Hadley gave me a little scare this week. I had her spayed a little over a week ago and she had this huge knot pop up at her incision. I was afraid she had a hernia and would have to have surgery again. But I took her in yesterday and its just a "fluid pocket" and will go away. Whew! I didn't want her to have to go through surgery again now. She's still as hyper as ever!
Rusty had SEVEN teeth pulled last Monday! He has stomatitis and had already had 4 pulled a few months ago. The vet thought he'd have to have all pulled but his 2 bottom canines, but he didn't have to have that many pulled. He did have to have one canine pulled. I felt so bad for him, but he got over it in a hurry and got back to eating that same day. He weighs 17 lbs, so apparently not much hurts his appetite!
I am working on new dolls to take to Art Sunday next month. I'm looking forward to it, but I hope it cools down a lot by then! I do have new jewelry at Talk of the Town in Scottsboro and will have new jewelry at Art Sunday too. Come see me there!!
I can understand how scared you were for Hadley, but that is a very common thing for females after they've been spayed. I learned it after being frightened too. It takes a little time for the fluid to be absorbed, but it does happen. Glad she's ok, but poor "little" Rusty. They can actually do ok without many teeth. I took in a bedraggled feral a few months ago. She had lice, fleas, you name it, and when the vet checked her mouth, she had almost no teeth left - poor nutrition from being out on her on so long. Vet said to feed her wet food but after she got her strength back, she went back to dry and is doing fine, even gained some weight. Go figure. Good luck with your furry babies.
ReplyDeleteThe vet told me that too, that its pretty common, but I had never seen it before! I have more male cats than females and only one female in the house, so maybe that's why. Rusty PREFERS dry food--even the day of his surgery he begged for dry food. I wasn't sure if he'd be able to eat it, but he does fine. Good luck with your kitties too--its nice to know there are others out there watching out for the kitties, isn't it?
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