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contraception: is hysterectomy preferable to spaying in certain cases
Hello,
We have a two year old cat called Charla who has been nursing her third litter for the past eight weeks. There are six kittens this time, and neither us nor her want any further babies! People are saying she looks a little old cat, even though shes been well looked after - will having her spayed take any opportunity away from her to regain health and youthfulness? Would leaving her ovaries in, but having the uterus removed, even if just until she builds herself back up before having her fully spade, be recommended by anyone in the group? Our neighbour has a heaIthy tomcat, and she never goes far or wonders off during heats. I presume she would still go into false pregnacies though. We'd hate seeing her have any kind of operation, especially spaying, after spending eight hard weeks nursing kittens, when she isn't 100% fit, and would rather postpone any operation if we could for at least another month. We don't want to confine her inside during heats or use hormones such as suppress to quell the heats in the interim though- having a hysterectomy would be much less minor an operation, perhaps, which could be done fairly soon, to avoid all these other nasty intermediate options. Does anyone have any further suggestions? Charla will be coming onto heat again soon, we've already kept her inside once during heats and would never try to confine her like that again; its the worst thing for a cat on heat and she loses her appetite and condition quickly this way. We are also keeping another kitten from the litter as company for her, so using hormones such as suppress may cause behaviour problems among our cats here .....all the cats will be affected if we muck up and make bad decisions! Thanks, Rhys |
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contraception: is hysterectomy preferable to spaying in certain cases
- having a hysterectomy would be much less minor an operation, perhaps, which could be done fairly soon, to avoid all these other nasty intermediate options. Does anyone have any further suggestions? A hysterectomy is part of spaying. If she still has her ovaries she will go into heat. Get both done at once rather than making her go through anaesthesia and surgery twice! It isn't a major operation and she'll recover from it a lot quicker than she will from endless litters. Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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contraception: is hysterectomy preferable to spaying in certain cases
wrote in message oups.com... Hello, We have a two year old cat called Charla who has been nursing her third litter for the past eight weeks. Why did you do this to your cat?? Responsible pet owners spay and neuter. Poor girl, no wonder she looks old. Just get her spayed. Jesus. Were you thinking there are not enough unwanted kittens in the world? |
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contraception: is hysterectomy preferable to spaying in certain cases
a little old cat, even though shes been well looked after - will having
her spayed take any opportunity away from her to regain health and youthfulness? Would leaving her ovaries in, but having the uterus removed, even if just until she builds herself back up before having her fully spade, be recommended by anyone in the group? Our neighbour Definitely not recommended; that's two operations instead of just one. You would be hard pressed to find a vet that would want to do this. Getting her spayed will help her regain health and youthfulness due to the fact that she won't be exhausted from nursing babies constantly. It also helps prevents against tumours of the mammary, overies and uterus and pyometra (serious and potentially fatal uterine infection). The stress of constantly going into heat can cause her to become more susceptable to disease too. We'd hate seeing her have any kind of operation, especially spaying, after spending eight hard weeks nursing kittens, when she isn't 100% fit, and would rather postpone any operation if we could for at least another month. We don't want to confine her inside during heats or use hormones such as suppress to quell the heats in the She should have it done right away. The spay is a lot kinder to do to her than to let her outside to get pregnant again. suggestions? Charla will be coming onto heat again soon, we've already kept her inside once during heats and would never try to confine her like that again; its the worst thing for a cat on heat and she loses her appetite and condition quickly this way. We are also keeping No, the worst thing for her when she's in heat is to let her out again so she can get pregant once again. another kitten from the litter as company for her, so using hormones such as suppress may cause behaviour problems among our cats here ....all the cats will be affected if we muck up and make bad decisions! Cats going into heat can cause behaviour problems. NanCe -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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contraception: is hysterectomy preferable to spaying in certain cases
wrote in message oups.com... Charla will be coming onto heat again soon, we've already kept her inside once during heats and would never try to confine her like that again; its the worst thing for a cat on heat and she loses her appetite and condition quickly this way. We are also keeping another kitten from the litter as company for her, so using hormones such as suppress may cause behaviour problems among our cats here ....all the cats will be affected if we muck up and make bad decisions! Thanks, Rhys One of my cats at work was adopted as a young adult (1 1/2 years old) and was not spayed by her original owner. She came into heat once while we had her, before her scheduled operation. There was nothing horrible about keeping her indoors (not that she could have gone out if she wanted to - big city). Keeping her indoors while she's in heat one time is not going to kill her or mess her up. Letting her keep having unwanted kittens will. She's a CAT, not a human. Don't put so much thought into it. She needs to be spayed ASAP, as well as any of her kittens you plan on keeping. -- Liz |
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