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Published on: April 28, 2024 • By: sophie2678 · In Forum: Cats
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sophie2678
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April 28, 2024 at 04:38pm
Does this look normal for 5 days post op? IMG_8944
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Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
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April 28, 2024 at 05:43pm
Hello - I am a little confused as to what I am looking at here.  Is the yellow cartoon-print item a bandage or item of clothing and if so, whereabouts on the patient is it positioned and why?  Am I looking at a flank spey wound? You will appreciate that not being this cats vet and not having much context, I am in no position to assess a wound - it would be unsafe.  Most vets, however, ask to do a post op check routinely around this time.  They will frequently palpate the wound and take a short recent history.  If you have particular concerns, most UK vets will have some kind of weeknd or out of hours service in order to triage the kitten and assess her if need be.  I am very happy to answer general questions if I have enough context.  However, I cannot act, or risk being thought of, in lieu of your vet. I hope that this answer makes sense.    
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sophie2678
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April 28, 2024 at 07:26pm
Hi, it’s on the side of her stomach, she had a post spay check up 3 days ago, and the vets were happy, but this morning there seems to be dried blood and seems to be a little more red, so wasn’t sure if it looks ok. My vets aren’t open today hence why I’m posting on here.
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Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
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April 29, 2024 at 09:20am
From the limited amount that I can see, it looks as though it's holding. However, if the skin is itching and progressively being damaged then drugs, a cone and or / a means to reduce itching may be needed.  For future knowledge and anyone else reading, when vets close in the UK - and some other countries - they are obliged to provide someone else to help with things like this.  As a bare minimum, there should be an emergency contact on their phone message and this is usually also on the post-op information sheet that most vets send their patients home with.  This is because on the rare occasions where a patient is about to tear the wound open or seriously damage their skin (or even something worse), it will not wait for two days.  I'm sorry not to have given the answer you wanted, but you will hopefully have understood from the sign up information on this site that wound assessment on your vets' behalf is currently beyond the scope of this service.  Wishing your little one a speedy recovery!
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