lyndxe
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hey everyone,
our two boys, Boris and Melvin, are steadily growing, and just last week received their neuter surgery (at the age of 6 months). they're amazing, and we love them both so much! they really have made our lives wonderful.
i do have one small concern though. or maybe not so small.
so as i said, they received their neuter surgery last week. our vet gave them both an antibiotic shot that would last for 5 days to insure that they wouldn't get an infection. Melvin (the bigger boy of the two), unfortunately, never quite healed. 5 days later, his brother was almost totally healed, but he was still leaving little spots of blood around here and there, and i even saw a small amount of pus.
the vet asked us to bring him back, and decided to stitch him up with dissolving stitches, and said he would have to wear an e-collar to let his incision finally heal up all the way. he was sedated for the procedure, but not put under fully. when she brought him home to us (we have a great vet who will "deliver" haha), she said he had been active, but when i brought him in, he was almost totally unresponsive and didn't leave his carrier or really even blink for nearly 3+ hours. he started to pant and breath rapidly, and so i called the vet in a small panic, and she said to bring him in. she said he had a fever, and was going to give him an injection to bring it down. she said the fever was probably a side effect of the sedative wearing off, and why he had been so unresponsive earlier. she also said the fever was unrelated to an infection or anything bacterial because she had given him the antibiotic shot. she also said his body was stressed because of the two surgeries in a one week time span, and to give him time to recover.
anyway, she gave him the injection to bring the fever down, and he was almost back to normal (outside of being a little "groggy" from the sedative). by that night, he was much better, eating, and peeing, etc.
i just can't seem to shake that maybe there is something wrong with him, though. he is active and "normal" but he's not AS active or AS "normal" as he was before the second surgery. he's drinking and eating normally, but he's only pooped once in the last two days (both him and his brother almost always use the litter box at the same time, and usually go twice a day). it was a normal consistency, but this still makes me a little concerned.
he doesn't have the energy he used to before the second surgery - he doesn't seem to want to play, and sits and sleeps a lot more. i keep telling myself that it's because of the second surgery, and it was just two days ago, and he's probably still in pain. but he used to love to play with his brother and me, and now doesn't seem to want to as much. he also seems like he's lost a little bit of weight... not much, maybe a couple ounces, but now you can feel his hip bones, where you couldn't really before. can't see his spine, but i can tell he's lost a little bit of weight. i don't think anyone would notice, though.
last night, i was able to entice him to play a little, and he was, and then he did something he'd never done before - two deep, throaty coughs, and then didn't want to play anymore. and during the night last night, he sneezed while he was under the covers sleeping. his eyes are bright and clear, but these two things worry me. and i've also noticed he's licking his lips a LOT. i wouldn't say he has difficulty breathing - but when he IS active, he makes a little "huff" noise. he's always kind of done that, but now it seems like he does it even more.
he's got one more set of oral antibiotics to clear up the infection in his scrotum, so i guess we will see what happens. but to be honest, i can't help but worry that he might have something more serious. like... FIP. he was put under a lot of stress recently with the surgeries and visits, and he's at that "perfect" age... so i'm just worried. worried that he's never going to be okay and that i might lose him to something more serious. maybe i'm just parnaoid, or maybe i'm seeing the beginning stages of the end
our two boys, Boris and Melvin, are steadily growing, and just last week received their neuter surgery (at the age of 6 months). they're amazing, and we love them both so much! they really have made our lives wonderful.
i do have one small concern though. or maybe not so small.
so as i said, they received their neuter surgery last week. our vet gave them both an antibiotic shot that would last for 5 days to insure that they wouldn't get an infection. Melvin (the bigger boy of the two), unfortunately, never quite healed. 5 days later, his brother was almost totally healed, but he was still leaving little spots of blood around here and there, and i even saw a small amount of pus.
the vet asked us to bring him back, and decided to stitch him up with dissolving stitches, and said he would have to wear an e-collar to let his incision finally heal up all the way. he was sedated for the procedure, but not put under fully. when she brought him home to us (we have a great vet who will "deliver" haha), she said he had been active, but when i brought him in, he was almost totally unresponsive and didn't leave his carrier or really even blink for nearly 3+ hours. he started to pant and breath rapidly, and so i called the vet in a small panic, and she said to bring him in. she said he had a fever, and was going to give him an injection to bring it down. she said the fever was probably a side effect of the sedative wearing off, and why he had been so unresponsive earlier. she also said the fever was unrelated to an infection or anything bacterial because she had given him the antibiotic shot. she also said his body was stressed because of the two surgeries in a one week time span, and to give him time to recover.
anyway, she gave him the injection to bring the fever down, and he was almost back to normal (outside of being a little "groggy" from the sedative). by that night, he was much better, eating, and peeing, etc.
i just can't seem to shake that maybe there is something wrong with him, though. he is active and "normal" but he's not AS active or AS "normal" as he was before the second surgery. he's drinking and eating normally, but he's only pooped once in the last two days (both him and his brother almost always use the litter box at the same time, and usually go twice a day). it was a normal consistency, but this still makes me a little concerned.
he doesn't have the energy he used to before the second surgery - he doesn't seem to want to play, and sits and sleeps a lot more. i keep telling myself that it's because of the second surgery, and it was just two days ago, and he's probably still in pain. but he used to love to play with his brother and me, and now doesn't seem to want to as much. he also seems like he's lost a little bit of weight... not much, maybe a couple ounces, but now you can feel his hip bones, where you couldn't really before. can't see his spine, but i can tell he's lost a little bit of weight. i don't think anyone would notice, though.
last night, i was able to entice him to play a little, and he was, and then he did something he'd never done before - two deep, throaty coughs, and then didn't want to play anymore. and during the night last night, he sneezed while he was under the covers sleeping. his eyes are bright and clear, but these two things worry me. and i've also noticed he's licking his lips a LOT. i wouldn't say he has difficulty breathing - but when he IS active, he makes a little "huff" noise. he's always kind of done that, but now it seems like he does it even more.
he's got one more set of oral antibiotics to clear up the infection in his scrotum, so i guess we will see what happens. but to be honest, i can't help but worry that he might have something more serious. like... FIP. he was put under a lot of stress recently with the surgeries and visits, and he's at that "perfect" age... so i'm just worried. worried that he's never going to be okay and that i might lose him to something more serious. maybe i'm just parnaoid, or maybe i'm seeing the beginning stages of the end