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I have a 4 year old male cat, but I help my friend and neighbor take care of her 4 month old female kitten at times. She is not very computer literate, so I told her I'd help her research this problem.
The kitten, named Heidi, will need to be spayed as soon as she is old enough. Do vets have to cut them open to do this procedure, like a hysterectomy or is it more like a tubal ligation?
I had a female cat many years ago, but she had a litter very early, before the time the vet said she could be spayed. Then she got pregnant again before the first litter was entirely weaned, so we had the kittens aborted and a total hysterectomy was done. I had a tiny baby at that time, and couldn't deal with another litter! Anyway, the vet gave me the impression that the total hysterectomy was a more drastic procedure than what is normally done, but that was many years ago.
My friend had a bad experience with spaying a female cat in the past. The incision wasn't stitched up right, and the cat didn't recuperate well, and had to be cut again, but by a different vet. So, understandably she is nervous about doing it again.
The kitten, named Heidi, will need to be spayed as soon as she is old enough. Do vets have to cut them open to do this procedure, like a hysterectomy or is it more like a tubal ligation?
I had a female cat many years ago, but she had a litter very early, before the time the vet said she could be spayed. Then she got pregnant again before the first litter was entirely weaned, so we had the kittens aborted and a total hysterectomy was done. I had a tiny baby at that time, and couldn't deal with another litter! Anyway, the vet gave me the impression that the total hysterectomy was a more drastic procedure than what is normally done, but that was many years ago.
My friend had a bad experience with spaying a female cat in the past. The incision wasn't stitched up right, and the cat didn't recuperate well, and had to be cut again, but by a different vet. So, understandably she is nervous about doing it again.