Hi Maggie,
I cannot and will not tell you want to do, Im not a vet, I do not work in a vets office but I can tell you that any trauma to the body is stressful. Cutting the body open is trauma. There is risk with any surgery, Felv or not, just the Felv is much higher.
I have lived with a unspayed female before, it wasnt always fun. Even after I convinced my husband she needed to be spayed, she would still urinate on HIS clothes if they were not put away, which is hard if you lay stuff out while you are in the shower. We learned to adjust but she still had her moments up to the time of her death at 16 years. On the plus side of having her spayed late, age 9, she never had a litter of kittens and she never had a cancer issue but she was also a negative cat. Im sure that spaying that late in life was very stressful on her but that was back when I trusted everything my vet said, he said it was ok, I
did it. Im glad I woke-up, now I question everything the vet does.
Best of luck, it doesnt matter what you decided, I will support you.
Roxane
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Good afternoon everyone!I have a question about whether or not to spay my Lucy. She was symptomatic from when I got her at 4 months until about a month ago but now seems to be pretty healthy. Izzie was spayed a few weeks ago but they wanted to wait to do Lucy until she had been healthy for a while. The spaying was very stressful on Izzie and she got quite sick afterward but has recovered. We didn't know she was Felv + until after the surgery. Lucy has gone into heat twice already and I think we're gearing up for the next round. It is very stressful on her and the last time by day 7 her energy seemed really drained and she vomited a few times which I attributed to the stress on her body - the poor thing just can't relax! So my question is, what is more stressful, going into heat or having the spay surgery. The vet doesn't think it's a problem to have her unspayed as she is strictly an indoor cat - although I do worry about what would happen if she got out. I am biased toward having her spay ed not just because of the stress on her but also because the stress of her being in heat on me, the constant all-night yoweling gets to be a lot. But can't help but feel that by deciding to get her spayed I could be killing her. Thoughts? Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make being in heat easier on her? Thanks! Maggie
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