Hi everyone, I finally had Will neutered, he did great, eating well and tossing his toy mouse around tonight. I had an IFA run on him a couple of weeks ago, still FeLV+, but otherwise doing well. His bloodwork was great. They did him first so I could wait for him and get him out of there asap, to limit the chance he'd pick up a bug while there. We arrived at 7:45 and they were done by 9:00, we were on the road by 9:30. Dash and Scooter didn't do nearly so well back when they had their surgeries, Dash especially looked sick and sleepy for quite a while afterwards. Not sure if the different reactions are just because of the cats, or because different vets (same clinic) did the surgeries. They were all supposed to get isoflourane sp? gas. Vet 1 did Moxie's spay and Will's neuter, they both acted like nothing had happened when they woke up. Dash and Scooter were done by Vet 2, she uses a different technique for neutering, according to the vet tech she uses no sutures or glue, somehow knots the tubes on themselves after removing the testes? I thought that might be a better way to go for Will, no foreign material to irritate his healing, but Vet 1 is the one that was available so we went ahead with him, and so far Will is handling it much better than his brothers did. Maybe Vet 2 needs to keep them under the anesthesia longer to do her method? Or maybe it causes more pain than sutures and glue? I like them both, hate to offend her if (heaven forbid) we need any other operations in the future, but I'm thinking I prefer Vet 1 for surgeries...
Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season, Beth
