tigger
16-05-2009, 05:03 AM
Hi everyone
First time poster, long time lurker.
Our family got a kitten last year, a very cute and loving bengal mix. Well, she's now just over 10 months old and is experiencing her first heat.
We had thought we would let her have one litter of kittens because we wanted another cat and had several people (friends/family) lined up who wanted one also.
Well, after she came into heat, i started reading up on this stuff more and realised that my idea of letting her breed with my friends tom, was now out of the question, because he is an outdoor cat and she is indoor and i read that he might pass on FLV to her. (not sure if he has it, just know that it's possible)
So we decided that we would get her spayed instead.
Sorry for the long background, but here are my questions:
1) Do i have to wait for a certain amount of "heats" before spaying her? Or can i do it as soon as she comes out of this one?
2) Is she in pain at all during this time? The kids keep "aawww"-ing, at her when she does the miaow, rolling on the floor, sticking her bum up thing, and i have to say, i also feel SO sorry for her. My daughter (12yrs old) practically accuses me of cat torture because i won't let her get pregnant because of this :)
Thank you for you help. She's a lovely kitten, still very loving and sweet and it's killing us seeing her like this, wondering if she is in pain at all.
First time poster, long time lurker.
Our family got a kitten last year, a very cute and loving bengal mix. Well, she's now just over 10 months old and is experiencing her first heat.
We had thought we would let her have one litter of kittens because we wanted another cat and had several people (friends/family) lined up who wanted one also.
Well, after she came into heat, i started reading up on this stuff more and realised that my idea of letting her breed with my friends tom, was now out of the question, because he is an outdoor cat and she is indoor and i read that he might pass on FLV to her. (not sure if he has it, just know that it's possible)
So we decided that we would get her spayed instead.
Sorry for the long background, but here are my questions:
1) Do i have to wait for a certain amount of "heats" before spaying her? Or can i do it as soon as she comes out of this one?
2) Is she in pain at all during this time? The kids keep "aawww"-ing, at her when she does the miaow, rolling on the floor, sticking her bum up thing, and i have to say, i also feel SO sorry for her. My daughter (12yrs old) practically accuses me of cat torture because i won't let her get pregnant because of this :)
Thank you for you help. She's a lovely kitten, still very loving and sweet and it's killing us seeing her like this, wondering if she is in pain at all.