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We got Lily has a present for my six-year-old daughter in Germany three years ago. Because of a horrible reaction to her vaccines she needed to be admitted to the states… It resulted in a large, neceotic abscess that spread over her whole left flank and required two surgeries and months of healing and debridings before she could be shipped to us in Texas. During all of this, she news never spayed. We had an appointment set up, but she managed to bolt out of the house. We live in a heavily-wooded area with TONS of stray cats, and I trecked through those woods every day, but she would bolt on seeing me. She was clearly having more fun out there. I finally caught her after 3 week on May 29th with a HAVAHEART trap. My daughter was so relieved--this is her baby.
Anyway, Lili was gone the last three weeks of May. When caught, she was just emaciated. She's a solid-white, petite Maine Coon/Angora mix with TONS of fur, but I could see her ribs and spine just looking at her! This is a cat that used to seem to be in constant heat--spraying, hiding by doors to bolt out, "presenting" by using her hind legs to put her rear in the air with tail to the side when my kids tried to pet her, and worst of all....the never ending LOUD caterwauling!!!
She's gained her weight back and then some, it seems. During the past 10 days, she has put on 0.6 lbs and is now 7.8 lbs. where she once seemed in constant heat, that all seems to have stopped. She's become unusually (almost annoyingly) affectionate. Shortly after she came home, her nipples were most definitely pink, but they've seemed to lighten up, almost to their original color sometimes. I can feel them through the fur. I don't recall if I could before. She is small and has never had kittens. I haven't noticed a huge change in size at all. I keep checking nipples and weight and belly. My gut says "probably not," but her behavior has me confused for sure!
I must have spotted her 20 times during her vacation, but she always ran from me. She was always with other cats. At one time, she was surrounded by three tom cats. When she was caught, she had bite marks or some kind of abrasion on the scruff of her neck and ear.
She could be as few as 5-odd weeks. We actually would like kittens, and have 5 people already asking for one of she has them. What do you think?!
Here's a pic of her when caught (before a bath)
Today:
Tried to get a nipple picture, but she doesn't like her stomach touched--there are little red crusty looking dots around them.
And here she is "standing." The fur is deceiving.
Daughter is constantly wanting to know if I think she's pregnant. What do you guys think?
Anyway, Lili was gone the last three weeks of May. When caught, she was just emaciated. She's a solid-white, petite Maine Coon/Angora mix with TONS of fur, but I could see her ribs and spine just looking at her! This is a cat that used to seem to be in constant heat--spraying, hiding by doors to bolt out, "presenting" by using her hind legs to put her rear in the air with tail to the side when my kids tried to pet her, and worst of all....the never ending LOUD caterwauling!!!
She's gained her weight back and then some, it seems. During the past 10 days, she has put on 0.6 lbs and is now 7.8 lbs. where she once seemed in constant heat, that all seems to have stopped. She's become unusually (almost annoyingly) affectionate. Shortly after she came home, her nipples were most definitely pink, but they've seemed to lighten up, almost to their original color sometimes. I can feel them through the fur. I don't recall if I could before. She is small and has never had kittens. I haven't noticed a huge change in size at all. I keep checking nipples and weight and belly. My gut says "probably not," but her behavior has me confused for sure!
I must have spotted her 20 times during her vacation, but she always ran from me. She was always with other cats. At one time, she was surrounded by three tom cats. When she was caught, she had bite marks or some kind of abrasion on the scruff of her neck and ear.
She could be as few as 5-odd weeks. We actually would like kittens, and have 5 people already asking for one of she has them. What do you think?!
Here's a pic of her when caught (before a bath)
Today:
Tried to get a nipple picture, but she doesn't like her stomach touched--there are little red crusty looking dots around them.
And here she is "standing." The fur is deceiving.
Daughter is constantly wanting to know if I think she's pregnant. What do you guys think?
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