Kitty was spayed yesterday. Now she has to wear this medieval looking cone around her neck to keep her from licking her stitches. Yesterday, when she got home, she acted a little drunk, due to the pain meds and the heavy cone. It was a little funny and a little sad. And you should see the poor thing try to eat with this thing on. It's so sad. It's hard for me not to take it off and give her some relief. The vet said that she'll figure out a way to eat with it on and that she should get used to it. She better. She has to wear it for 2 weeks!
Pumpkin was scheduled to be spayed yesterday as well but had high liver enzymes (most likely due to the dead rat she found about a week ago that had died of poisoning. Although she didn't eat it, I think she did gnaw on it a little and so may have ingested some of the poison. Oops.) So now we have to wait 3 weeks and try again for her.
The vet said to try to keep Kitty calm and not let her play too much. Really? Is she familiar with kittens at all? We kept her in the bathroom last night. Usually she is in the basement at night with Pumpkin but the Dr. said to keep them separate at night so they don't play too much. Evidently, Kitty doesn't need Pumpkin to play. She tore up the bathroom. It's going to take me an hour to clean it all. Kitty litter is everywhere. In her defence, I think the cone is causing some of her clumsiness/messiness.
So, 1 day down, 13 to go.
Poor thing.
Oh no ... she is wearing the "Cone of Shame". I remember when our golden retriever, Maggie, was spayed a few years ago and she had to wear the Cone of Shame for two weeks. Poor Maggie - our cats would climb inside the cone and sleep and she could not lift her head up - it was pretty hilarious.
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