If that's the case, then why do dogs who retain their ovaries live a third longer? There's more to the overall story than just local stresses: http://www.gpmcf.org/respectovaries.html American vet schools do not teach any sterilizations other than spay/neuter.
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Beth <create_me_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > My vet said being in heat is more stressful than the surgery. I would wait > for the retest, though. If still positive have a full bloodwork panel done > to make sure she is healthy, just as you would for a senior kitty. > Hope all goes well. > > Beth > > Maryam Ulomi <ava...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Hello everyone, > > > >We are looking at possibly spaying Kitty, our 5 months old FeLV rescued > feral baby. She is currently on the lysine and living large in her own > room, isolated from our other two cats, since she posted positive but we > are retesting her at 6months, which should be in December. > >Should we retest first and then spay? > >Is there anything we should know/do to prepare ? > > > >Any suggestions are welcome > > > >Sent from my iPhone > >_______________________________________________ > >Felvtalk mailing list > >Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > -- ---------------------------- Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal! If you can't adopt, then foster "bottle baby" shelter animal, to save their life. Contact your local pound for information. <http://www.laanimalservices.com/volunteer_fostercare.htm> If you can't bottle feed, foster an older animal, to save their life, and to free up cage space. Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by implementing the No Kill Equation: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/no-kill-equation/<http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/> Here's the current growing list of true No Kill communities: http://www.no-killnews.com/ (see the right sidebar) Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.org More fun reading: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/guides/ More fun watching: http://vimeo.com/nokill/videos especially http://vimeo.com/48445902 Local feral cat crisis? See Alley Cat Allies' for how to respond: http://www.alleycat.org/page.aspx?pid=537
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