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Spaying Question for Owners Who Spayed Their Female
What I'm wondering is, how does the cat's behaviour change afterwards?
Are there weight gains/losses? I'd appreciate any thoughts on this. My female Cinder is due to be spayed in March and i want to know what to expect. |
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"John Ross Mc Master" wrote in message ... What I'm wondering is, how does the cat's behaviour change afterwards? Are there weight gains/losses? I'd appreciate any thoughts on this. My female Cinder is due to be spayed in March and i want to know what to expect. I have never seen any effect at all. I have read that some cats seem more quiet, and it is important to monitor for possible weight gain; but that has not been a problems with mine (either male or female). My cats' personalities remained unchanged. On the definite "plus" side, there is a true health benefit. In addition to *not* contributing to the cat overpopulation (and resulting euthanasia), female cats that have been spayed are far less likely to develop mammary cancer and certain forms of tumors. My cats are indoor-only. If yours is not, Cinder will also be less inclined to roam. There are also uncomfortable mood cycles (and extremely lowd "yowling") if a female cat goes into heat. So, you're doing the right thing! MaryL Holiday safety tips for cats: http://community-2.webtv.net/getcathelp/holidaysafety/ |
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From: John Ross Mc Master
What I'm wondering is, how does the cat's behaviour change afterwards? Are there weight gains/losses? I'd appreciate any thoughts on this. My female Cinder is due to be spayed in March and i want to know what to expect. The only thing I've ever noticed is the cat may be more calm after spaying. Some people say their cats become more affectionate after. It's much better for the cat to be spayed so that they don't have to go through the frustration of being in heat, plus it helps lessen the risk of some forms of cancer. Some cats may be less active after spaying, but my current cat is just as active. She is on a raw homemade diet and has not gained any weight from being spayed. If you free feed your cat, you may want to go to scheduled feedings (it's healthier for them anyway). Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm |
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On 2004-12-17, John Ross Mc Master penned:
What I'm wondering is, how does the cat's behaviour change afterwards? Are there weight gains/losses? I'd appreciate any thoughts on this. My female Cinder is due to be spayed in March and i want to know what to expect. I didn't notice any changes, other than the few days she was recovering from surgery. Of course, she was still a kitten, and cat personalities do tend to change anyway as they grow up. -- monique, who is sometimes allowed to pet Oscar, a grey^H^H^H^Hblue-cream DLH with an attitude! |
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"Sherry " wrote in message ... Oh, yes, I forgot about the "cow belly" when I posted my earlier message. I did have one cat that developed that. However, there were no behavioral changes, and they did not gain weight. MaryL My daughter's male cat has a cow belly, too. :-) As does one of my neutered males. I have read that this is actually genetic and nothing to do with spaying/abdominal surgery or anything like that (as Cassius shows). It's also not a sign of being overweight, just the way that cat is. |
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On 17 Dec 2004 20:08:27 GMT, itty (Sherry ) wrote:
Oh, yes, I forgot about the "cow belly" when I posted my earlier message. I did have one cat that developed that. However, there were no behavioral changes, and they did not gain weight. MaryL My daughter's male cat has a cow belly, too. :-) It's called a primordial pouch, or sometimes, a 'spay sway'. Primordial pouches exist to give the cats extra protection in that area (cat fights involve a lot of savage kicking with the hind legs at about that area) and to allow a longer leg extension when jumping. A primordial pouch is just a flap of empty extra skin between the hind leg and the torso. 'Spay sways' come from the weight that altered cats put on because their metabolisms slow down. Add that slowdown to the American tendancy to overfeed our pets, and you get a primordial pouch that is filled with fat that shouldn't be there, aka a 'spay sway'. Not all cats have primordial pouches -- many do, but the gene for it doesn't express in some. My personal guess is that the closer a cat is to feral ancestry (where the pouch is a very useful thing to have) the most likely they are to have them. The exception to that is Bengals and Savannahs, where the infusion of wild genes is via an ALC or a Serval and where the pouch is a desired trait (to increase the wild look). Both my Bengal boys have full primordial pouches with extra skin runnning from under their forelegs back to their hind. You can see it very clearly when they're stretched out, but they aren't fat at all. Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid |
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One cat got spayed at 6 months. No noticeable difference at all - she's
still a fireball and no pouch either. She never went into heat at all. The 2nd cat wasn't known to me until after she was spayed. She's pretty trim at not quite 11 lbs at almost three years old, but does have a slightly skoochy belly : |
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One cat got spayed at 6 months. No noticeable difference at all - she's
still a fireball and no pouch either. She never went into heat at all. The 2nd cat wasn't known to me until after she was spayed. She's pretty trim at not quite 11 lbs at almost three years old, but does have a slightly skoochy belly : |
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