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Tomorrow is the day that I have been dreading since the moment I first held Lucy
Surgery DayI’m plagued with guilt and fear. Every time I look at her happily prancing around all I can think about is that she doesn’t know it’s her last day for a week to be pain-free and free to binky and run!
And I can barely even wrap my mind around the fact that something could go wrong and I could lose her all together!
My vet has gone over all of this with me, but for my own sanity I just wanted to type it here and make sure I’m doing everything correctly:
So tomorrow I will feed her breakfast like normal, and then I will put her in her carrier. We’ll bring some of her hay and some of her pellets with so that she has something familar to eat when she wakes up.
When I go to pick her up tomorrow evening, I’m also going to bring her blanky, so that she has something soft and comfortable at the bottom of her carrier. And the vet will give us painkillers to take home. And when we get home we are just going to keep her in her cage and not let her free-range untill she appears to not be pain-free and not picking at her stitches.
Oh gosh am I scared!! I’ve never had a pet before, so this is my first “spay-experience” of any kind.
My boyfriend and I are taking some time off work so that someone can be with her at all times for for the first few days. And we will make sure the house is quiet and cool.
Any other advice of things I can do to prepare? Or make her more comfortable?
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Off the top of my head just keep her litter box really clean and cage clean of poos/pees because of her stitches. She probably won’t eat/drink as soon as you get home. You can ask your vet how long to wait for her eating/drinking before becoming concerned then to call him back if she isn’t. I offered lots of veggies soaked in water, and offered all the water in bowls to make it easier to drink. You’ll be fine! Bee’s spay is this Wednesday so we can both hug eachother in a spay support thread
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Make sure there is nothing in her cage that she can jump on, or snag her stitches on, so you won’t have to worry about accidental tearing of them. When you go to check her stitches, you can use the trick I did.. have her stretch up for a treat,, so you can duck down and peek at her tummy as she is reaching. That way you don’t have to try and grab her and flip her over. Much easier this way
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Thanks everyone for the support! Lucy is doing great.
We are going to continue cleaning her cage twice a day, and keep her contained to her room till Monday, just out of precaution. But I think she is back to normal!
So happy to have my baby back!
She’s going to like me more now that she’s been spayed right? hhahaha
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