I recently had my two year old cat (Tohru) spayed.  I realize waiting
this long was a mistake, so please don't bother pointing that out to me.  I
didn't have the money to spend.  So instead I kept her and my tomcat Kyo (a
rescue) apart while I was away, and monitored them closly while I was at home.
As I said before, I realize this was a mistake... It only took two litters to
convince me.  So, after spending way more on kitten food and cat-box-crystals
than I ever would have at even the most expensive Vets office I finally
forked over the cash and had her spayed at a Humane Society clinic.  I've
read a little about low cost spaying and understand she may have only had her
ovaries removed and not her uterus.  The Vet that checked her out before hand
(she still needed a shot) said she might already be pregnant again.  Although
I didn't ask what symptom he was reffering to, I assumed it was the swollen
mammaries from the previous litter.  Anyway, I continued to keep them
seperate for a few weeks until she looked as though she had fully recovered.
Then I figured, "Hey, no more worries."  So they play alone all day.  And I
don't interfere if go off to "be alone."
    Okay, so here's the dilema:  Her belly has begun to tighten again.  She
isn't getting bigger or anything.  But I can feel the same "tauntness" I felt
when she was pregnant starting again.  I guess my questions are:  Can a cat
with a uterus but no ovaries give birth if there was already an egg in the
uterus at the time of conception? And, if a cat already in the early stages
of pregnancy has its ovaries removed but its uterus remains intact, can the
offspring be carried to term?  My cat(s) are precious to me and while I could
deal with another litter of kittens (if I had to, I've already done it twice)
but I am not ready to lose her as a result of some rare surgery complication.
    One more thing:  while trying to answer these questions through
reasearch I came across a post from a man who stated he was a vet.  In his
post he admitted to being ideologically opposed to the idea of spaying /
neutering for quite a few health risk reasons.  The statement that really
caught my attention was that "cats have a gene that allows them to regrow
their sexual organs."  Any thoughts on this?

-D