How soon can my cat come home after surgery?

That depends on the type and length of surgery. At the Animal Hospital of Statesville, we try to get them back home with you the same day. And most of our surgery patients go home the afternoon of the procedure.

So on the day of their procedure, your veterinarian will be in touch with you about your cat's recovery, how the procedure went, and also set up the time that they will be going home. The staff will go over all of the discharge instructions with you. Typically, most of our patients will be going home from the Drake Center late afternoon or early evening with their discharge instructions and will have been well recovered.

The time your cat can come home depends on the time and type of procedure they had. For example, if they had a minor procedure like a neuter, they can usually go home a couple of hours after surgery. However, for bigger procedures like bladder stone removal, we need to monitor them for a longer period, so they might stay with us for the better part of the day. Regardless, all our surgical patients go home by the end of the day, often by five o'clock in the evening to recuperate at home.