Need some much needed advice.

[krazyaboutkatz]

You've been given some great advice here. I just hope that she's already been spayed so this is why she's not having heat cycles. I sure hope it's not because she's already pregnant. I would also think that your vet would be able to feel her belly to see if she's pregnant or not. Good luck.

[rg_girlca]

Thank you everyone for your replies. I really appreciate it.

No, she is not pregnant, that is the first thing I had the vet check and believe me he checked well. He turned her over and blew on her belly fur and checked with his fingers, but couldn't see anything or feel a scar line. I've even checked parting her fur also, and couldn't see anything. But it's almost a month now that I've had her and she hasn't gone into a heat.

I don't know. I'll guess I'll sleep on it tonight.

[jenluckenbach]

My vet makes a VERY tiny incision for spay, so it could be missed. I would be tempted to wait, after all, she is indoors and not out getting pregnant.

[rg_girlca]

Thank you Jen for your reply.

Well, I've decided to cancel the surgery and wait. But, I will book another appointment in a month's time. If she doesn't go into heat by that time, then I will know for sure she has already been fixed and if she does go into heat, then I will deal with it and at least then I will know for sure what to do.

Thank you again everyone.

[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.