Thread: Lily

Originally Posted by missdiane

Well she is back all well and good, diving into some tuna right now, and already teasing the other cat.
Lot more awake than she was when she was spayed
Turned out to be hernia of fatty tissue come through stitching, or stitching failed, so they have restitched her.
When the husband dropped her off he phoned and said she was shaking like a leaf when he dropped her off, luckily they gave her a pre op whilst husband was there, so hopefully she won't have been too scared for too long

She was done in the usual place- is that flank?
They gave us option but as we are not going to show her we chose normal way- not clued up on it enough to choose in a split second question to be honest

Hello to you both - I am the new kitty here -

glad all went well and Lily is back home where she belongs, being spoiled by her mom. And Mom is doing well as well .
As I am sort of running my own stray rescue center (spare room) here by Athens I have neutered well over 200 cats till now (catch and release). At this moment I have a BEAUTIFUL silver torbie as a recovering lodger (she might just stay for a while longer). She was spayed through the flank.
Some vets(as my new one - I miss my old) like to use the flank others the belly.
I had been thinking about the tummy / flank thing just today, after Muffin took out one of her last stiches herself (stay in stiches that fall off eventually, used for strays as we do not need to recatch) - and her fur is finally starting to come in again that I prefer the belly or tummy method to be truthful. I find cats tend to leave the wound more alone and don't tear on the stiches or overly lick. I also have the impression they recover more quickly and hurt less.
One thing though is very important - that they use synthetic stiching material and not organic, such a cat gutt. The only problems we ever had were cats or dogs done with cat gutt, due to bacterial growth on the suture material.

Speedy recovery

Good news about Lilly, glad for you too because you were obviously very worried about her too ! Hopefully things will improve now you have her back home with you and her recovery will be swift. x

Pleased everything went fine for Lily bet you are relieved & happy to have her home.
I personally like the flank method best,it seems a lot easier to find their little "parts"
& my girls are always done that way.My boss always closes the wound with under the skin sutures so you don't have to worry about them being pulled out which is quite handy.
Fingers crossed that everything will be fine for her now,the only reason I did query which way she was done is because one vet that done his midline did have a couple come back with that problem & I had never seen it when done in the flank but another vet who used midline had no problems at all.
Give your little girl a cuddle from me x

Just to say,

she was definitely done flank (thank you google)
and they did use cat gut before, it was mentioned by the vet this morning- I had no idea what he meant at the time, I do now!

Originally Posted by missdiane

Just to say,

she was definitely done flank (thank you google)
and they did use cat gut before, it was mentioned by the vet this morning- I had no idea what he meant at the time, I do now!

Btw catgut is not cat gut actually but bovine intestinal collagen. Sometimes it breaks down faster than wanted.


Re Flank versus belly
There are always 2 layers of sutures using Novafil and Dexafil sutures. I was really astounded by what some felines will do to themselfes - of course no owner would ever let their cat in a controled enviroment tear at herself as much as those feral animals do. For all they know the discomfort comes from these very sutures. The benefit of neutering the strays out number by far any possible complications.
It is true that the flank method is easier as the vet has not to deal with the intestines - especially in very young females, where the ovarian tubes and the intestine are difficult to recognize. It also limits any pulling on the urethra (?sp).

Glad to know Lily is home and well.

Nothing to do with Lily {bless her} hope she is really up & running today,but would just like to say well done to the lady from Athens who is dealing with the strays & yes I do agree with her that the job is best done however to help combat so many unwanted babies.I find that is the only sad thing when you are on holiday seeing all the unwanted animals,I reckon there is not many of us who haven't bought cat food while away & then get really upset as to what will happen to that mum & babies when you leave for home...