Has anyone got any advice or tips on how I can make my kittens recovery as easy as possible?

[Guest]

She’s 4 1/2 months and just been spayed. Operation went well but obviously she’s got an incision wound and a cone round her head.

She’s trying to jump off and on all furniture and she’s having difficulty drinking water due to the cone. We bought one of the recovery suits but she can just wiggle out of it.

I just don’t want anything to happen to her scar, I’m so worried she’s going to jump and pull it and pull the stitches open.

[Amy]

I’d say prevent her from jumping onto anything too high and put some water into her food x

[Richhilde]

I cut the tip off of an old sock ,slide I'd around her middle section!

[Guest]

I never use cones. I do make sure to monitor their behavior at first in case one is the type to constantly lick it. Many occasionally lick, but since they aren’t obsessively licking never had a problem. I have had a problem with the jumping on furniture and they should not run around at all especially the first few days. Thankfully only one in my life had ended up with a hernia from being to active.

Since she was a foster we had to fix the issue before adopting out. She had surgery and I knew to put her in my small bathroom. It is best to keep at the least in a room if they are to active. Many will develop a lump at the incision if to active as well. Amongst other things. Which thankfully goes down after a few weeks. Just wanted you to be aware of this as first time it happened to one of my cats I panicked and brought to vet to be told it’s OK.

Of course, it could be something more serious, and there are obvious signs of that like Bleeding at incision, discoloration, oozing pus, and not acting itself. Lethargic, not eating all the signs when a typical cat is not well. It’s hard with kittens since they are super active. My foster kittens get wound up when they see me so I try to limit my time in room so they sleep more for the first few days.