I took in a stray with her kittens which were born in September. The kittens went to their new homes in December. A couple of weeks before Christmas she was calling for about a week. Yesterday she started again!! It's driving us mad, and it must be so frustrating for her bless her, she's pacing constantly and has hardly slept. How anyone would actually WANT their cats to go through this is beyond me.
I didn't realise she'd come into heat so soon after the first one. It's going to be very tricky to guage when to book her in for spaying. I've read that with increased blood flow to her reproductive organs vets won't do it while they are in heat. I was hoping to have it done this week while we are all off work, but no good now.

Take a look at my history, if anyone needs a reason to spay/neuter.

I have been subjected to the worst nightmare when helping/rescuing a neglected cat, it has cost me a fortune, emotionally as well as financially.

My heart has been broken, my bank balance is in the red, i lost my job, i almost lost my house, but worst of all, beautiful kittens were born and died due to an irrisponsible owner who quite frankly didn't give a monkeys.

Never ever assume you have a right to put a pet through being pregnant.

my cats mum was a stray she was only still a kitten herself and way too young to have kittens poor thing struggled when she had her kitens an was so tiny and tired after luckily the home shes in now have had her spade my female cat is defo guna b spade as much as id love a litter of kittens im 2 mean to let her have any i want her 2 stay my bby little kitten for eva hehe plus where i live there are so mant unwated cats and a lovely kind lady who feeds and tkes care of them all i cudnt bare adding to that unwanted count
id worry the homes i got for my cats wudnt last or i wud worry about who they were going to and i dnt think my bf wud want a house fulla cats but he doesnt mind buffy
buffys stayin a little kitten for eva hehe even when shes old she will stil be my bby kitten

Thankyou I learnt a lot from that info. Taking Luna to vets this weekend for first time to get her checked and have injections will ask then when she can be done. I will be a nervous wreck lol but she will be fine i'm sure. Is it true I need to keep her in till a year old at least?? Was going to judge it on when I think she's ready and on her size etc, was thinking around 7-8 months will ask vet about it but wondered what all you experts know on this. Need her spayed first anyway so a lot will depend on that.
Thankyou for info x x

I'm no expert and am also not the best person to advise really as I am an "indoor cat" fan.If you decide that you want to allow Luna outdoor access and catproofing your garden or building a run is not an option then I would urge you not to allow her out until at least 10/12 months old.Kittens are far to busy playing/investigating and having fun to pay any attention to the dangers that lurk in the outside world.Vets are not the best folks to advise on "cat stuff" illness ect yes other stuff no

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cant really add much more to buffies graet post but yes 10-12months of age and you need to teach her a re-call so she comes to you when called, and build it up over the weeks, so you dont just open the door, you can always harness train her and build her up that way outside?

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all my pet cats were neutered at 5/6months, never had any spraying or fighting and all are very loving, it never changedthem one bit, nor are they fat or lazy!

Thought Id update this with some pictures:

a flank spay is half 1CM = 5MM Tiny incision in my kittens that are neutered before they go, and about a half-1 inch scar in a 6month old kitten. stress level is about 1 out of 10, they recover in hours, less drugs used, no effect on mental or body growth, because its purely the mating hormones spraying/fighting/calling that is removed, they are not smaller (infact they are bigger!) and they dont get fat (humans make them fat by giving them crap) or lazy (just keep playing with them!)


Just a example of what a flank spay looks like, this is a girl we neutered before her new home, we are doing a little piece on early neutering for some breeders, so we are follwoing her progress, shes on day 4 now, but here is her photos:

day 21 now, no scar!!



Then I was sent this from someone who has araggie & british from me, they were neutered at 6months on the dot, this was after 10days:

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Freddy has a date!! 27th February woohoo!! i can't wait, it'll be a relief to know that he's been neutered, so i can relax that he and Tilly can remain so close

one question - may the neutering change his temperament to the point he and Tilly may not be such firm friends? or make them closer as the hormones aren't coursing through him?!

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He will be nicer and more calm still the same cat, read the first thing I posted has all about that on there

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thanks TB - i'll go and have a hunt for it x

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