Your Pet has just been neutered (male) or spayed (female). This procedure involves internal surgery and therefore your pet needs extra care for some time after their surgery. Unfortunately animals do not always understand that they need rest, so you need to help them with this recovery.
Immediately after
When you pick up your pet from the surgery they may be a bit drowsy. This is normal following an anaesthetic and surgery. The drowsiness should reduce over the next 12 to 24 hours. There may be some bruising and pain, so your pet may not seem quite itself for the next couple of days, keep your pet in a quiet, warm place and give them small amounts of food and water to eat and drink. Some animals may not want to eat straight away, but your pet should be back to normal in a few days.
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Unfortunately this does have its disadvantages because they may start jumping, running around and generally trying to do everything all at once, but this can upset the surgery and, or sutures.
Males recover from neutering very quickly and are back to normal within a day or two, but if he is too active he may suffer from a bit of swelling, This can be uncomfortable for him but it should subside within a few days.
Female spaying is a much more invasive procedure and they need to be kept calm and quiet for longer, generally about 10 days to let themselves heal properly. This can be a hard process as they will feel fine within a few days and want to run around, jump and play, but this can be dangerous for her. If the sutures come undone females can develop a hernia and further surgery could be needed to correct it.
Do not let your pet lick or chew at the sutures, if they do they may need an E-collar to stop this, these are available from the