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The amazing spay bounce-back
By Gina Spadafori
June 20, 2007
Never fails to amaze me how quickly most pets bounce back from a spay or neuter. Clara was spayed Monday. Monday night she slept like a log. Yesterday she was a little quiet. Today, she’s perfectly normal again.
I also had her microchipped while she was in. She’s an indoor cat with access to a screened outdoor area, but you never know when something will happen and your pet will need permanent ID. All my pets are chipped — even the parrot (birds are chipped in their breast area, by the way, not over the shoulders as dogs and cats are).
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It’s unfortunate for those of us who own small birds that most vets (including avian vets) feel uncomfortable microchipping any bird that weighs less than 100 grams. I have heard of vets who would chip birds that weigh less, but there is apparently a lot more risk associated with the procedure on the smaller guys. I intend to look into seeing if my green-cheeked conure (~70g) and my three cockatiels (ranging from 90-110g) could be safely chipped. I think my biggest tiel could, given that 100g limit that she exceeds, but I’d like to see all four of them done, even if my budgies and lineolated parakeet are too small. Given how far a lost bird can travel, every little bit helps.
Comment by Cody — June 20, 2007 @ 1:15 pm
Happy that Clara is her normal self again.
Comment by Evelyn — June 20, 2007 @ 1:17 pm
Did I miss it? Or is it that you’ve yet to tell us the story of how Clara got to be an addition to the family? I’d love to hear the story!
Comment by Ana — June 20, 2007 @ 1:58 pm
Not much to tell, really! I hadn’t had a cat in the family for many years because I had a dog — Andy — who lived to be 16 and wasn’t cat-tolerant.
Andy died in 2001, and I just proscrasinated. Finally, it was time. So Clara joined the family. She’s almost five months old now,a nd growing quickly.
For those who haven’t seen her, here are a few pictures.
Comment by Gina Spadafori — June 20, 2007 @ 2:04 pm
Glad you had a microchip put in Clara.
Owners may be careful about not letting a cat loose. However, when leaving an animal overnight at a veterinarn’s hospital, there is a possibility of the animal escaping.
Example: I found a beautiful cat near my door.
I called the dog officer who was not there. Next I called the vet’s office near me and sure enough, the cat was an escapee from their hospital.
Comment by Evelyn — June 20, 2007 @ 2:15 pm
Since I’m “owned” by a retriever I can really identify with the “wallowing in the mud” and love of water! You know you’re a true retriever owner when the smell of wet retriever is a normal everyday odor.
Glad Clara is on the mend.
Katie
Comment by Katie — June 20, 2007 @ 3:14 pm
Gina- this is to tick off Christie —- the kitten is so cute the kitten is so cute the kitten is so cute the kitten is so cute the kitten is so cute……
Comment by elliott — June 20, 2007 @ 8:57 pm