, but looked fine in general. I’m going to have to take her back in 10 days to have those stitches removed. They had told me that it would be ideal if she could stay indoors tonight, but agreed that if she was going to go nuts indoors it would be best for me to let her out. They just told me to check on her and clean the area with warm water if necessary. Stray cats are pretty tough so I’m sure she will be fine. I’ll still keep an eye on her, though.
After I opened the carrier inside our apartment, she walked around a bit and licked the Ninja Kitten. She allowed me to pet her and didn’t seem too upset by the situation. After a while, though, it was clear that she wanted to be let out. So I opened the door for her and she went outside and socialized with her older kids as well as with a couple of the other cats. They were interested in sniffing her since she must have been carrying the unfamiliar smells of a veterinary hospital.
It’s been raining tonight, so a while earlier I went outside to see if I could find Mama Cat. She was actually sitting on the mat outside our door with Baby Boy, who was keeping her company. She looked fine and I was glad that she wasn’t alone (of course I’m just anthropomorphizing—I’m sure she would have been fine by herself too!) Splotchy Junior then showed up and I wouldn’t be surprised if Baby Girl was nearby as well. I have made an appointment for another spay next week, and I think it will be Splotchy Junior’s turn. The idea is to get the older kids spayed and neutered as well, and once they have all finished recovering I will take them to my boss’s farm along with Mama Cat. They will be safer there and will get plenty of food, plus whatever mice they can catch. I will then do the same with the other cats. I think that will be a better life for them. Of course I will miss the cats, but I think it’s the right thing to do for them.
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