A few years ago we had a stray cat hanging around outside the house. She had kittens on our property. We kept 2 kittens and rehomed the other 2. We tried taking her in also but she was too wild. We contacted an animal charity group to have her spayed, but they said they only did bi-annual spay/neuter drives, so we agreed to do it then, which was probably in 2 months time. She was living inside with us but at some point she escaped. She remained an outdoor cat after that, she refused to adapt to indoor life.
We didn't know whether she got pregnant or not, but we didn't think she was. October rolls around and the charity comes to pick her up. We told them there was a possibility that she was pregnant and if she was not to abort, but return her to us.
They called us later that day and told us she had not been pregnant..we took her home and put her in the house to rest up after the operation,but the next day we noticed she was going wild and heard the sound of kittens cryng coming from somewhere outside. It turned out that she had the kittens the day before we caught her and sent her to the charity. We found 3 kittens in the neighbor's yard. They were still alive, but she rejected the kittens the following day and her milk dried up, so we had to bottlefeed the kittens ourselves.
Aug 15, 2009
Crazy Cat by: Anonymous
I recently had a cat cat given to me that was pregnant that the previous owner said was very sweet but she was having problems because the female keeps having back to back pregnancies. The mother had 5 beautiful kittens, then in the second week got out of the house. The kittens are not weaned yet, so I thought it was unsafe to get her spayed so soon. Should I spay her when she gets back and start the kittens on bottle feeding?
Feb 21, 2008
Can A Cat Get Spayed Right After Delivery? by: Anonymous
It is possible to spay a cat that's just given birth. It's often done to female dogs that have a C-section (usually as an emergency) when the owner doesn't intend to breed her anymore. It actually makes the c-section easier because you don't have to worry about keeping the uterus in tact or about uterine infections post op. You can focus on mom's and maybe pups' well-being instead. The dogs tend to recover well from it considering the C-section plus spay was usually done to save their life.
However that doesn't mean it'll work as well on a cat. Cats usually don't need c-sections in the first place. And of course there will be more complications if sugery is done now.
I'd say it's bst to wait until the kittens are weaned and then spay mom. Keep her indoors in case she emters heat again in the meanwhile.
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