Cats should not eat or drink for 8 hours before neutering. Cats are most afraid of vomiting during sterilization and anesthesia. The vomit can block the trachea and cause aspiration pneumonia or even suffocation. Therefore, food and water should be fasted for at least 8 hours before the operation to allow the stomach to empty. After a cat is neutered, the owner needs to wait until the cat is fully awake before leaving the hospital. You can drink water after 3 hours after returning home and eat after 4 hours.

Precautions for cat sterilization:

1. If there are other cats and pets at home, they should be isolated. If it is a multi-cat household with many cats in the home, or there are other free-range pets in the home, then it is recommended to keep the neutered cat in isolation and not have contact with other cats and pets for the time being. Prevent licking each other from poisoning other cats or pets or infecting the wounds of neutered cats, and prevent fighting between each other from pulling the wounds.

2. Disinfect and deworm the breeding environment in advance. Before neutering, the breeding environment must be dewormed and disinfected. After arriving home, it is recommended to disinfect 1-2 times a day, using a disinfectant that is harmless to cats.

3. As long as topical medicine is applied and the wound is not healed, the Elizabethan ring must be worn. After neutering, both male and female cats must wear Elizabethan rings, but the length of time they wear them varies.

4. After sterilization, it is recommended that cats be fed minced meat porridge, millet porridge, goat milk powder, soaked soft cat food and other easily digestible foods. After waiting for 2 to 3 days, they can be fed fish, chicken, nutritional paste Highly nutritious foods.

5. After sterilization surgery, the cat’s sex hormone levels and behavior have changed, resulting in less exercise and slower metabolism; however, the cat’s food intake has increased significantly, especially for male cats. It is more obvious to prevent obesity through dietary management. After sterilization, cat food should be replaced with satiety, low fat, low carbohydrate, and high protein. You can also choose special food for sterilized cats.