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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  My dogs(all but my first have been distantly related so don't know if it's the bloodline or what but they don't do well[to me} after anesthesia) stay the first night after surgery but by the 2nd p.o. day when I pick them up, they are still usually acting very lethargic, squealing tiny little, hardly audible sounds when moved or lifted, don't eat/drink hardly at all so I have to syringe some liquid in the side of the mouth, put a little soft food in the side pocket following the water a time or two. They do make it out to pee/potty shakily, though sometimes the potty part is not until the 3rd day! They scare me silly during this time but the vet just smiles and says they are fine, fine, fine so I imagine it is just me thinking the worst.
Hope little Maxi does fine, fine, fine too! |
aww, poor babies! I'll make sure to ask the vet for a syringe, just in case Maxi doesn't want to drink anything. Now that you mentioned the pee/potty issue, I wonder if I should line his ex-pen with pee pads...right now he is ringing a tell-bell when he needs to go potty, but after surgery he probably won't have the energy to do that.
He also has a pet loo inside his ex-pen, but it's probably a bad idea for him to try to get up on it after surgery.
Thanks for your input!