Obligatory follow up since you are all amazing

Meet Nye!

I want to start this post out with a thanks to all of you from this community for the reassurance and advice, had I never came here I would have never met this wonderful kitten!

We adopted her at an estimated age of over a year. We confirmed with the provided documentation that she had all the necessary vaccinations and were assured all of their adoptees were spayed. Since then she has slipped right into routine, we’re coming up on three weeks now and from what I consider she’s part of the family now.

Actual question

Today she was exhibiting very interesting behavior, meowing constantly, rolling around and rubbing up against everything, and sticking her butt up in the air. We reached out to the humane society we had adopted her from and they marked her as spayed but upon further inspection noted her intake didn’t state if she had been already or not.

Now for the question, to spay or not? She is handling it well, exceptionally affectionate and a bit needy but okay otherwise, at least relative to what we hear from others. She’s an indoor cat, so pregnancy isn’t a concern, but apart from that what are the reasons for or against taking her to be spayed?

  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    2 months ago

    Spaying her will settle her hormones, give her one less reason to try to get out, and will stop any neighborhood tomcats from trying to get in! It’s very much worth doing. Afterwards she may need to wear a onesie for a little while to keep her from licking her stitches, you know how raspy kitty tongues can be.

  • CreateProblems@corndog.socialEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    Fixed cats live longer. Spaying decreases the likelihood of cats developing certain types of cancers.

    Friends of mine literally last week had to put their cat down because she developed breast cancer and rapidly deteriorated (we’re talking painful skin ulcers here.) If the cat had been spayed at a young age, she would likely still be here.

    And as others have said, spaying is the wise choice in case she were ever to accidentally get outside.

  • VelvetStorm@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 months ago

    There is never a reason to not get her spayed. It helps with behavior and it reduces her chances of certain types of cancer as well as prevents her from having any kittens which the world does not need.

    • ERPAdvocate@sh.itjust.worksOP
      2·
      2 months ago

      After discussing these concerns with the vet we decided to move forward, she’s in this morning. The kittens were one of the main driving points behind making this decision, thank you!

  • David From Space@orbiting.observerEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    In order to convince you she should be spayed, please look up what you need to do with a q-tip to a queen in heat to get any peace and quiet. It’s no fun for anyone involved.