I have a "kitten" - 16 weeks old and she has an appointment to get spayed tomorrow.
I was wondering how long the recovery time usually is for females, and what kind of care she will be needing afterward.
I just found out that I'm going to have to house sit for someone for about a week - starting 3 days after her surgery and I'm almost positive she is not going to even be close to better by then.
But my only basis for that assumption is the fact that my male dog took about 1 and a half weeks to fully recover from being neutered, and that's a fairly simple surgery.
So I was considering waiting another week BUT I really want to have her spayed before she is sexually mature. I don't want her going into heat at all - and I've heard they can go into heat at 4 months - 16 weeks.
I'm not concerned with getting her spayed this early - the only thing I'm worried about is her going into heat. Does anyone have experience with a kitten going into heat this young?
Does it really help their behavior to have them fixed before 'puberty'?
(BTW, there's no chance of her getting pregnant - she's an indoor cat and her "room" is so far away from a door leading to the outside that her chances of escaping and getting all the way outside are very slim)
I was wondering how long the recovery time usually is for females, and what kind of care she will be needing afterward.
I just found out that I'm going to have to house sit for someone for about a week - starting 3 days after her surgery and I'm almost positive she is not going to even be close to better by then.
But my only basis for that assumption is the fact that my male dog took about 1 and a half weeks to fully recover from being neutered, and that's a fairly simple surgery.
So I was considering waiting another week BUT I really want to have her spayed before she is sexually mature. I don't want her going into heat at all - and I've heard they can go into heat at 4 months - 16 weeks.
I'm not concerned with getting her spayed this early - the only thing I'm worried about is her going into heat. Does anyone have experience with a kitten going into heat this young?
Does it really help their behavior to have them fixed before 'puberty'?
(BTW, there's no chance of her getting pregnant - she's an indoor cat and her "room" is so far away from a door leading to the outside that her chances of escaping and getting all the way outside are very slim)