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spade neuter picking womb support

18 15:03:06

Question
i have a 6months old cat i adopted about a month ago i took her to get spaded about 3 weeks ago my cousin took her for me
shes been back she has full energy no signs of anything like pain discomfort etc...but i did notice ok where the womb is where the did the cut and where they closed her back up my cousin told me they used some glue i am not sure what they do nowadays exactly the thing is now she is biting and pulling at this plastic small in a sense plastic piece sticking out curly shaped like the curly end on a handheld basic cork screw swiryly she is biting and pulllin at it i would trim it back or what i tried to call the vet and where i got her to ask more info help where i bought her said call the vet now the vet wont answer my questions are 1.should i let her keep chewing and plling at this2.should i trim it back3.what is it 4.is is plastic that was used to stich her back5.will the womb come open if she keeps bulling at it(i am hoping someone familar with the contents of what i am trying to artichulate could please help me please ↑

Answer
If it has been three weeks Timothy, her incision line has healed enough that if she had stitches, they would have come out by now.

Apparently, however, your vet used a surgical superglue to hold just the skin layer together.
Now the skin is trying to rid itself of the rest of this glue because it probably itches.

So, yes, you can trim it off. She will pull on it whether or not you want her to. You probably cannot stop her. So cut it down close to her skin. It will fall off in a about a week or so or she will finish pulling it out.

Her belly shouldn't open up because the layers under the skin have had three weeks to heal up. Her womb is no longer in her, that is what comes out when they are spayed or neutered. Either one is correct for a female. Males are neutered only.

She should be ok. I don't understand why your vet won't answer your question.

Thank you for having her spayed so that she won't add any more kittens to the already overpopulated world.
If you see her bleeding at all, call the vet but she may only nick herself chewing at the glue.