I've usually have mine spayed/neutered. Never seems to have a
negative effect. I have Calawalla Banana spayed at about 6 months -
one of my first FELV kitties - she was perky and healthy, came thru
it like a champ. Vet said it would avoid the stress of going into
heat, etc. That was a few years ago. I couldn't believe that she'd
be dead at 3 yrs, or Mediastinal Lymphoma. I do think the
interferon does help, I wasn't using it at that time.
Gloria
At 06:33 PM 3/29/2008, you wrote:
The last time she was at the vet was for shots and the vet told us
to bring her back in three weeks for a distemper shot and to discuss
having her sapyed. I believe they said they would do blood work at
that time. After she tested positive for feline leukemis I think
their protocol is to just keep her on interferon all the time. Do
you think that is a bad idea?
Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Well, I guess you have to trust your vet. I still have misgivings
about it but will be getting my girl spayed also. I must confess I
am very nervous about having it done. She will never be an outdoor
cat so there is no cause for worry there but I think part of my
adoption agreement was that I do get her spayed. Why is your little
one on interferon? Has she had routine blood work done to make sure
her CBC is ok? There was a young leukemia positive cat, around 8
months old, at our vets whose bloodwork was excellent and she was
going to be spayed. So I don't know what the best thing to do
is. I never had a cat that was terminally ill before until Boo and
it just seemed everything went downhill rapidly after he was
neutered. I'm just a little paranoid these days.
Lynne
----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Kathy Dillard
To: <mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: re spaying my kitten
She was just checked by the vet and she has gianed weight (6 lbs)
and the vet said she seems very healthy. The vet said that cats
that are not spayed have more problems with cancer. She has been in
heat twice now and it does seem to stress her out some and she eats
less during that time
Lynne <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Kathy, personally, unless she has had bloodwork showing she is the
healthiest positive cat on the planet, I would not do it. I was
told that the stress of wanting to breed is harder on a cat than the
stress of undergoing neutering but if I had to do it again, I would
never have had my positive male neutered. Although he was pretty
far advanced leukemia wise, I truly believe his neutering caused him
many additional problems that hastened his death. As we know,
spaying is a much bigger procedure than neutering. If she is going
to be an indoor cat only and you are willing to go through heats I
would not do it. Just my take on things. I now have a 3 year old
female who has Feline Herpes Virus, inactive at the moment, and I've
only had her for a week. I am not even going to think about spaying
for at least a month. I want her to be in excellent health, stress
free etc before I'll even consider it.
Lynne
----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Kathy Dillard
To: <mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:18 AM
Subject: re spaying my kitten
My female kitten Foxy is about 8 1/2 months old. She has tested
positive for feline leukemia and is currently on a daily dose of
interferon. My vet has recomm ended having her spayed . Please
advise and discuss pros and cons. I feel very anxious and scared
about having this procedure done but want to do the right thing for Foxy.
kathy
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