Oppolo
12-25-2004, 02:53 PM
My cat Tao (female!) has recently put loads (and I mean loads!) of weight towards the back of its stomache- which is odd because it's normally quite active and has always been very thin (it's about 5 years old now, so not really a pensioner!). It's also started to be a lot more loving, and seems to want an awful lot more food from us (while it was always the passive one and my other cat begged for food, now this one is always by the food dish and first there when we give them wet food).
My first suspicion is that it was pregnancy, especially since a boy cat has been sneaking into our house an awful lot (it's owners shut it out for the night, we have a cat flap and regularly forget to shut the outside door, it's only natural!)- but we've had Tao fixed when she was little. It's odd also because I swear one of her nipples (is there a better word for them!?) was swolen, pink and visable today when I was petting her- but upon closer inspection afterwards, I couldn't see anything amiss.
Is it possible for fixing a cat not to work properly? Should her nipples be large and visable even when I 'stand her up' to inspect her, all the time? Could it be something else? Am I just being extremely paranoid?
My first suspicion is that it was pregnancy, especially since a boy cat has been sneaking into our house an awful lot (it's owners shut it out for the night, we have a cat flap and regularly forget to shut the outside door, it's only natural!)- but we've had Tao fixed when she was little. It's odd also because I swear one of her nipples (is there a better word for them!?) was swolen, pink and visable today when I was petting her- but upon closer inspection afterwards, I couldn't see anything amiss.
Is it possible for fixing a cat not to work properly? Should her nipples be large and visable even when I 'stand her up' to inspect her, all the time? Could it be something else? Am I just being extremely paranoid?