Cat Not Eating After Dental Surgery. Do NOT give your cat human pain medication such as Tylenol Advil or aspirinthese are highly toxic to cats. What do I do if my cat is not eating after surgery.
If your cat is still acting very lethargic or isnt eating much 48 hours after surgery contact your vet for advice. Usually vets do not recommend giving them food either. You should continue brushing your cats teeth on a daily basis.
Many vets will not release a cat until they are standing have urinated and are eating on their own.
Swallowing the medicine will have no effect. This might be the problem. It is typical for vets to send a pet home with pain medicine after teeth removal. This is your vets fault for allowing a cat to go home with stitches in its mouth extreme pain and what expect him to just go back to eating everything in sight.
