Stitches dissolvable or not?

[Brigitte Cowell]

I think so...you are Extreme pain is one thing...mild pain is another...I'm still of the thought that we do not really know how much pain a cat actually feels because they hide it so well.

They also seemingly manage so much better than we do. I've had cats come home from c-sections that are jumping about and all I can think is a human wouldn't do that no matter WHAT pain meds they were given, LOL!

 

[Per Lausund]

Post op care is essential no matter which gender. It will also vary with the type and length of anaesthesia used. And please: let's be slightly more precise, the term is castration, be it male or female. Access is easier in males, personally I don't use stitches at all, but a bit of pain medication and TLC post op is good, and you need to keep an eye on the cat until he again reacts normally (no climbing on chairs and falling down!). There is post op pain in both sexes, but usually moderate.

In females acces requires an abdominal incision, with corresponding risks (infection etc). Apart from the incision, the amount of tissue damage is fairly similar, and on a healthy female and performed properly, distress and pain should be no more than moderate. Whether to leave monitoring to the vet tech or do it yourself is in my opinion an open issue, depends a lot on the cat's slave. I'd prefer some pain medication post op here as well.

resorbable or non-res sutures? opinions vary, but I personally would not use resorbables when suturing skin or peritoneum, the first because of the wicking effect (unless you do an intracutaneous suture), the second because I (am old-fashioned) want to know that this will hold together, and I don't like the tissue reaction you get during absorbtion.

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per