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Took Hank to the vets this morn @ 8.30 and handed him over for his neutering operation. Poor thing was scared in his basket and was shaking. Although he's been swearing at us all morning for not giving him breakfast and the clumsy loof somehow smashed a massive vase, the house just isn't the same without him now and we can't help but wonder if he's okay.
Should be picking him up again around 4pm so he'll have lots of treats and cuddles tonight when he gets back and comes around.
Poor Hank, I'm sure he will be fine - it his horrible leaving them at the vets though - I'm sure you will be pacing around all day waiting to pick him up. Hope he recovers quickly.
Thanks, I suspect he'll be ok, he seems pretty resilient.
Actually just curious, do people tend to notice any immediate change in their behavior after neutering?
Can't answer that one as Simba was neutered at 12 weeks before we got him. His breeder did tell me though that he bounced back incredibly quickly and was running around within an hour of coming home. Not sure what benefits there are to getting it done early - I didn't have a say in the matter - one thing though is that Simba has a hernia and if he wasn't neutered my vet, who picked this up, could have sorted that at the same time as neutering him. Now though I don't really want to put him through a general just to have that done as at the moment it hasn't got any bigger. I do have to keep an eye on it though.
Hank will come home wondering why the heck he had to be away from you for the day,boys just don't seem to bother at all,not like the girls who have a hole in the side to recover from,even my boys who were done at an older age bounced straight back,no you don't see any difference in them straight away,some no difference at all & some if done when they started spraying or smelling the same,no immediate difference but the biggest percentage improve over time.
Don't worry though if Hank seems bright & breezy when you collect him & then goes very dopey when he gets home,safety of being back in their surroundings very often make them want to finish sleeping off the days activity....
Will watch for post to say he is home & well.
Awww poor Hank he'l be fine & geting spoilt rotten at the vets if they are anything like ours very hard to get a cat or dog back off them :winkwink:
Louie will be going soon I think our vet said after 9 months & we were going to leave it as long as pos but he is starting to get a bit above his station with Casper, our hates all humans cat, not sure if they are just playing or not I know for a fact Casper can stick up for himself so hopefully just playing :smile:
I'm sure Hank will be ok....
Charlie Brown was snipped and chipped on Tuesday and he's been good, but tonight he tried an escape attack and went up the wire of the cat run to the roof of the house (dh hasn't finished roofing the cat run) before I could get him. Unfortunately I was the one that had to climb onto the roof to get him down as dh is away! so tonight he's a bit sore and sorry for himself.... hasn't even eaten his dinner which he wolfs down, so I'm keeping an eye on him!
Well he's back home now, all's good it seems.
When we got back we immediately took him upstairs into our bedroom thinking he'd be wanting some quiet alone time but instead went straight downstairs, had a drink, some fish, had a pee (on the toilet), another drink and another bite of fish then followed me back upstairs to me office where he's now nodding off on my desk !!! :-)
So i'll try and let him have undisturbed peace and quiet for at least a few hours but he's in much better condition than I expected... I was expected a very drousy cat.
You can see he's been crying though today, bless
For Hank :winkwink: :AddEmoticons0094:
Glad to hear all is well.
Storvenn (m) and Loki (f) were done not so long ago. Storvenn didnt show any change at all when we picked him up. Loki took about 3 - 4 days to get back to normal as she was a bit weak and wobbley.
In terms of character.. nope I honestly cant say that Ive noticed any difference in their attitudes. I still get woken up, jumped on, meowed / chirped at and the stairs are taking an absolute hammering as Storvenn is getting a LOT bigger :D
I don't know if it applies but it takes about nine weeks with a dog for the testostrone levels to drop after being done!
Yep,same for cats.pleased to see Hank is safely home & all is well, he still deserves a lot of the arrr factor though.....
Glad to hear Hank is home. Harry is going in tomorrow, I think he may be having his hernia done at the same time so maybe he won't be feeling so good tomorrow night. I've just taken his food away and he is grumpy already. He's a grazer, so little and often for him. Not looking forward to the experience tomorrow but will let you all know how he gets on.
Hank's a bit of a grazer too. I'm sure Harry will be swearing at you in cat language tomorrow a.m as hank did. It's disgusting some of the words they come out with when they're angry. Or at least they certainly give the impression they're calling you every name under the sun lol
Thanks to you all for your comments, He's really picked up tonight... a little 'too' energetic if anything !
Good luck to Harry tomorrow too! Please let us know how he gets on.
Glad to hear hank is doing well. Winston had his big op done last month. We havn't noticed any difference. As bold & cheeky as ever :AddEmoticons00947:
Good to hear Hank has bounded back really well. Good luck in keeping him quiet for the next few days :rofl:
Good luck for Harry....
and yes Gryfn was swearing at me as he had to go hungry when Charlie Brown did as they are both grazers, but then he got fed when charlie went to the vets....
Well he's at the vets now, and yes he was angry this morning. The vet said that the hernia wasn't really a problem and if we had just gone in for that alone he would have told us to leave it, because the likelihood of it causing problems down the line were minimal. However as he was being neutered he said it may as well be done at the same time but it was our call. We have decided to get it done. Hope we've made the right decision. Now i'm just trying to find things to do to keep my mind off it, my house is lovely and clean :)
Awwwwwwww he'l be fine :nod: Holly (dog) had the same prob when we got her, they just sorted it when she was spayed & she was fine after the op apart from the daft lampshade although that did'nt bother her but everybody else suffered from it :grr: :LOL:
Oh yet & Ive got lots of housework you can help with to take your mind off the vets Louie is hopeless :rofl:
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LOL, be round in a bit then ha ha, actually it's strange I got it done so quick without my little helper (if that's what you call him) :rofl: