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New family member - Part 4
Okay, I'm in a quandary. When I adopted my neighbor's
abandoned, declawed cat, I assumed anyone who'd pay for a declawing would certainly have had the animal neutered. Now I'm not so sure. My new little girl has begun behaving suspiciously like a female cat in heat! Last night she began yowling in that characteristic manner. The first time, I promptly went to see what kind of trouble she'd gotten herself into. She seemed perfectly fine, the other cat was nowhere near, and she promptly began weaving around my ankles and rolling around on the floor showing her tummy. The howling continued off-and on through the night (my poor neighbors!), but her behaviour ohterwise showed no signs of distress - if anything she was friendlier than she'd been so far. Obviously, I plan to take her to the vet ASAP, but is there any way to be sure whether a cat has been spayed? (Short of an ultra-sound, which would be rather exepensive.) The incisions nowadays are practically non-existent - I remember Melisande's just looked like a pimple on her tummy - so would even a vet be able to detect the scar? |
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New family member - Part 4
Obviously, I plan to take her to the vet ASAP, but is there any way to be sure whether a cat has been spayed? I really don't know. Nocturne's scar is huge, so her spayage is pretty obvious. A vet might be able to tell, if they knew where to probe to feel for scar tissue even if they couldn't see it. --Fil |
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New family member - Part 4
Enfilade wrote: Obviously, I plan to take her to the vet ASAP, but is there any way to be sure whether a cat has been spayed? I really don't know. Nocturne's scar is huge, so her spayage is pretty obvious. A vet might be able to tell, if they knew where to probe to feel for scar tissue even if they couldn't see it. Well, it looks like that's my first stop tomorrow morning! I called the vet's office today - if there's a scar, they can probably see it, if they shave the hair on her tummy abot. They can also feel her tummy to see if they detect the organs still in place. Also, the receptionist said if the cat is in heat, the vet can certainly tell, os I'd better get her in there while the behaviour continues. However, the way she's acting this evening leaves me with little doubt - no sound a cat makes is QUITE like a female in heat, and she's certainly not sick! But WHY would anyone pay for surgery to remove a cat's claws, but be too cheap to have it neutered at the same time? (Quite apart from the fact I look upon declawing as immoral, the neutering seems far more essential!) --Fil |
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New family member - Part 4
On 2006-02-02, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) penned:
Well, it looks like that's my first stop tomorrow morning! I called the vet's office today - if there's a scar, they can probably see it, if they shave the hair on her tummy abot. They can also feel her tummy to see if they detect the organs still in place. Also, the receptionist said if the cat is in heat, the vet can certainly tell, os I'd better get her in there while the behaviour continues. However, the way she's acting this evening leaves me with little doubt - no sound a cat makes is QUITE like a female in heat, and she's certainly not sick! But WHY would anyone pay for surgery to remove a cat's claws, but be too cheap to have it neutered at the same time? (Quite apart from the fact I look upon declawing as immoral, the neutering seems far more essential!) Because they didn't want the inconvenience of a fully functional cat, but did want to breed the poor creature? -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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New family member - Part 4
Monique Y. Mudama wrote: Because they didn't want the inconvenience of a fully functional cat, but did want to breed the poor creature? Whatever the reason, she is DEFINITELY in heat! If the particular sound of her yowls and her rolling about on the floor and frequently licking her rear weren't enough clues, this morning Melisande sniffed Cendrillon's hind quarters, at which point Cendi assumed that unmistakable crouch and began "pedalling" with her back feet. We have an appointment with the vet tomorrow for the routine exam they require for all new patients, and surgery the following Friday (by which time she should no longer be in heat). I'm a bit ticked off at the neighbor who abandoned her (as though I weren't already)! I was willing to adopt an unfortunate abandonee, but I hadn't planned on paying for surgery that should have been performed before he got her! |
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New family member - Part 4
On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:15:41 -0800, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote: Whatever the reason, she is DEFINITELY in heat! If the particular sound of her yowls and her rolling about on the floor and frequently licking her rear weren't enough clues, this morning Melisande sniffed Cendrillon's hind quarters, at which point Cendi assumed that unmistakable crouch and began "pedalling" with her back feet. We have an appointment with the vet tomorrow for the routine exam they require for all new patients, and surgery the following Friday (by which time she should no longer be in heat). I'm a bit ticked off at the neighbor who abandoned her (as though I weren't already)! I was willing to adopt an unfortunate abandonee, but I hadn't planned on paying for surgery that should have been performed before he got her! If you check around you may have something like we have here - a non profit clinic which does low cost neutering. This is where I took Rocky, and the neuter was only something like $18. Of course his shots had to be brought up to date, he needed de-worming, and I got a year's worth of Revolution for everyone, so the final bill was over a hundred, but still that's a lot less than my regular TED would have charged. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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