Thread: Ginger is getting spayed tomorrow

Originally Posted by donnad

The vet said Miss Ginger was going into her first cycle, so she was a little engorged.

Neevie got spayed just when she was going through a cycle too, and she reacted quite violently - her body "thought" she had just given birth, she grew "boobs" (well, the feline equivalent ;-)) and worse, she got very very very territorial - unfortunately, we had it done just before we had to leave her at a cattery for 3 weeks. With all the other cats smells, in a territory that wasn't hers, she went absolutely bonkers. I had never seens a cat go bonkers before, now that's added to the list of my experiences. We had to abandon the idea of the cattery, and she was fed at home by the owner of the cattery while we were away. Even so, every time he got in, he got violently attacked. A Feliway plug-in seems to have helped some, but not a lot.
When we got back she was OK with us (we were part of her territory I guess) but no guest could set foot in the house for at least 3 months after that. Now she's fine, but we do keep the feliway plugged in just in case.
I hope this doesn't happen to Ginger. If it does... well, it's temporary...