Have any Breeders on here lost a Queen during Labor and is it a common occurance or very rare?

That has always been my biggest fear as a breeder but thankfully it hasent happened to me.

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It's something that would put me off too. I'm glad it's never happened to you and I hope that it never does. My girl, whom I had hoped to have just one litter with is booked in to me neutered on Monday. It's a thought that keeps running through my mind and a risk I would rather not take. My girl is like my soul mate and I love her so much. She has such a unique personality that I wouldn't want to put her through anything she didn't have to go through. Complications, sections, I just can't! The thought of her having an Operation to be spayed is scaring me enough!

She's a lucky girl to have such a caring owner. You are doing the right thing by her and Im sure everything will be fine when she has the op. Good Luck!

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It's a very low risk - probably as low as death from spaying (though of course you generally end up spaying a breeding queen eventually anyway).

I lost one once but that was probably down to incompetence. I took her in for an emergency caesarean and admittedly probably should have done so before I did, nothing was happening after the delivery of one kitten and in retrospect, she may have been straining and become exhausted, as she was not happy, but at the time I thought she was just resting between kittens and it took hours for me to realise that something was wrong. Anyway I took her in about 8pm and the vet did nothing whatsoever until the next day! Had I realised earlier that something was seriously wrong, and / or had I had a better vet, I almost certainly would not have lost her

Cats recover incredibly quickly from c-sections, I have known one to be jumping in and out the window the next day (much to my horror!)

Liz

Liz

Thanks for wishing her Luck!
Liz, sorry about your girl.

Blinking heck, Liz - sorry to be reading this but ... that would make me SO ANGRY mad: with that vet for not doing anything until the FOLLOWING DAY

Breeding is so full of highs and lows - nature can be ever so cruel.

So far, I have been very lucky and never lost a queen giving birth to her children. I have lost litters but never a queen. Poppy was the one who never succeeded in having a litter and Zoe's last litter was lost due to delay in giving a ceasarian - that made me mad at the vet, but thankfully, I did not lose my girl.

It seems to be a rarity but a risk worth watching out for.

Spaying operations, on the other hand are very routine for vets and they do them every time they see a female kitten who will not be bred from. The risk is very low indeed Fluffy.

Will still be sending best purrs to you and your girl.

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Ra

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Thanks I know the operation is routine and I've had girls spayed before but I still worry.

) Yes, that's true, we always worry when its our own girl. Very natural. Sending best purrs and big cyber hugs. I know how you feel as I have had girls spayed before - it is far more invasive than the mere snip that boys experience. rolleyes:

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Ra

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I seem to recall it was about that time that I changed vets - the vet who lost her didn't even have the decency to phone and tell me, just waited for me to phone and ask what time I could collect her

She was a lovely girl too and I still miss her even though it was about ten years ago Here she is

Abigail - Burmese x some sort of colourpoint Pet Photo Gallery


Liz