Clinic Aftercare Instructions
After Surgery:
- There is a small, green, linear tattoo next to the incision (females)to indicate that she has been spayed
- Give a small amounts of food and water tonight
- Your pet may act sedate, hyper, or just not himself this evening. Either can be normal. If your pet is acting oddly, please
confine in a quiet, dark area, for his own protection, until the anesthesia wears off a bit more - Please keep your pet as quiet as possible
- Dogs-leash walk only 10 days. Cats – indoors only 10 days
- No roughhousing or interacting with other pets 10 days
- No bathing or swimming 10 days
- There are no external stitches to be removed. They are under the skin and dissolve on their own
- Do not allow your pet to lick the surgical site. If he/she persists please use an Elizabethan collar (cone) on your pet
- If the incision looks red, swollen, has discharge, please text this number: 315-730-3934
- If your pet is lethargic, not eating or drinking, or you have any other concerns, please text 315-730-3934. We are happy to see
surgical rechecks at no charge - If further treatment is necessary , a fee may apply. If you your pet is seriously ill or cannot be seen by us in a timely manner,
we may advise you to take your pet to your regular veterinarian AT YOUR OWN EXPPENSE - Your pet has received THREE different types of pain medication today. All work differently and synergistically to give excellent
pain control. 99% of pets are adequately covered with this pain control protocol. That said, some pets do seem painful to owners
post-op. Please text me if you feel your pet is painful-I will call in meds for you to pick up at your pharmacy. UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU GIVE YOUR PET OTC OR SOMEONE ELSE’S rx MEDS
