Baby boys getting neutered on Thurday :(

Hi everyone, we are all getting very worried about Dexter and Chilli (they are going to be 6 months old this Monday) who are going in to be neutered this coming Thursday, I feel awful everytime I look at their little faces, we have taken a couple of days off work to keep an eye on them, but don't know exactly what to expect, some people say it OK for them to lick themselves a little, other people say they are not to lick at all. I am also worried that they might be in pain, I know it's the best thing to do for them as even thought they are brothers they would eventually start to fight and we want to keep them sweet and full of fun as they are just now! plus we don't want them to start to 'spray' in the house, but it still seems a little cruel doing this to them. :sad2:

Hi Silvergirl, I felt the same the night before Rocco was neutered (since he was my first MC) at 7 months old. I was a nervous wreck! I could not sleep that night but after the surgery the following day, Rocco came home feeling 'groogy' (hope I spelt it correctly). Two hours later, he was back to his usual self. I was not given any antiseptic solution or ointment; only told not to shower him the next 10 days.

Your Dexter and Chilli will be fine, I am sure. :)

The procedure is just a few minutes for boys, and sometimes you cannot even tell anything has been done to the them by the time you retrieve them. Girls on the other hand, do not feel good at all for a few days, which is very, very stressful. I would not worry!!

Don*t worry about it! They will be fine! Even the female cats, who have a way bigger surgery are doing pretty good afterwards. Mine wasn`t fully out of the anesthesia and could barely walk and still wanted to jump on the cat tree. OO So just stay with them and make sure they don`t try stupid things as long as they are still having some anesthetics in their body and everything will be just fine! :)

Hi there Silvergirl, please don't worry, they'll be just fine! It's really not cruel. Are you getting them done on the same day? My vet advised me to do this with my 2 when the time comes, so that they don't have an unfamiliar smell to each other.

By the way, I think Larry and Monty are almost exactly the same age as Dexter and Chilli - what's their birthdate? Mine were born on 22nd February. It's great fun having 2 together - double trouble!!

Harry was fine after his op. Like you I had sleepness nights worrying, really no need to worry at all ! Poppy (female) was fine too, although because she's black and they shaved her underbelly she looked like she'd had an operation, but to be fair by the following day was back to her usual self. Hope the boys (and you) get on ok, keep us posted. :)

Freyja will need to be done in about 3 weeks time - she'll be 6 months then. I have no idea what to expect, or what care she'll need - what's 'normal'? Are there any do's and don'ts - before and after - the op? Do their personalities change post-op? I'm getting quite anxious about the whole thing and every time I look at her lately I find myself thinking "You poor trusting, little thing, you have no idea what I've got planned for you!". I know it's the right thing to do, and that it's quite safe, but I can't help worry!

My two girls didn`t change at all. Boys tend to become a little calmer though. But my girls are as crazy as ever :D.
here is what to expect: When they came home from the vet they were acting really funny because of the anestethics which were still in their bodies. The bellys were shaved and you could see the fresh scar. Looked scary. One of my cats wasn`t paying attention to her wound at all, while the other wanted to lick and bite on it. Try to prevent licking and biting on the wound for a few days if possible. Although a little bit of licking is fine, the saliva helps heal the wound. I made a little bodysuit out of the arm of an old shirt for my cat, so she could not lick or bite on it anymore and open the wound... but as I said, how excessive your cat "works" on her wound depends on her character. Watch your girl closely and if she is just licking a little bit every now and then, let her. If she tries to bite the seam of the very first day, try to prevent that.
But really, your cat will be fine. It is way worse for you than for your cat. Try to act like it is no big deal and your cat won`t be nervous eighter. I hope this helped.

When I go to work tomorrow I will be looking after at least six little bundles of joy that mums & dads will be worrying about until they can phone us after lunch for a pick up time.
The main thing to remember before you take them is the starvation period prior to anaesthetic,afterwards we always tell people to keep the cats in for the first 48hrs & as our vet does dissolving sutures under the skin on the girls so they can't pick at them {not all vets do it this way} he normally says treat them the same as the boys after that.We don't even have them back to check unless the owner is worried as very often that can stress the cat even more.Most of them will have a bit of a lick at the wound but it is only very rarely you have to use something to stop them getting at it.Keep their food light when they come home afterwards,some will eat straight away some take a day or two,some will play as if nothing has happened,some are sleepy for a little while,sometimes with girls they can react to the suture material but that also is very rare & an inj.can help to settle that so all in all more of a worry for the owners who do leave feeling very guilty.
I will be having lots of furry cuddles though so we are all okay.....

I know how you are feeling as I was there two weeks ago. I can honestly say that I was amazed afterwards! I will say that the fast was horrible as my two love their food and are very vocal at feeding times so no supper was bad enough as every time one of us went into the kitchen we were mugged by them they form a picket line by where their food is kept and stand there demanding food! Next morning was worse no breakfast I really dont want to think what they were saying when they were talking! ↲When we left them at the vets (okay when the nurse had managed to remove the carrier from my grip!) I was a wreck. Why was I worried we collected them at half three with care instructions and returned home with them, as soon as the carrier was opened they shot out straight to where their food bowls should be and started talking honestly I have never seen bowls cleaned so fast. Then they started to play and played like nothing had happened to them.↲Honestly dont worry about them too much as they recover so fast and the only way I could tell they had had an op is by the bald patches.