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Sorry if I've put this is the wrong place, wasn't sure where to put it.
We got a cat yesterday from Cats Protection and everything has been fine and she seems the have settled in well. The only thing is is we haven't really seen her drink much, she has had a bit of food but not much water and also she hasn't used her litter tray at all.
Now she was neutered on Wednesday and were wondering if she was still a bit funny after the anasthetic and thats why she isn't eating and drinking much? We know that she couldn't have wee'd/pooed in a quiet corner anywhere as she was a lampshade collar thing on so she doesn't mess with her stitches and she can't get into any small places like under the bed, behind chairs etc.
Was just wondering if we should be getting a bit worried about this or if it's normal and maybe she is still settling and finding her feet
We got a cat yesterday from Cats Protection and everything has been fine and she seems the have settled in well. The only thing is is we haven't really seen her drink much, she has had a bit of food but not much water and also she hasn't used her litter tray at all.
Now she was neutered on Wednesday and were wondering if she was still a bit funny after the anasthetic and thats why she isn't eating and drinking much? We know that she couldn't have wee'd/pooed in a quiet corner anywhere as she was a lampshade collar thing on so she doesn't mess with her stitches and she can't get into any small places like under the bed, behind chairs etc.
Was just wondering if we should be getting a bit worried about this or if it's normal and maybe she is still settling and finding her feet
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With regards to the litter tray, I would be starting to get worried. However, if she hasn't had any food or water then she may not be needing to use it. She could still be finding her feet / recovering from the anesthetic. If she has made no progress by tomorrow morning, I'd probably phone the vet.
She is eating a mixture of wet and dry food, but as she will be a house cat we were advised to just give her dry food..I'm not sure why though. But I think we will give her canned food a few times a week, for a bit of variety.
I will try the vets if she still hasn't used it.
Ours are house cats and we give them wet food as well as dry. In the 3 years we've had them it's not done them any harm. They would tell us off if we didn't give them wet food. Missy decided it was time for her breakfast at 3.30am the other night. I was not impressed
Yeah, give the vet a call if she hasn't gone to the toilet. Better to be safe.
Well we need to register her with a vet first, unless we just phone one and they will give us some advice :chin:
We only got her home at about 2 yesterday afternoon so she could have used the one that was in her cage at the centre but just not used it here. We've left it where she can find it for now so she doesn't have to go searching for it and had a look around the house and definatly not seen any suspicious puddles!
It doesn't take 2 minutes to register her with a vet. We took ours for their boosters and registered them at the same time. All they need are things like address, name etc. Nothing major. I'm sure they would still give you advice over the phone.
Failing that, get in touch with the CPL and see what vet did the surgery. They must have some sort of duty of care for the poor pussycat as there could've been a problem with the stitches or an infection could've developed etc.
She seems fine in herself though, her wound looks clean and dry and not red and shes not been messing with it or scratching it.
I just don't like the thought of their being something wrong and she can't let us know
I'm not used to cats I've always had dogs, so it's all new to me.
I will post some tomorrow hopefully