Barney was castrated and had his umbilcal hernia repair yesterday. Last night he was fairly distressed, crying continually and he wouldn't settle. He'd had a little bit of scrambled egg, he'd drunk and been to the toilet. In the end I laid him on my chest (I was in my recline chair) he settled there with odd bits of crying. I tried to put him in his crate but with his bucket on his head there wasn't enough room. So I let him out and waited to see if he'd settle but he wouldn't at all. In the end he spent all night laying on me, with a few toilet breaks.
This morning was much the same, but he had a fair bit of diarrhea and then he was sick a bit. Then he started to be really sick, and he was very distressed. He would cry and then stand there with his head hung for ages. I called the vets, but unfortunately my vet had a family emergency so there was another practice covering. I took him there and they said that the way he was hanging his head meant he was in alot of pain, apparently its what they call the praying position. The gave a pain killing injection similar to morphine and an anti sickness injection. He said that if he'd been stressed it takes them longer to recover from the anaesthetic. They gave me a tin of light food to give him a little at a time. He's had a small amount tonight.
When I got him home he sat for ages with his head hung then he flopped down and went to sleep. He slept for a few hours. Whats worrying in me is that he's wandering around crying again, nothing will settle him. I've tried leaving him to settle, having him on me and nothings really working. We've had him outside and he's not doing anything. If he's on me he'll settle for a few minutes then he's crying again, but he's not trying to get down which he would normally do when he's had a cuddle and wants to go. When he's on me I'm taking his bucket off him to make him more comfortable but he's still crying.
Does anyone have any ideas? He is a wuss and I did expect him not to take it too well but nothing like this.
