My kitty Shaedi, who was born around the middle of Dec (making her 4 months old) escaped outside this morning when I was not at home- my 16 year old nephew was there and didn't notice her scoot out the door
I came home a little while ago to find her snuggled up in the back yard by the fence with a big black and white cat which appeared at my quick inspection, since kitty ran when I got close, to be an intact male. She has gone into premature heat twice in the last month, and the Vet in my area refused to spay her since she is so tiny and young (she is recovering from a horrible living situation she'd been in before we rescued her).
I can't help but assume the worst- that she is pregnant. Now heres my dilemma- do I take her in for a spay and abort the kittens if she IS pregnant, even though she is at the Vets advice a bad candidate for any kind of operation being so small and recovering from malnourisment- or do I take a chance that she may not be pregnant and let things go. Shes so young to have kittens, and there is a huge chance that a pregnancy would not go smoothly.
I'm really at a loss here
I came home a little while ago to find her snuggled up in the back yard by the fence with a big black and white cat which appeared at my quick inspection, since kitty ran when I got close, to be an intact male. She has gone into premature heat twice in the last month, and the Vet in my area refused to spay her since she is so tiny and young (she is recovering from a horrible living situation she'd been in before we rescued her).
I can't help but assume the worst- that she is pregnant. Now heres my dilemma- do I take her in for a spay and abort the kittens if she IS pregnant, even though she is at the Vets advice a bad candidate for any kind of operation being so small and recovering from malnourisment- or do I take a chance that she may not be pregnant and let things go. Shes so young to have kittens, and there is a huge chance that a pregnancy would not go smoothly.
I'm really at a loss here