Not like cuti, dear, in my opinion, b4, during and after surgery, they feel like they r being wounded, maybe slaughtered, they feel very stressed and frightened. They r handled by strangers. Immediately after surgery, when they wake up, they r very scared and long for familiar owners who love them and surroundings to assure them. At this time, if in a strange smelling areas full of strangers and animals, they r actually very scared and stressed when they need to be tenang and assured for recovery. Imagine yr self in a war zone, injured, trying to recover in a strange and preceived dangerous place. Even in well run clinics, with friendly staff, they r strangers to yr cats who long for you for assurance and protection. That is the observation I got from my cats and that is why I always take them home immediately to make sure stress is minimised in a time when they need complete peace for full recovery. Yes, if U leave them for several days, they will still recover in the end, but they suffer more in their silence unknown to us and there is the psychological and emotional toll on them poor darlings.