Originally posted by christa


This confused me . . . what exactly do you mean?
Hi Christa - I can answer this one since one of my male kitties had the surgery also. When males keep having the stones and urinary crystals that ostruct the flow of urine through the tiny opening in their penis - the surgery actually removes the penis (urethra passes through here) and the skin is stitched in such a way to make a larger opening - more like what a girl kitty has - thus less likely to obstruct. That is what persianmpm (Carol) meant by sex-change. That is pretty much how I explained it to her the other night because that is how my vet explained it to me. I am sure I over simplified it!! No bits and exterior plumbing!! No comments Richard.

Carol - I am really glad they are doing the surgery on Oscar! I know that some still have problems but my Harvey NEVER had another incident ever again. I hope you hear some encouragement from those who have been through it more recently. KAK and Randi have cats who have had the surgery and I bet there are others also. You may want to post this on Cat Health, too!