Susan,
Listen to your intuition. Going into heat can be stressful too, anyone
that has had a female in heat in the house can tell you that, but it's
not as stressful as surgery. As long as you are very careful that she
has no avenue of escape, why not wait until that "feeling" goes away?
For you and Hideyo both, if you have any reason, (feelings count!), to
not spay and then something happens when you do, you'd torture
yourselves afterward. At least I know I would.
Susan Loesch wrote:
Julie - you said you waited until they were close to a year -- did you
wait as long as you could - until they first came in heat and then
spay? I hadn't really thought about this til today -- I've always
spayed and neutered negatives and positives, both feleuk and FIV and
not given it a thought - nor had any problems. But I have here at
work with me today Daisy, one of my "library cats" that I bring to
school (work) at AR School for the Blind. She is actually a foster
kitty but has become not only one of my extra special kids but also a
favorite of my kids at school. She is about 9 months old - no sign of
going into heat. And as she has gotten older she has been full of
energy - but I just have a gut feeling that she isn't going to be one
of the super-healthy, long-lived feleuk babies. She has lost some
weight recently - I don't have anything else to go by - just a feeling.
So for the first time ever I am wondering about spaying - and I don't
believe in unaltered animals at all! So I am watching everyone's
answers here very closely.
- Re: Should I spay Ginger? Nina
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