Need some much needed advice.

[aTailOf2Kitties]

do vets not routinely tattoo spayed females in your area? It's just a small female symbol with a slash thru it on their belly close to their legs. That way if kitty ends up getting lost and finding a new home they don't get cut open again if the vet sees the tattoo. Cat belly buttons look kinda like scars and there have been instances where a cat had surgery scars that were from a c-section and not a spay. I'd schedule the surgery and hope the vet saw a scar or tattoo on her shaved tummy before he cut her open.

[jenluckenbach]

do vets not routinely tattoo spayed females in your area? .

they do NOT do that here, but that is a fantastic idea!!!!!!

[Laura's Babies]

On spay day with SBR we had a female that I prepped for surgery, no scar.. she was cut open and the vet never did find her "parts"... he too, look for any sign of a scar and none was found so he checked inside again for "parts" couldn't find any so she was sewn up.

Caramella's little incision couldn't have been 1/4 of a inch long, I'll have to look and see if there is a scar..

[rg_girlca]

ATailOf2Kitties, no they do not routinely tattoo spayed females here, but like Jen said, "That is a fabulous idea." I think I will mention this to my vet.

Laura, that is my main concern. Having her go under and cut opened, to find she has already been spayed. I would feel absolutely horrible.

I cancelled her appointment for tomorrow and re-scheduled another one which will be on March 24th. If she doesn't go into a heat by that date, I'm guessing that she has already been spayed because it would be 7 weeks that I've had her and from what I've read, she should have had a heat cycle by then.