I guess we have a new cat - ??? what would you do??

TANNER'S MOM wrote: Okay remember when I said my neighbors had a million cats and never took care of them. We had one that came and had babies and I bottled fed the baby but it didn't make it. Recently we have had the Momma cat return.. she seems to be pregnant again. She is very loving and goes in out of the house. I guess we have made her ours this last 2 weeks. I called the vet about getting her shots and fixed.

Here is the question.. we can have her fixed now even though she is pg.. a kitty abortion or we can wait until after she has the kitten.

I say go have her fixed now and my Dh thinks we should wait.. one reason is b/c she comes and goes as she pleases. But I say anything to keep some more kittens to be born and not taken care of?

Is this wrong to do?

MyBrownEyedBoy replied: Most vets won't do a mid term spay. Because it puts the animal at greater risk of severe bleeding. I'd say wait, but as soon as she has those babies, take her in and get her fixed. I don't understand why more people don't do that. If you are going to let your critter run free, they need to be fixed.

mckayleesmom replied: I would say wait......I just couldn't do it the other way.

A&A'smommy replied: well I would keep her in as much as you can until she has the kittens and then have her fixed afterwards... but that is just me!!

CantWait replied:
Same here.

TANNER'S MOM replied: Well I talked to our vet and he felt like he could fix her.. but it was our choice.. I feel like a bad person for not wanting kittens...lol

sparkys2boys replied: Personally, I would still wait even though he said he could do it and then after this litter take and get her done then.

mckayleesmom replied:
Maybe you can wait until the kittens are born and in the meantime....try to find good homes for them.

Cece00 replied: Sorry, but I'd wait, too. You dont have to want the kittens, you can try to find them a good home. But I honestly would feel very bad if I didnt wait.

mom21kid2dogs replied: I vote for taking care of her (spaying) now as opposed to waiting. Unless of course you know tons of people dying to adopt her kitties!

Mommy2BAK replied:
I'm with ya!

Mel, if that cat just runs around and you never know when she might wander off and come back pregnant again I would go ahead and do it. I would suspect that the vet knows best and go along with that.

Mommy2BAK replied: AND, if that cat could understand.... I'm sure she'd be BEGGING you to spay her, lol.

JadensMama05 replied: I say wait. That's what I'd have to do. I couldn't kill off those kittens. It'd be equivalent to human abortion IMO, because I care very deeply for animals, and I could never have an abortion. JMO tho. You may not feel that way about it so altho I would wait, you should do what you think is right.

luvmykids replied: If she's regular enough at your house that you know she'll be there when she has the kittens and you can find them homes, I'd wait. But if she may have them somewhere else where they might not find their way to homes I'd do it now.

Hillbilly Housewife replied:

I've NEVER heard of a mid-term spay for animals?!

grapfruit replied:
I agree.

Plus, if you DON'T find homes for all the kittens (and they live) and they hang around, chances of them getting pregnant is high. That's how people end up having to move out of their house b/c the kittys moved in!

punkeemunkee'smom replied: I have a friend who did a mid-term spay on a house cat of hers and it turned freaky mean afterwards! It started peeing in the house and biting....I don't know if she was looking for her kittens or what but they ended up having to put her down too! Because of that I say wait-

TheOaf66 replied: I don't think so Mel, you would then have to take responsibility for taking care of the kittens etc so I think it would be ok.

NikkiM replied:
That is how I feel also.