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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / April 2007HELP! Urgent! Ovarian Remnant Syndrome
Got two female kittens (very sick!) from feral mom, from a cat rescue lady in June 2004 Spayed 11.04 (by local spay/neuter clinic) One of the cats developed Ovarian Remnant Syndrome (yes, I posted here about that at that time!) and was spayed AGAIN (including removal of uterus) on 3.20.2005. Well, at 3 yrs old now, she's in full heat AGAIN!!! In the past week, she's been crying abnormally and I've had males hanging around outside (I take my cats out in the middle of the day). Today found her not only 'posturing' but had to stop a mating!!! (Not easy to do from a wheelchair, with two cats outside, a very determined male cat, and a spray bottle of water!) I can not do this. I do not have the funds for a third spay, (the 'clinic that spayed her the first two times at a very minimal charge, will not do it again, they work w/feral population, Private vets say 'take her back to where it was done!") which may or may not be successful, which may or may not kill her! I am a disabled person, in a wheelchair, living alone in a large apartment complex. I do not even have a car, I love her, but the only think I can think of is to take her to the local shelter, explaining her condition... PLEASE, any ideas, help, suggestions... > Got two female kittens (very sick!) from feral mom, from a cat rescue > lady in June 2004 [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > PLEASE, any ideas, help, suggestions... If this is typical ORS then either the ovaries were not completely removed, regardless of the uterus, (which would require another surgery), or there is a hormonal problem influencing the "heat". Hormonal problem could be influenced by high soy diet (natural estrogens), by seasonal feline acne (pituitary induced), by a tumor (pituitary or ovarian). If the queen has since gone out of heat after the mating then the ovarian remnent or seasonally influenced may still be a possibility. If she has not gone out of the heat, then the estrogen diet, or tumor may be more of a possibility. Regardless, a quick masturbation of the female should induce her to go out of heat for at least several days, if not several months. Masturbation in a female cat is accomplished by using a Qtip with Vaseline covering the tip, and then the tip is inserted just inside the vulva and slid up and down for a minute or so. Masturbation appears to work because the cat is an induced ovulator, which means they remain in heat until they are bred (which you are simulating with masturbation). Thank you so very very much for this info and the immediate reply! Actually, the mating might have done the trick, as she is calm, not crying, ate, and is sound asleep on a shelf at the moment. (though male is still sitting on my patio!). The two cats have the same diet; Meow Mix dry food and 3 oz of fish, (9Lives tuna or Meow Mix packet) per day. I give them 'Kitty Kaviar as treat maybe 2x week - they eat no other foods, not even any people foods or kitty treats! Once a week or so, a dollop of petromalt, ditto Catnip. That's it! Both cats are normal in health, activity, sleep, etc. Both cats up to date on vaccinations. On the second spay, I was told that they DID find regrowth of ovarian tissue, And that ALL the ovarian tissue they could see as well as the uterus was removed. After the first spay, when she next came into heat (and now!), it was a very, very slow, building up process taking maybe 2 weeks the first time and maybe 4 this time. Was NOT obvious till suddenly she started yelling then a day or two later, posturing. If the mating does not do the trick then tomorrow I will do the masturbation technique. Then the question would be how to find a vet that would even do a third spay (at a routine & usual price I could afford). I had NO luck finding a vet (none would even consider doing it!), when she needed to be spayed a second time. If it were a pituitary tumor, wouldn't she exhibit 'other' health issues? >> Got two female kittens (very sick!) from feral mom, from a cat rescue >> lady in June 2004 [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] >they remain in heat until they are bred (which you are simulating with >masturbation). |
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