Yes, she will be spayed regardless of the outcome, we've spayed/neutered all FELV+ rescues in the past but wanted to wait till her restet, she is not with any other cats so we will retest & spay her soon.
Thank you all for the input!!! On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Beth <[email protected]> wrote: > Heather I went through this with my 1st FeLV. I was hesitant to spay her, > but when she went into heat (I'd never seen ANY cat in heat before) I > figured the stress of that was far worse than the stress of the spay. She > needs to be spayed regardless of the outcome of the retest. > Beth > Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org <http://www.furkids.org/> > > --- On Fri, 8/27/10, Heather <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Heather <[email protected]> > Subject: [Felvtalk] FIV/FELV teen awaiting retest, in heat--Do we spay? > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, August 27, 2010, 12:15 PM > > Hello, > > Seeking input...we have a beautiful young Siamese rescue kitty who tested > FIV/FELV positive (the FELV was that controversial "light" positive) and is > awaiting retest, of course we did not want to stress her immune system so > were waiting to spay her (just found her a couple of weeks ago) but I was > worried this would likely happen, she is in heat. I would guess that is > also a stress to her system, but am not really sure what we should do. > > I am a rescuer & highly involved with feral cats/TNR so spay/neuter is > always a priority but of course the hopes of clearing the FELV is right now > the biggest hope for this little girl's life....any input is appreciated. > I > asked my vet and she really wasn't certain what to advise & is going to get > back to me. > > Thanks! > > Heather > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
