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Margret - 30 May 2005 01:44 GMT

A very old looking female cat has been hanging around our house for a while,
so after no sucess in finding her owners, we took her in. Would it be safe
to have her desexed, as she seems quite "elderly"? She gets on quite well
with our 12yr old c-cso perhaps they are about the same age.
\ Cheers, Margret

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Saul Levy - 02 Jun 2005 06:28 GMT

Can a cat that old get pregnant? I'd ask a vet about that. I
wouldn't put a cat through spaying unless it was necessary.

Saul Levy

>A very old looking female cat has been hanging around our house for a while,
>so after no sucess in finding her owners, we took her in. Would it be safe
>to have her desexed, as she seems quite "elderly"? She gets on quite well
>with our 12yr old c-cso perhaps they are about the same age.
>\ Cheers, Margret

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Camilla Baird - 02 Jun 2005 08:29 GMT

> Can a cat that old get pregnant? I'd ask a vet about that. I
> wouldn't put a cat through spaying unless it was necessary.
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>>with our 12yr old c-cso perhaps they are about the same age.
>>\ Cheers, Margret

As long as a female cat has heats, she can in principle get mated
succesfully and become pregnant. I would not recommend letting such an
old female go through a pregnancy, delivery and raising of kittens -
OTOH I wouldn't recommend putting her through anesthesia and surgery
either... Talk things through with your vet - maybe their is an alternative.
Camilla

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