Castration inevitably becomes heartrending experience for a cat. If owners decided on it, their direct duty is to take care of that operation was as less as possible painful for an animal.
The cat needs to be prepared for castration properly. During operation the bladder and a digestive tract of an animal have to be empty therefore in 12 hours prior to castration of a cat it is impossible to feed, and for an hour – even to give to drink.
Processing of a woundIf the doctor after operation treated the wound Terramitsin or Alyumazol spray, they to remain on skin for some time, in this case it is not necessary to treat the wound. If such processing was not, a wound it is necessary to wash 3% with peroxide of hydrogen or solution Furacilin, having dissolved one tablet in a glass of water. It is not recommended to treat the wound brilliant green or spirit solution of iodine, they can overdry skin. That the cat did not disturb a wound, licking it, he needs to put on a special collar which will not allow it to reach a back part of a body a neck. Remove a collar only on meal time. It is necessary to watch that the cat did not rub about a floor a back part of a body. The filler for a tray used at this time has to be soft not to disturb a wound. It is better if it is white or at least a light shade, in this case owners will be able to notice the begun bleeding at once in time.
Possible complications
Temperature increase of a body of an animal has to guard owners. Normal temperature for a cat – 38-39os. In the first three days it it will be inevitable raised, but if temperature did not decrease also for the fourth day, it is a reason for the urgent address to the veterinarian. Especially it is necessary to show an animal to the doctor if the wound began to suppurate. In this case the veterinarian will appoint an antibiotic. In the first day after operation it can be observed and decrease in temperature (less than 37 degrees), an animal at the same time sleeps. The cat needs to be warmed, putting a hot-water bottle and pounding paws. If it did not help, the cat still does not move and does not wake up, it is necessary to call urgently the veterinarian or to bring a cat to clinic. It is necessary to bring a cat to clinic and in case the seam begins to bleed. After castration the cat can suffer from a lock. The delay of a chair is inevitable during the first two-three days after an anesthesia, but if the chair at a cat is absent more than four days, it is necessary to allow to begin to give it laxative. Certainly, it is impossible to do it, without having consulted previously to the veterinarian, only he can choose suitable medicine, considering the state of health and features of an organism of a specific animal.