Juno is more or less back to normal now, except that I still cannot take off her e-collar for fear she might lick on the surgical site or worse, bite off the stitches.
However, for all our previous female cats/kittens, they have always, on their own accord taken off the e-collar (theirs were all the soft cushiony e-collars) on their own in less than 24 hours after surgery and I’ve observed that none of them even so much as lick on the surgical site. Really! I mentioned this to the senior vet yesterday and she was quite shocked. “No, no, they might bite off the stitches….”, she said. For her and understandably so, it’s better to be safe than sorry and be absolutely careful, so her rule is 10 days on the e-collar.
I remember another vet cautioning me that sometimes even though we don’t see any inflammation on the outside, the inside stitches could have torn up due to excessive movement. That’s another factor to watch out for. Hence, CNRM-cats should also be kept under watch for the full 10 days, or if push comes to shove, at least 7 days.
True, if there is any complications or tearing of the stitches and restitching is required, the animal would have to go under GA again. That would be my greatest nightmare.
Juno is playing with Jayden, as she always does. Jayden is now back in the Safehouse with Tabs and Riley, no more need to be caged.
Juno seems to be remarkably quite comfortable with the e-collar, despite it being the plastic one. I wonder how long she can stay on it, though. If it’s more than 24 hours, that would be a new record for our cats!! It’s good also that coincidentally, the plastic length is “just nice” such that she can still groom certain parts of her body but not the surgical site. How lucky is that? A cat has to groom, I know. If they are prevented from doing so, it’s very stressful for them.
For some confounded unknown reason, there were fireworks last night. What on earth? Yesterday was CNY10, What celebration is there for the 10th day, pray tell? Luckily it was quite far away, so Juno wasn’t afraid.
The vet also asked me about Robin’s FIC, whether it could be due to fright from the fireworks. Well, perhaps. Stress can cause FIC.
Celebrating by causing so much harm to others is very unwise and downright selfish. But then again, we’re talking about humans here, the most selfish species in the animal kingdom.
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