what was in my notes

"As an instance of bowel contamination in a cat I have a vivid recollection of a female cat which underwent ovaro-hysterecomy. After its return home, it sat in the kitchen, unchecked by its owner, licking the site of healed incision the whole of the day, until eventually its intestines prolapsed. It went into the garden, dug a hole in the loose soil and buried it own intestines. The resulting telephone message stated that the cat was standing the the middle of the garden and seemed unable to move! The intestines, fortunately intact, were dug up from the ground and washed with quantities of normal saline. They were replaced, and the wound was resutured in the usual manner."
R.H. Smythe, Healers on Horseback