My spayed cat is sad and not eating after surgery. What can I do?

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On February 28th we had a female stray cat we call Mama spayed, we were told that she cannot be released for 14 days because there are un-neutered males in our neighborhood. She is safe and warm in our garage, with beds, food, water and some toys. but it has only been 4 days and I fear she is becoming despondent and may stop eating. Is there some way to circumvent it before it happens? Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 8 lbs

Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS · Accepted Answer

How lovely of you to spay Mama! She needs to stay inside for 14 days because she has to be kept as quiet as possible so her spay incision can heal. If she is allowed outside and runs around, especially away from the stray males in the neighborhood, she can open up her incision or cause another complication. It will be a tough adjustment for her to be in the garage, but it's only for another 10 days. You can offer her special food, such as boiled white meat chicken (no bones) or soaking her dry food in gently warmed low sodium beef or chicken broth or tuna juice. That will tempt her to eat and keep up her appetite. She will adjust to being inside, and she may end up liking it and not wanting to leave lol. Keep up the great work looking after this poor little stray :-)

My spayed cat is sad and not eating after surgery. What can I do?

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