Poor sweet Chester. :( *UPDATE ON POST 22*
First off, my computer is out of commission right now until Monday or Tuesday, so unfortunately, no pictures as I am on my sons computer.
I brought Chester to the vet Thursday night as he was being neutered Friday.
Picked him up Friday night, brought him home, set him up in my room and of course, he was still a little groggy and wobbly. Gave him a little bit of water and just let him be for a while. I went to check on him before I went to bed, (I decided to sleep on the couch to give my guys some time with me at night,) and he was pretty sleepy, which didn't concern me, as I figured he needed more sleepy time. In the morning, went to check on him and he was under the bed, which was very unusual for him to be under there in the first place and heard this pitiful meow. I bent down and he was pulling himself out with his front claws and flashed right before my eyes, was my RB Katie. PANIC TIME!!!!! Once he got out, I noticed he seemed to be still a little too groggy for my liking and somewhat lethargic. Called my vet and they told me to bring him in. When I got there, I was taken right away. He apparently didn't handle the anesthetic very well, was a little dehydrated and had a fever. So I had to leave him there. They just called me and said that he was doing much better and that I can pick him up tomorrow morning. PHEW!!!!!!!!!
Now I can go and relax with a nice cup of tea and stop cleaning my house.
Some cats just don't react nicely to certain drugs
My neighbor's cat was sedated for her spaying and had a really difficult time coming out of it. It left her with a tilt to her head. She looks cute with the tilt but at the same time, she has trouble keeping her balance on things. From this point forward, they are being very selective with injections of any kind. She gets only the absolutely necessary shots and tests. My little, well, now big black barn cat is related to my neighbor's cat so my vet used a different method to knock out Lucy, my cat, when she was spayed. My vet was afraid Lucy would have a similar reaction to the meds, since they are half sisters........same barn, same Mom, different Dad and different litter.......
I know that humans have reactions tooooo...going from one extreme to the other......It is a real crap shoot from what I understand. I have never experienced any problems with anesthetics myself, or with my pets. I think sometimes the vets return the pets a little too quickly, when in fact they could keep them over night. I am not sure these buddies of ours have attendents at night when they stay over. I guess the bigger operations could afford to staff at night, but my vet leaves the pets alone most of the time.
When my cat Miley had her colonoscopy a few months ago, she was in horrible shape for three days afterwards. I was horrified. It was a really difficult test for her. She never really bounced back from that test. I had to keep her in her container for a couple of days because she could not walk without falling down and over. It broke my heart to see her walking like that so I kept her confined. She started walking better after she started eating again.
I am always expecting some sort of reaction and have been so lucky so far.
JuniRose aka JuniGetDown, is horrible to give pills to and to clip nails....or just to hold.......so her behavior is weird before a proceedure......can you imagine what she would be like afterward. She was spayed and I think it ran smoothly......She tolerated the Ecollar nicely and was out running around in a couple of days. If she ever gets really ill, I just don't know what I would do, since she cannot be pilled. Really. She is like a wild cat when you grab her to pill her. Then you can never get her again. She is my wild child, for sure.
Miley was easy to pill. Lucy is easy to pill, clip nails etc. Chloe is easy too, if you can catch her.
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