When you get your pet home you should keep them quiet, comfortable and warm as your pet has had a pre medication and he/she may be drowsy this evening.

Feeding

Your pet will have been offered food on recovery from their procedure but you can feed them their normal food tonight.

Wounds

When you collect your pet you may notice a small patch of hair has been clipped from their fore leg or neck. This has been done to give the general anesthetic or to take a blood sample. If a surgical procedure has been preformed there will also be hair removed from the surgical site in order to clean the area before operating.

Please check any surgical wounds on a daily basis there may be some swelling present but if there is any heavy bleeding or discharge coming from the wound please contact the surgery. It is important that your pet DOES NOT lick the wound. If it does start to lick the wound please contact us to pick up a buster collar or get further advice.

If there are any sutures (stitches) to be removed the nurse will advice you when this is necessary at time of discharge.

Medication

All animals undergoing surgery will have been injected with a pain killing drug while they are with us this should keep them comfortable for the next 24 hours.

Exercise

Dogs should be kept on a lead until you come back for their post op check unless otherwise instructed. Cats should be kept indoors until you come back for their post op check unless otherwise instructed.