the vet said if we were watching her that we could take it off of her, just so someone can keep her from licking her wound. so she has had it off for awhile, but i will put it on her to sleep tonight, and i guess i will let her be loose in the laundry room with loosh tonight, instead of crated in there, bc i don’t think she can get in there with the headgear on.
she seems ravenously hungry, i haven’t fed her dinner yet, just a few little dry cookies. they gave me pain meds for her, but said, “as needed”, i said how in the HECK am i going to know if she needs them! she said well you want her feeling a bit of pain so she won’t romp and act her normal rambunctious self, but don’t want her to have so much pain she won’t eat etc. She doesn’t seem to be in pain except when someone touchs her in a sore spot. she also hopped up AND down from my stitch chair before any of us could stop her, and she yelped on the way up and on the way down. she is pretty irrepressible and is not going to want to be sedate. but she seems very happy to be home.
When Husky girl was spayed, we took the collar off of her until bedtime, then put it on again, which worked quite well. She was eating and all, so I didn’t end up having to give her any pain meds-it sounds like Chanel is doing fine.