in article , Mike Romain at
wrote on 10/9/03 8:26 PM:

Cheryl wrote:

In ,
Mike Romain composed with style:

Is it ok to have her fixed when she is still milking or when she is
pregnant?

To a lot of people this is a very moral question, and hard to answer.
So the last litter was born in April and they are still nursing? If I
read that right, then they don't need to be still nursing on mom and
if you feel ok about it, she can be spayed now. Some vets will do
this, some others won't. Check with a rescue group if you have one
locally for a recommendation for one that will. I personally feel
this is the best option since you may never get her in between litters
and not pregnant.

I didn't state that clear, sorry.

This is her second litter since April and these ones are more than ready
to go, I am holding onto one for a friend that needs to move first and
the last one doesn't have a 'good' taker just yet. Interest from some
young folks, but in my opinion they aren't stable enough or know enough
of what they are getting into to own a cat.

One person who was living stable wanted to cut the kittens toes off!
Shudder, she didn't get one.... In my opinion, if you can't train your
animal, then you shouldn't own one, but that is a different thread....

The first 3 of this batch got taken as soon as they hit solid food. The
people (families) didn't want to wait any longer.

I personally didn't/don't think spaying is a good thing while nursing or
pregnant, but don't know what is safe to do.

And yup, it sure doesn't seem like I can catch her in-between.....

I tried to lock her down in the house when the first litter was still
very young and she was acting like she was in heat, but she went nuts on
us and would bolt out the door and refuse to come back in when her
kittens needed milk, so we gave up. The kitten's health was more
important.

Mike

We had a cat spayed while still having milk and it went fine.

Karen