One week ago I adopted a 6 or 7 month old calico female. I'm sure she had a home and was cruelly thrown out once she grew up and no longer was a cute little kitten. She enjoys human company she is a very tame and sweet cat. When we found her she didn't even have fleas, well she had one flea!
I called my Vet, the one that I've known and trusted for years, she is to "fix" her next Thursday. I'm a little worried because I don't know if she is already fixed or not. My mom's cat "Yettina" got operated twice, but not by us, I don't want that to happen again.
The Vet said that we couldn't know for sure even with an ultrasound, but that could be our best bet. I didn't find any evidence of a scar, but then again neither does my other cat "Luna" and she is fixed.
There are other clues, first Loony, my big fixed male accepted her very fast, nearly too fast but Luna just tolerates her.
If she was thrown out she very probably isn't fixed.
We could wait to see if she gets "in heat" but I know that that isn't a good idea because I understand that if you let a cat have a few "heats" without kittens and then fix her she has a very increased risk of breast cancer later on, I already lost a very dear cat to that, and I think they may be other complicated psychological consequences too, judging by my personal
experience.
I called my Vet, the one that I've known and trusted for years, she is to "fix" her next Thursday. I'm a little worried because I don't know if she is already fixed or not. My mom's cat "Yettina" got operated twice, but not by us, I don't want that to happen again.
The Vet said that we couldn't know for sure even with an ultrasound, but that could be our best bet. I didn't find any evidence of a scar, but then again neither does my other cat "Luna" and she is fixed.
There are other clues, first Loony, my big fixed male accepted her very fast, nearly too fast but Luna just tolerates her.
If she was thrown out she very probably isn't fixed.
We could wait to see if she gets "in heat" but I know that that isn't a good idea because I understand that if you let a cat have a few "heats" without kittens and then fix her she has a very increased risk of breast cancer later on, I already lost a very dear cat to that, and I think they may be other complicated psychological consequences too, judging by my personal
experience.