Sassy cats — A butt update on Gus

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It’s the peep today.

It’s been two months since Gus had surgery for his urinary track issues. He healed fast but it’s taken a long time for his fur to grow back. At this point, it’s still not fully there but if someone doesn’t know how he looked before, they wouldn’t notice it.

Gus’ back end after the surgery. Yes, that white is his skin.

His surgical area has healed but there are two stitch threads hanging out. The vet said that they would dissolve and fall off. I can’t help feeling that having too pieces of plastic thread hanging from your butt would be uncomfortable. A call to the vet’s office is in order. Maybe they can snip them. Maybe I can snip them if I can get him to stay still. Poking around cat butts is not in my wheelhouse! (However, if it saves me a vet bill I’m all for it!)

No post is complete without a picture of the lovers canoodling.

Have a great weekend full of fur!

42 thoughts on “Sassy cats — A butt update on Gus”

  2. So glad he’s more “clothed” now – had to laugh at the fireplace/”must have been cold in the end” comment.

    Gus, don’t fret – no one is talking about your predicament – over and done (fingers crossed). Now back as the celebrity worthy couple

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  3. I am so glad to hear that Gus has continued to heal nicely. Sorry that those disposable stitches are not disposing as promised! I would imagine they would be irritating but if he’s not chewing on the area, perhaps let canoodling cats lie.

    If you didn’t know what you were looking at you wouldn’t even know he had been shaved. He’s a good looking ginger cat!

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    • I will tell him you said that. He’ll be pleased. We did a close look today. My step-daughter is here and we had a fighting cat on our hands. Turns out the nibs are too short to cut anyway. Everything looks ok. No redness or pus so all is good.

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  4. It’s so nice he has his ginger fur back. I am sure it didn’t bother him at all but it makes me feel better he has it back 🙂 He did heal quite well from the surgery. A prayer and fingers crossed he has no UR incident. Happy that all is right in Gus and Sasha’s world♥

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    • The two weeks he was isolated in a room (so I could medicate him), she was not happy. I let her in the room but with the cone on, he kept whacking her with it and that didn’t make her happy either. Their world is all right now.

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  10. Wow. Two months already. Time is slipping by. Aside from the threads hanging off of him, sounds like he’s recovered well. May the cats and the peeps have a nice weekend.

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  11. I recommend using churu if you need a cat to sit still. It’s processed food in a tube (like an otter pop) and it’s like crack for cats. We use it for claw clipping and brushing. Hopefully it wouldn’t interfere with his diet?

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    • Everything interferes with his diet but it’s worth a try. We gets into “non-UR” food all the time. It’s on the list of questions I have for my vet when he goes for a dental pre-check.

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  13. It’s so pitty to hear about what happen to Gus,but as long the healing is doing well,its a great news,wish you the best and cure fast gus,we all wish you,a good luck.

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  15. For some reason, I didn’t expect his skin to be so white, even though I saw it two months ago! Thank goodness for fur.
    Thanks for the picture of the happy couple. It’s always good to see. They are cat celebrities!

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    • It’s been growing so slowly (at least it seems so to me) that I always refer back to his fresh mown pics to see the difference. I couldn’t believe how white his skin was without fur!

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  17. I’m glad Gus is doing well and getting mostly back to normal! Hopefully no more emergency visits for him, and then it will all be worthwhile.

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  19. Gus has paid his dues in the butt surgery department – I betcha he’d appreciate a “non-back to that mean vet guy” solution to the threads hanging thing. On the other hand if he’s not bothered by them…….Maybe (I know that’s a big maybe) if someone held him you could snip those things off before he knew what hit him! He looks great though and a good canoodle really helps a guy feel better after a “thread snip” OR an operation.

    Hugs, Pam

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