Monthly Archives: September 2014

Hunting lesson

Two weeks ago, Zorro gave me a hunting lesson. It’s not the first one. That always takes place as it :

He hunts a bird.
He goes upstairs to look for me with his prey. If Claire is there, he’s very proud to show it to her, and she’s very happy to congratulate him.
Claire makes Zorro come downstairs so that he rereleases with the bird and gives me my lesson outside.
Claire makes me go downstairs.
Zorro goes back upstairs.
I go back upstairs.
Claire makes us both come downstairs and goes out with us so that we dont’t go back upstairs.

The lesson can begin :

Zorro gives me the bird and takes place in approximately 2 metres. I transport the bird, I throw it in the air, I release it, I catch it up, I roll on it, and that starts again. I still haven’t understood very well what he wants me to do, but it’s fun to be neat ! Zorro watches very attentively my activities. If the bird seems to escape me, he intervenes.

After 20 minutes, Zorro finishes my study object with one chew off, and he eats it. End of the lesson.

Everything went well !

My operation took place very well ; at the Cabinet du Molage, everybody said that I was adorable ! I have to show you a brilliant trick : to close the small opening of my tummy, the veterinarian made an abdominal suture, then closed the edges of the wound with some glue ! Hey yes, it’s stuck ! No stitches which I could pull with teeth !

Thank you for all the words of encouragements that you left me !

How to ensure the well-being of your girlcat after spaying

ZORRO : I am quite worried this morning : Pixie is going be operated to be spayed. That make me feel nervous to know her alone at the vet : she is so little ! She left with Claire before 7:00 am, and she will back middle of the afternoon.

I don’t think that she’ll be in shape on her return, then to welcome her in the best conditions, I inquired. Here are my advice to watch her well-being from her return :

Unless the vet gives you other indications, you can feed your girlcat the evening following the operation. Don’t worry if she has no appetite this evening.
To encourage your girlcat to eat little, offer her her favorite food, or a little tuna, or a few shrimps which are digestible.
If your cat has to take post-operative medicine, they must be generally given at meal time. Don’t give them if your girlcat refuses to eat, and ask advice from your vet.
Your girlcat should start again eating the next day. Contact your vet if she still ate nothing 24 hours after the operation.
10 to 14 days are needed so that the skin heals, and at least 2 weeks so that the section is closed well : avoid letting go out your girlcat during this period. It’s necessary to avoid any “excessive” activity, and to avoid that the wound is wet or made dirty.
Your girlcat can completely resume her usual indoor routine (moderated activity and moderated game at the beginning).
You have no particular care to do except to verify that the scar remains clean and healthy.
Verify the suture every day ; check that it’s not red, doesn’t ooze or doesn’t wide. If you see one of these signs, make a control at the vet.
If the wound is made dirty by ground or excrements, you can clean it delicately with lukewarm water, slightly salt solution, or solution with very diluted Betadine. Check very attentively, because there is a big risk of infection !
Don’t let your girlcat lick her scar : she risks to infect it with the present bacteria of her mouth, or to pull the threads with her teeth.
Don’t bathe your girlcat before two weeks (from our point of view, it should be forbidden to give a bath to a poor innocent cat, that’s a human’s idea, really !)
If the threads used for the suture are not made to be reduced, it’s necessary to make them remove after 14 days by the vet.
Most of cats don’t seem to be in pain too much ; if your girlcat seems to suffer, your veterinarian can prescribe painkillers. In every case, never give human medicine to your cat !

If your girlcat doesn’t eat, doesn’t drink or drinks too much, doesn’t go to her litter box or makes black dropping, vomits, is depressed, it’s not normal : rush at the vet’s !

I believe that’s all ; now, I cross my paws so that everything goes well for Pixie !