Thread: Lily

Poor Lily,doesn't it make you feel guilty having to take them back again.I always think it is one of the hardest things to do,take them for an op that is for their benefit but not necessary to save their lives.As a matter of interest was it done on her flank or midline ?
Once again the girls suffer more.....

Will be thinking of Lilly tomorrow.
Hope it all goes well

Poor Lily... thinking of her tomorrow.

Poor Lily and poor you! I know what multiple vet trips are like, it's not good. Hope this will be the last time though. Give her a big hug from me and Fudge!

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

ps Thanks for all the good wishes

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

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...