A cat from which the owners do not plan to receive offspring should be spayed. It is much safer and healthier for the animal's health than constant estrus and the more use of drugs to suppress sexual desire. However, you should be prepared for the time and effort involved in caring for your cat after surgery.
Instructions
Step 1
Prepare everything you need to care for your cat in advance on the first day after surgery. Trim the animal's claws using special scissors with rounded blades. Find a large, tall box and insulate it with rags, then place a disposable absorbent diaper on the bottom. You can buy such a diaper at a human pharmacy.
Step 2
Get a blanket for your cat and be sure to ask your vet to show you exactly how to tie it. In the first 7-10 days, the cat should walk in this blanket, otherwise there is a great risk that she will scratch or lick the stitches, and the wound will open. You will have to regularly remove the blanket and process the seams, so the sooner you learn to fix these “clothes” on the animal's body, the better.
Step 3
When you bring your cat home after surgery, carefully place it in the box. Animals tolerate anesthesia in different ways: vomiting, involuntary urination, etc. may begin. In addition, the cat will be lethargic, its body temperature will drop. Stay close to the box: the animal may be trying to get out. After anesthesia, coordination of movements will be severely impaired, so the cat may bump into something or fall. Your task is to prevent this from happening.
Step 4
Monitor your cat closely in the first days after surgery. The veterinarian will set a date when you will need to come to the clinic for a second examination and removal of stitches, and until that day you should pay as much attention to the animal as possible. 1-2 times a day, take off the blanket and carefully treat the seams with the agent prescribed by the veterinarian (this can be hydrogen peroxide, levomekol, etc.). It is advisable to do this together and very carefully, because even a very affectionate cat can become aggressive when it feels pain.
Step 5
Try to minimize the risk of your cat jumping somewhere. After the operation, it will be difficult for her to return to normal life in the first days, and the blanket will interfere. In the best case, the cat may simply not jump to the favorite closet or table. It would be worse if she fell and hit hard. The worst option is if the cat catches on the cabinet handles or other protruding parts of the blanket and hangs on it. Try to keep the likelihood of such troubles to a minimum.
