My Pussy Just Won't Shut up and its driving me CRAZY!!!

[RedCherry]

I was taking pics of my office to show my sister, we built new shelves yesterday, and the cats were chasing each other while I was trying to take the pics, got this one snapped.

http://www.pixelpie.com/house-pics/cats02.jpg

shows the size difference between my Bengal Boy Loki on the left, and BuBastis on the right, lol


Before Bu went into heat, they kept a good distance between them (and before my new shelves, lol)
http://www.pixelpie.com/house-pics/old-office-01.jpg

After she goes into heat, they are best budies and trying to figure out how to get into mischief on my desk.

http://www.pixelpie.com/house-pics/cats01.jpg

I love my shelves, we beat up 1x6's and antiqued them, then added rustique to the brackets. Hate those pressboard monstrosities I used to have, we have banished them in the garage, lol.

http://www.pixelpie.com/house-pics/new-office-04.jpg

[furrygirl]

Yay for spaying and neutering!

No matter how much the kitty drives you nuts, though, DO NOT have her spayed until she is totally out of heat.

When she-cats are in heat (maybe other animals, too), their ovaries swell up in some way that really implants them in the body. If she is spayed in the condition, there could be parts of the ovaries which do not get completely removed with the basic slice-and-scoop surgery. What that means is that she will be sterilized, but will still go into heat! My mother did this to her cat, finally broke down and got her fixed while she was in heat, lied to the vet, and ended up with a yowling, presenting, gooey kitty anyhow. Years later, kitty finally got a follow-up surgery to remove the remaining ovary part, which was covered in scar tissue and took about 4 hours of surgery to locate and remove. Kitty has a massive wound and was in pain for a while.

Oh, and don't cheap out on the meds: your vet should offer a liquid painkiller for your special girl after her surgery.

[RedCherry]

Originally Posted by furrygirl

Yay for spaying and neutering!

No matter how much the kitty drives you nuts, though, DO NOT have her spayed until she is totally out of heat.

When she-cats are in heat (maybe other animals, too), their ovaries swell up in some way that really implants them in the body. If she is spayed in the condition, there could be parts of the ovaries which do not get completely removed with the basic slice-and-scoop surgery. What that means is that she will be sterilized, but will still go into heat! My mother did this to her cat, finally broke down and got her fixed while she was in heat, lied to the vet, and ended up with a yowling, presenting, gooey kitty anyhow. Years later, kitty finally got a follow-up surgery to remove the remaining ovary part, which was covered in scar tissue and took about 4 hours of surgery to locate and remove. Kitty has a massive wound and was in pain for a while.

Oh, and don't cheap out on the meds: your vet should offer a liquid painkiller for your special girl after her surgery.

OMG, I had no idea, I will have to ask the vet about that, I'm going to go crazy if I have to wait longer, esp. if she is the type of breed that doesn't go out of heat until she is fixed or pregnant. I'm still waiting to hear back from some Aby breeders that question as to how long this breed goes into heat.