This lady must have misunderstood what the vet said. He might have said that it would cost a little more to spay a female that was in heat because the vet will have to deal with a little more blood during that time and it's a little more riskier during that time. The vets here will charge an extra $10 to spay a female in heat. What surprised me is that I was told a nursing female will go into heat again immediately - I didn't know that. When I let my Panda outside after 6 weeks of being with her kittens she came back with the top of her neck wet - it appeared she had been mated with. That's when I found out that she was in heat again. I had her spayed soon thereafter and it cost me an extra $10 because she was in that condition and was probably impregnated again.

[ October 30, 2001: Message edited by: purrley ]