we took in an elderly female tabby cat named Mabel, she was found on the street but appears to have been somebody's housecat at some point. She started off with a host of issues. She had ringworm, a huge ear polyp, and was very skinny (she is small anyway but only weighed 4 pounds when we got her!) We got the ear polyp removed and have been slowly fattening her up. She has had a full blood chemistry and amazingly her stats are all mostly normal.
As she has recovered, she has started yowling a lot, mostly at night. She is already rather vocal, meowing at me when she wants food (which is always) and full of lots of weird grunts and loud purrs. This new vocalization is a combination trill and meow sound, which makes me think she is in heat. She hasn't been spayed, her original rescuer and a vet she talked to said it wasn't worth the risk to spay her. Of course, she is now much healthier.
Mabel is at least 15 years by my estimation, is it possible she is really in heat? i've always spayed cats, so I have little heat experience. do cats go through menopause or are they fertile forever? is spaying dangerous to an elderly cat, especially one who's been through so much? She came through the ear polyp surgery fine. Below is a photo of Mabel, she's a curmeddgeon!
As she has recovered, she has started yowling a lot, mostly at night. She is already rather vocal, meowing at me when she wants food (which is always) and full of lots of weird grunts and loud purrs. This new vocalization is a combination trill and meow sound, which makes me think she is in heat. She hasn't been spayed, her original rescuer and a vet she talked to said it wasn't worth the risk to spay her. Of course, she is now much healthier.
Mabel is at least 15 years by my estimation, is it possible she is really in heat? i've always spayed cats, so I have little heat experience. do cats go through menopause or are they fertile forever? is spaying dangerous to an elderly cat, especially one who's been through so much? She came through the ear polyp surgery fine. Below is a photo of Mabel, she's a curmeddgeon!