Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

[Lee Evans]

>
> From: Lee Evans 
>To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org"  
>Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 5:31 PM
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice
> 
>
>Katherine, I understand your feelings.  For reasons of ethics I don't enjoy 
>trapping cats and having their reproductive organs removed.  I wouldn't like 
>to have that happen to me.  On the other hand, I wouldn't like to be trapped 
>and put into a gas chamber because there were too many humans and no one 
>wanted to tolerate my particular type of human - alley human.  So it's a toss 
>up.  We can't give every one of the 50,000 community cats here in San Antonio 
>a vasectomy or hysterectomy because it would not stop the mating behavior and 
>citizens of this city would still be overwhelmed by the howling and yowling 
>and the attempts at mating.  It wouldn't be cost effective.  And I just 
>couldn't teach my male cats to use condoms.  There is no effective birth 
>control pill for female animals other than human females and even the pill for 
>humans it not 100% effective and even less of a percentage safe.  There's no 
>way to pill outdoor community cats either.
>
>The lesser of the evils and the one which I feel is healthiest for the cats, 
>homed or community cats is neutering and spaying.  But I think I understand 
>your point of view also.
>
>
>
> 
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>neighbors too!
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Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

[Kathryn Hargreaves]

Breeders have vasectomized males around to get their intact females out of
heat.


On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Bonnie Hogue  wrote:

> Someone would get a male cat a vasectomy?  Or have a female cat’s tubes
> tied?
>
> Wow…people are stupider than I thought…
>
> B.
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] *On Behalf
> Of *janine paton
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 20, 2012 6:27 PM
> *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice
>
> ** **
>
> The stress of an unspayed female is great, I think much greater than the
> spaying itself.  And it may be true that pyometria is more common in dogs,
> but boy have we seen plenty in outside cats, even young ones.  One couldn't
> have been more than a year old and we had no idea her slightly swollen
> belly was pyometria.  And have h ad a few with mammary cancer also.  Not
> worth it.  Use a decent vet and get your cat spayed!  
>
> ** **
> --
>
> *From:* Lee Evans 
> *To:* "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" 
> *Sent:* Tue, November 20, 2012 8:57:09 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice
>
> Amen to that sister.  My cat Cookie, long ago, was borderline diabetic.
> The vet didn't want to subject her to anesthesia because he said she was an
> older cat and might develop full blown diabetes since she was on the edge.
> So I didn't have her spayed.  She went into her heat cycle several more
> times, then gave it up as a bad idea.  She lived an additional 5 years with
> me as a house feral. One day I noticed blood on her chair towel (I use
> towels to cover the plastic chairs in my house.  Everything here has to be
> washable).  I also noticed that Cookie was acting very lethargic.  I
> finally got her into a carrier.  At the clinic they flipped her over and I
> was horrified.  All her nipples were black, some were enlarged, two were
> bleeding.  She had severe mammary cancer.  The vet said she was probably in
> pain.  There was nothing I could do.  He gave her a pain injection.  She
> became drowsy and I allowed him to euthanize her.  I will NEVER NOT SPAY a
> cat.  Male cats can get prostate cancer.  There is no proven reason why
> cats and dogs can't be spayed and neutered.  Humans have the operation all
> the time for ovarian cancer and prostate cancer.  If physicians didn't do
> hysterectomies on women with cancer or with precancerous lesions the
> cancers would metastasize and more people would die.
>
> In addition, try and get an intact spraying male cat or howling female cat
> adopted.  It will just not work.
>
> Or, as an alternative, get the female's tubes tied and give the male a
> vasectomy and you still have all the mating behavior in addition to the
> operations costing almost a thousand dollars as opposed to spay/neuter that
> can be had for a cost as low as $15 including rabies shot.
>
> I want to add that my mother, a registered nurse at the time, forbade me
> to have any of our yard cats neutered or spayed citing the ridiculous
> argument that animals and people have to be left natural.  Consequently I
> allowed two intact cats to remain that way, filling my yard with 7 kittens
> who, although I didn't know it, were FeLv positive and active for the
> disease.  They all died.  Had I spayed and neutered mom and dad cat, I
> would have saved 7 kittens from being born and dying in illness and
> discomfort and possibly saved mom and dad cats from wandering away to
> spread the disease all over the neighborhood.
>
> ** **
>
>  ****
>
> *Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty
> neighbors too!*
>
> ** **
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>
> *From:* Beth 
> *To:* "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" 
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 20, 2012 11:15 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice
>
> ** **
>
> I'm not going to start an argument over one study.
> Being in heat was very stressful on the one of the 1st FeLV cats I had.
> The spay was easy & she recovered quickly.
> My cats have all been spayed. We've had cats live well into their 20's -
> all spayed.
> Cats who still have their ovaries, which are responsible for heat cycles,
> are much more likely to develop mammary cancer.
> Cats (& dogs) can also develop an infection in their uterus (pyometra)
> from not being spayed..
>
> There is just not enough evidence out there to make me even think about
> not getting my cats, FeLV or not,  spayed.
>
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> ***
>
>  
>
> ** **
> 

Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

[dlgegg]

My Nitnoy and Annie were both pos and both were spayed.  Never seemed to affect 
either one.  Nitnoy's problem began much later when she developed plugged anal 
glands and they became infected.  Lesson for me, check those glands often.  
Annie still going strong.

 Beth  wrote: 
> I'm not going to start an argument over one study. 
Being in heat was very stressful on the one of the 1st FeLV cats I had. The 
spay was easy & she recovered quickly.
My cats have all been spayed. We've had cats live well into their 20's - all 
spayed.
Cats who still have their ovaries, which are responsible for heat cycles, are 
much more likely to develop mammary cancer.
Cats (& dogs) can also develop an infection in their uterus (pyometra) from not 
being spayed..

There is just not enough evidence out there to make me even think about not 
getting my cats, FeLV or not,  spayed.


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 From: Kathryn Hargreaves 
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 3:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice
 

If that's the case, then why do dogs who retain their ovaries live a third 
longer?    There's more to the overall story than just local 
stresses: http://www.gpmcf.org/respectovaries.html   American vet schools do 
not teach any sterilizations other than spay/neuter.




On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Beth  wrote:

My vet said being in heat is more stressful than the surgery. I would wait for 
the retest, though. If still positive have a full bloodwork panel done to make 
sure she is healthy, just as you would for a senior kitty.
>Hope all goes well.
>
>Beth
>
>Maryam Ulomi  wrote:
>
>>Hello everyone,
>>
>>We are looking at possibly spaying Kitty, our 5 months old FeLV rescued feral 
>>baby. She is currently on the lysine and living large in her own room, 
>>isolated from our other two cats, since she posted positive but we are 
>>retesting her at 6months, which should be in December.
>>Should we retest first and then spay?
>>Is there anything we should know/do to prepare ?
>>
>>Any suggestions are welcome
>>
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Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

[Beth]

The ovaries are responsible for the heat cycle, so they would still go into 
heat & still be more prone to mammary cancer & stress.

KG BarnCats  wrote:

>It's a very interesting article/study.  I think they are not advocating
>that pets go unspayed but rather there be further study of spay where only
>the uterus is removed.  But in addition to risks like mammary cancer, I
>worry about spayed pets in heat and their hormonally driven efforts to
>escape the house to mate.  How many pets are lost, injured and killed that
>way?  How many pet owners will be upset by the pet's behaviors and possible
>mess while the pet keeps cycling in heat?   It is a multi-faceted issue
>that I hope gets more research.
>
>Kg
>
>
>
>On Tuesday, November 20, 2012, Kathryn Hargreaves 
>wrote:
>> Perhaps this information will be useful to other folks on this list,
>then, since Felv shortens lifespan in general.
>> Dogs are more likely to get both mammary cancer and pyometra than are
>cats, and ovary retention seems to override this, along with their heat
>stresses.However, cats are polyestrous (go into heat several times a
>year) whereas dogs are diestrous (two heat cycles a year), so cats have
>more heat stresses, which may or may not override the ovary-retention
>effect.  Note that breeders use various methods of getting cats they don't
>want pregnant out of heat, so perhaps one could sufficiently reduce the
>stress to that of a dog's.
>> I've heard of cats living to over 30, and since this study looks at the
>outliers for what's possible, we might look at 30+ years as an upper bound
>for cat longevity, at least non-Felv+ ones.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Beth  wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm not going to start an argument over one study.
>>> Being in heat was very stressful on the one of the 1st FeLV cats I had.
>The spay was easy & she recovered quickly.
>>> My cats have all been spayed. We've had cats live well into their 20's -
>all spayed.
>>> Cats who still have their ovaries, which are responsible for heat
>cycles, are much more likely to develop mammary cancer.
>>> Cats (& dogs) can also develop an infection in their uterus (pyometra)
>from not being spayed..
>>>
>>> There is just not enough evidence out there to make me even think about
>not getting my cats, FeLV or not,  spayed.
>>>
>>> Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org
>>>
>>> 
>>> From: Kathryn Hargreaves 
>>> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>>> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 3:41 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice
>>>
>>> If that's the case, then why do dogs who retain their ovaries live a
>third longer?There's more to the overall story than just local
>stresses: http://www.gpmcf.org/respectovaries.html   American vet schools
>do not teach any sterilizations other than spay/neuter.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Beth  wrote:
>>>
>>> My vet said being in heat is more stressful than the surgery. I would
>wait for the retest, though. If still positive have a full bloodwork panel
>done to make sure she is healthy, just as you would for a senior kitty.
>>> Hope all goes well.
>>>
>>> Beth
>>>
>>> Maryam Ulomi  wrote:
>>>
>>> >Hello everyone,
>>> >
>>> >We are looking at possibly spaying Kitty, our 5 months old FeLV rescued
>feral baby. She is currently on the lysine and living large in her own
>room, isolated from our other two cats, since she posted positive but we
>are retesting her at 6months, which should be in December.
>>> >Should we retest first and then spay?
>>> >Is there anything we should know/do to prepare ?
>>> >
>>> >Any suggestions are welcome
>>> >
>>> >Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

[Bonnie Hogue]

Someone would get a male cat a vasectomy?  Or have a female cat's tubes
tied?

Wow.people are stupider than I thought.

B.

 

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of
janine paton
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 6:27 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

 

The stress of an unspayed female is great, I think much greater than the
spaying itself.  And it may be true that pyometria is more common in dogs,
but boy have we seen plenty in outside cats, even young ones.  One couldn't
have been more than a year old and we had no idea her slightly swollen belly
was pyometria.  And have h ad a few with mammary cancer also.  Not worth it.
Use a decent vet and get your cat spayed!  

 

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From: Lee Evans 
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" 
Sent: Tue, November 20, 2012 8:57:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

Amen to that sister.  My cat Cookie, long ago, was borderline diabetic.  The
vet didn't want to subject her to anesthesia because he said she was an
older cat and might develop full blown diabetes since she was on the edge.
So I didn't have her spayed.  She went into her heat cycle several more
times, then gave it up as a bad idea.  She lived an additional 5 years with
me as a house feral. One day I noticed blood on her chair towel (I use
towels to cover the plastic chairs in my house.  Everything here has to be
washable).  I also noticed that Cookie was acting very lethargic.  I finally
got her into a carrier.  At the clinic they flipped her over and I was
horrified.  All her nipples were black, some were enlarged, two were
bleeding.  She had severe mammary cancer.  The vet said she was probably in
pain.  There was nothing I could do.  He gave her a pain injection.  She
became drowsy and I allowed him to euthanize her.  I will NEVER NOT SPAY a
cat.  Male cats can get prostate cancer.  There is no proven reason why cats
and dogs can't be spayed and neutered.  Humans have the operation all the
time for ovarian cancer and prostate cancer.  If physicians didn't do
hysterectomies on women with cancer or with precancerous lesions the cancers
would metastasize and more people would die.  

In addition, try and get an intact spraying male cat or howling female cat
adopted.  It will just not work.

Or, as an alternative, get the female's tubes tied and give the male a
vasectomy and you still have all the mating behavior in addition to the
operations costing almost a thousand dollars as opposed to spay/neuter that
can be had for a cost as low as $15 including rabies shot.

I want to add that my mother, a registered nurse at the time, forbade me to
have any of our yard cats neutered or spayed citing the ridiculous argument
that animals and people have to be left natural.  Consequently I allowed two
intact cats to remain that way, filling my yard with 7 kittens who, although
I didn't know it, were FeLv positive and active for the disease.  They all
died.  Had I spayed and neutered mom and dad cat, I would have saved 7
kittens from being born and dying in illness and discomfort and possibly
saved mom and dad cats from wandering away to spread the disease all over
the neighborhood.

 

 

Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty
neighbors too!

 


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From: Beth 
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org"  
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

 

I'm not going to start an argument over one study. 
Being in heat was very stressful on the one of the 1st FeLV cats I had. The
spay was easy & she recovered quickly.
My cats have all been spayed. We've had cats live well into their 20's - all
spayed.
Cats who still have their ovaries, which are responsible for heat cycles,
are much more likely to develop mammary cancer.
Cats (& dogs) can also develop an infection in their uterus (pyometra) from
not being spayed..

There is just not enough evidence out there to make me even think about not
getting my cats, FeLV or not,  spayed.

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<http://www.furkids.org/> 

 

 


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Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

[janine paton]

The stress of an unspayed female is great, I think much greater than the 
spaying 
itself.  And it may be true that pyometria is more common in dogs, but boy have 
we seen plenty in outside cats, even young ones.  One couldn't have been more 
than a year old and we had no idea her slightly swollen belly was pyometria. 
 And have h ad a few with mammary cancer also.  Not worth it.  Use a decent vet 
and get your cat spayed!  




From: Lee Evans 
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" 
Sent: Tue, November 20, 2012 8:57:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice


Amen to that sister.  My cat Cookie, long ago, was borderline diabetic.  The 
vet 
didn't want to subject her to anesthesia because he said she was an older cat 
and might develop full blown diabetes since she was on the edge. So I didn't 
have her spayed.  She went into her heat cycle several more times, then gave it 
up as a bad idea.  She lived an additional 5 years with me as a house feral. 
One 
day I noticed blood on her chair towel (I use towels to cover the plastic 
chairs 
in my house.  Everything here has to be washable).  I also noticed that Cookie 
was acting very lethargic.  I finally got her into a carrier.  At the clinic 
they flipped her over and I was horrified.  All her nipples were black, some 
were enlarged, two were bleeding.  She had severe mammary cancer.  The vet said 
she  was probably in pain.  There was nothing I could do.  He gave her a pain 
injection.  She became drowsy and I allowed him to euthanize her.  I will NEVER 
NOT SPAY a cat.  Male cats can get prostate cancer.  There is no proven reason 
why cats and dogs can't be spayed and neutered.  Humans have the operation all 
the time for ovarian cancer and prostate cancer.  If physicians didn't do 
hysterectomies on women with cancer or with precancerous lesions the cancers 
would metastasize and more people would die.  


In addition, try and get an intact spraying male cat or howling female cat 
adopted.  It will just not work.

Or, as an alternative, get the female's tubes tied and give the male a 
vasectomy 
and you still have all the mating behavior in addition to the operations 
costing 
almost a thousand dollars as opposed to spay/neuter that can be had for a cost 
as low as $15 including rabies shot.

I  want to add that my mother, a registered nurse at the time, forbade me to 
have any of our yard cats neutered or spayed citing the ridiculous argument 
that 
animals and people have to be left natural.  Consequently I allowed two intact 
cats to remain that way, filling my yard with 7 kittens who, although I didn't 
know it, were FeLv positive and active for the disease.  They all died.  Had I 
spayed and neutered mom and dad cat, I would have saved 7 kittens from being 
born and dying in illness and discomfort and possibly saved mom and dad cats 
from wandering away to spread the disease all over the neighborhood.


 
Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors 
too!






 From: Beth 
>To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org"  
>Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 11:15 AM
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice
> 
>
>I'm not going to start an argument over one study. 
>Being in heat was very stressful on the one of the 1st FeLV cats I had. The 
>spay 
>was easy & she recovered quickly.
>My cats have all been spayed. We've had cats live well into their 20's - all 
>spayed.
>Cats who still have their ovaries, which are responsible for heat cycles, are 
>much more likely to develop mammary cancer.
>Cats (& dogs) can also develop an infection in their uterus (pyometra) from 
>not 
>being spayed..
>
>There is just not enough evidence out there to make me even think about not 
>getting my cats, FeLV or not,  spayed.
>
>
>Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org
> 
>
>
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Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

[Lee Evans]

Amen to that sister.  My cat Cookie, long ago, was borderline diabetic.  The 
vet didn't want to subject her to anesthesia because he said she was an older 
cat and might develop full blown diabetes since she was on the edge. So I 
didn't have her spayed.  She went into her heat cycle several more times, then 
gave it up as a bad idea.  She lived an additional 5 years with me as a house 
feral. One day I noticed blood on her chair towel (I use towels to cover the 
plastic chairs in my house.  Everything here has to be washable).  I also 
noticed that Cookie was acting very lethargic.  I finally got her into a 
carrier.  At the clinic they flipped her over and I was horrified.  All her 
nipples were black, some were enlarged, two were bleeding.  She had severe 
mammary cancer.  The vet said she was probably in pain.  There was nothing I 
could do.  He gave her a pain injection.  She became drowsy and I allowed him 
to euthanize her.  I will NEVER NOT
 SPAY a cat.  Male cats can get prostate cancer.  There is no proven reason why 
cats and dogs can't be spayed and neutered.  Humans have the operation all the 
time for ovarian cancer and prostate cancer.  If physicians didn't do 
hysterectomies on women with cancer or with precancerous lesions the cancers 
would metastasize and more people would die.  

In addition, try and get an intact spraying male cat or howling female cat 
adopted.  It will just not work.

Or, as an alternative, get the female's tubes tied and give the male a 
vasectomy and you still have all the mating behavior in addition to the 
operations costing almost a thousand dollars as opposed to spay/neuter that can 
be had for a cost as low as $15 including rabies shot.

I want to add that my mother, a registered nurse at the time, forbade me to 
have any of our yard cats neutered or spayed citing the ridiculous argument 
that animals and people have to be left natural.  Consequently I allowed two 
intact cats to remain that way, filling my yard with 7 kittens who, although I 
didn't know it, were FeLv positive and active for the disease.  They all died.  
Had I spayed and neutered mom and dad cat, I would have saved 7 kittens from 
being born and dying in illness and discomfort and possibly saved mom and dad 
cats from wandering away to spread the disease all over the neighborhood.


 
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too!





>
> From: Beth 
>To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org"  
>Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 11:15 AM
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice
> 
>
>I'm not going to start an argument over one study. 
>Being in heat was very stressful on the one of the 1st FeLV cats I had. The 
>spay was easy & she recovered quickly.
>My cats have all been spayed. We've had cats live well into their 20's - all 
>spayed.
>Cats who still have their ovaries, which are responsible for heat cycles, are 
>much more likely to develop mammary cancer.
>Cats (& dogs) can also develop an infection in their uterus (pyometra) from 
>not being spayed..
>
>There is just not enough evidence out there to make me even think about not 
>getting my cats, FeLV or not,  spayed.
>
>
>Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org
> 
>
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Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

[KG BarnCats]

It's a very interesting article/study.  I think they are not advocating
that pets go unspayed but rather there be further study of spay where only
the uterus is removed.  But in addition to risks like mammary cancer, I
worry about spayed pets in heat and their hormonally driven efforts to
escape the house to mate.  How many pets are lost, injured and killed that
way?  How many pet owners will be upset by the pet's behaviors and possible
mess while the pet keeps cycling in heat?   It is a multi-faceted issue
that I hope gets more research.

Kg



On Tuesday, November 20, 2012, Kathryn Hargreaves 
wrote:
> Perhaps this information will be useful to other folks on this list,
then, since Felv shortens lifespan in general.
> Dogs are more likely to get both mammary cancer and pyometra than are
cats, and ovary retention seems to override this, along with their heat
stresses.However, cats are polyestrous (go into heat several times a
year) whereas dogs are diestrous (two heat cycles a year), so cats have
more heat stresses, which may or may not override the ovary-retention
effect.  Note that breeders use various methods of getting cats they don't
want pregnant out of heat, so perhaps one could sufficiently reduce the
stress to that of a dog's.
> I've heard of cats living to over 30, and since this study looks at the
outliers for what's possible, we might look at 30+ years as an upper bound
for cat longevity, at least non-Felv+ ones.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Beth  wrote:
>>
>> I'm not going to start an argument over one study.
>> Being in heat was very stressful on the one of the 1st FeLV cats I had.
The spay was easy & she recovered quickly.
>> My cats have all been spayed. We've had cats live well into their 20's -
all spayed.
>> Cats who still have their ovaries, which are responsible for heat
cycles, are much more likely to develop mammary cancer.
>> Cats (& dogs) can also develop an infection in their uterus (pyometra)
from not being spayed..
>>
>> There is just not enough evidence out there to make me even think about
not getting my cats, FeLV or not,  spayed.
>>
>> Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org
>>
>> ________
>> From: Kathryn Hargreaves 
>> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 3:41 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice
>>
>> If that's the case, then why do dogs who retain their ovaries live a
third longer?There's more to the overall story than just local
stresses: http://www.gpmcf.org/respectovaries.html   American vet schools
do not teach any sterilizations other than spay/neuter.
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Beth  wrote:
>>
>> My vet said being in heat is more stressful than the surgery. I would
wait for the retest, though. If still positive have a full bloodwork panel
done to make sure she is healthy, just as you would for a senior kitty.
>> Hope all goes well.
>>
>> Beth
>>
>> Maryam Ulomi  wrote:
>>
>> >Hello everyone,
>> >
>> >We are looking at possibly spaying Kitty, our 5 months old FeLV rescued
feral baby. She is currently on the lysine and living large in her own
room, isolated from our other two cats, since she posted positive but we
are retesting her at 6months, which should be in December.
>> >Should we retest first and then spay?
>> >Is there anything we should know/do to prepare ?
>> >
>> >Any suggestions are welcome
>> >
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>> If you can't adopt, then foster "bottle baby" shelter animal, to save
their life.  Contact your local pound for information.
>> If you can't bottle feed, foster an older animal, to save their life,
and to free up cage space.
>>
>> Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by
implementing the No Kill Equation: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/
>>
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Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

[Kathryn Hargreaves]

Perhaps this information will be useful to other folks on this list, then,
since Felv shortens lifespan in general.

Dogs are more likely to get both mammary cancer and pyometra than are cats,
and ovary retention seems to override this, along with their heat stresses.
   However, cats are polyestrous (go into heat several times a year)
whereas dogs are diestrous (two heat cycles a year), so cats have more heat
stresses, which may or may not override the ovary-retention effect.  Note
that breeders use various methods of getting cats they don't want pregnant
out of heat, so perhaps one could sufficiently reduce the stress to that of
a dog's.

I've heard of cats living to over 30, and since this study looks at the
outliers for what's possible, we might look at 30+ years as an upper bound
for cat longevity, at least non-Felv+ ones.



On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Beth  wrote:

> I'm not going to start an argument over one study.
> Being in heat was very stressful on the one of the 1st FeLV cats I had.
> The spay was easy & she recovered quickly.
> My cats have all been spayed. We've had cats live well into their 20's -
> all spayed.
> Cats who still have their ovaries, which are responsible for heat cycles,
> are much more likely to develop mammary cancer.
> Cats (& dogs) can also develop an infection in their uterus (pyometra)
> from not being spayed..
>
> There is just not enough evidence out there to make me even think about
> not getting my cats, FeLV or not,  spayed.
>
> Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org <http://www.furkids.org/>
>
>
>   --
> *From:* Kathryn Hargreaves 
> *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> *Sent:* Monday, November 19, 2012 3:41 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice
>
> If that's the case, then why do dogs who retain their ovaries live a third
> longer?There's more to the overall story than just local stresses:
> http://www.gpmcf.org/respectovaries.html   American vet schools do not
> teach any sterilizations other than spay/neuter.
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Beth  wrote:
>
> My vet said being in heat is more stressful than the surgery. I would wait
> for the retest, though. If still positive have a full bloodwork panel done
> to make sure she is healthy, just as you would for a senior kitty.
> Hope all goes well.
>
> Beth
>
> Maryam Ulomi  wrote:
>
> >Hello everyone,
> >
> >We are looking at possibly spaying Kitty, our 5 months old FeLV rescued
> feral baby. She is currently on the lysine and living large in her own
> room, isolated from our other two cats, since she posted positive but we
> are retesting her at 6months, which should be in December.
> >Should we retest first and then spay?
> >Is there anything we should know/do to prepare ?
> >
> >Any suggestions are welcome
> >
> >Sent from my iPhone
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>
>
>
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> Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal!
>
> If you can't adopt, then foster "bottle baby" shelter animal, to save
> their life.  Contact your local pound for information. 
> <http://www.laanimalservices.com/volunteer_fostercare.htm>
>
> If you can't bottle feed, foster an older animal, to save their life, and
> to free up cage space.
>
>
> Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by
> implementing the No Kill Equation: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/
>
> Here's the current growing list of true No Kill communities:
> http://www.no-killnews.com/ (see the right sidebar)
>
> Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.org
>
> More fun reading:
> http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/guides/
>
> More fun watching: http://vimeo.com/nokill/videos especially
> http://vimeo.com/48445902
>
>
>
> Local feral cat crisis?   See Alley Cat Allies' for how to respond:
> http://www.alleycat.org/page.aspx?pid=537
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Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

[Beth]

I'm not going to start an argument over one study. 
Being in heat was very stressful on the one of the 1st FeLV cats I had. The 
spay was easy & she recovered quickly.
My cats have all been spayed. We've had cats live well into their 20's - all 
spayed.
Cats who still have their ovaries, which are responsible for heat cycles, are 
much more likely to develop mammary cancer.
Cats (& dogs) can also develop an infection in their uterus (pyometra) from not 
being spayed..

There is just not enough evidence out there to make me even think about not 
getting my cats, FeLV or not,  spayed.


Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org
 



 From: Kathryn Hargreaves 
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 3:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice
 

If that's the case, then why do dogs who retain their ovaries live a third 
longer?    There's more to the overall story than just local 
stresses: http://www.gpmcf.org/respectovaries.html   American vet schools do 
not teach any sterilizations other than spay/neuter.




On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Beth  wrote:

My vet said being in heat is more stressful than the surgery. I would wait for 
the retest, though. If still positive have a full bloodwork panel done to make 
sure she is healthy, just as you would for a senior kitty.
>Hope all goes well.
>
>Beth
>
>Maryam Ulomi  wrote:
>
>>Hello everyone,
>>
>>We are looking at possibly spaying Kitty, our 5 months old FeLV rescued feral 
>>baby. She is currently on the lysine and living large in her own room, 
>>isolated from our other two cats, since she posted positive but we are 
>>retesting her at 6months, which should be in December.
>>Should we retest first and then spay?
>>Is there anything we should know/do to prepare ?
>>
>>Any suggestions are welcome
>>
>>Sent from my iPhone
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If you can't adopt, then foster "bottle baby" shelter animal, to save their 
life.  Contact your local pound for information. 


If you can't bottle feed, foster an older animal, to save their life, and to 
free up cage space.

Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by 
implementing the No Kill Equation: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/

Here's the current growing list of true No Kill communities: 
http://www.no-killnews.com/ (see the right sidebar)

Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.org

More fun reading: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/guides/

More fun watching: 
http://vimeo.com/nokill/videos especially http://vimeo.com/48445902




Local feral cat crisis?   See Alley Cat Allies' for how to 
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Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

[Kathryn Hargreaves]

If that's the case, then why do dogs who retain their ovaries live a third
longer?There's more to the overall story than just local stresses:
http://www.gpmcf.org/respectovaries.html   American vet schools do not
teach any sterilizations other than spay/neuter.


On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Beth  wrote:

> My vet said being in heat is more stressful than the surgery. I would wait
> for the retest, though. If still positive have a full bloodwork panel done
> to make sure she is healthy, just as you would for a senior kitty.
> Hope all goes well.
>
> Beth
>
> Maryam Ulomi  wrote:
>
> >Hello everyone,
> >
> >We are looking at possibly spaying Kitty, our 5 months old FeLV rescued
> feral baby. She is currently on the lysine and living large in her own
> room, isolated from our other two cats, since she posted positive but we
> are retesting her at 6months, which should be in December.
> >Should we retest first and then spay?
> >Is there anything we should know/do to prepare ?
> >
> >Any suggestions are welcome
> >
> >Sent from my iPhone
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Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal!

If you can't adopt, then foster "bottle baby" shelter animal, to save their
life.  Contact your local pound for information.


If you can't bottle feed, foster an older animal, to save their life, and
to free up cage space.


Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by
implementing the No Kill Equation:
http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/no-kill-equation/

Here's the current growing list of true No Kill communities:
http://www.no-killnews.com/ (see the right sidebar)

Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.org

More fun reading: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/guides/

More fun watching: http://vimeo.com/nokill/videos especially
http://vimeo.com/48445902



Local feral cat crisis?   See Alley Cat Allies' for how to respond:
http://www.alleycat.org/page.aspx?pid=537
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Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

[Beth]

My vet said being in heat is more stressful than the surgery. I would wait for 
the retest, though. If still positive have a full bloodwork panel done to make 
sure she is healthy, just as you would for a senior kitty. 
Hope all goes well.

Beth

Maryam Ulomi  wrote:

>Hello everyone,
>
>We are looking at possibly spaying Kitty, our 5 months old FeLV rescued feral 
>baby. She is currently on the lysine and living large in her own room, 
>isolated from our other two cats, since she posted positive but we are 
>retesting her at 6months, which should be in December.
>Should we retest first and then spay?
>Is there anything we should know/do to prepare ?
>
>Any suggestions are welcome 
>
>Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice

[Lee Evans]

When Percy tested positive for FeLv, I waited 90 days, (3 months) then had him 
retested when he was finally neutered.  He had had other health issues too - 
slight anemia, fur problems and he is also FIV+ but that's not an issue since I 
have a small FIV+ colony in a separate indoor area.  So now he is negative for 
FeLv, neutered and living with 4 other mates.

I also have a female, Bunny who tested FeLv+ and hasn't been retested yet.  She 
tested positive when she was spayed at a no-kill shelter and fortunately, they 
didn't kill her which they usually do when a cat tests positive for FeLv.  I am 
going to retest her soon since she was with me for over 3 months already, in a 
room of her own.  She was just about a year old when she was brought to me for 
fostering so I'm hoping she has overcome the FeLv.  She gained about 100 pounds 
since she has been here and looks like a bowling ball covered with tabby fur. I 
don't see any danger in spaying your kitty either before or after testing but 
if you want to do it at the same time, it will save you a drive to the clinic 
and a second visit for the cat.


 
Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors 
too!





>
> From: Maryam Ulomi 
>To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org"  
>Cc: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org"  
>Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:04 PM
>Subject: [Felvtalk] Spaying advice
> 
>Hello everyone,
>
>We are looking at possibly spaying Kitty, our 5 months old FeLV rescued feral 
>baby. She is currently on the lysine and living large in her own room, 
>isolated from our other two cats, since she posted positive but we are 
>retesting her at 6months, which should be in December.
>Should we retest first and then spay?
>Is there anything we should know/do to prepare ?
>
>Any suggestions are welcome 
>
>Sent from my iPhone
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[Felvtalk] Spaying advice

[Maryam Ulomi]

Hello everyone,

We are looking at possibly spaying Kitty, our 5 months old FeLV rescued feral 
baby. She is currently on the lysine and living large in her own room, isolated 
from our other two cats, since she posted positive but we are retesting her at 
6months, which should be in December.
Should we retest first and then spay?
Is there anything we should know/do to prepare ?

Any suggestions are welcome 

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