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Laila - 11 Sep 2004 06:27 GMT

>i am not sure what the behavior of a cat going into heat is, but
>either my 5-6 months old Shaina is crazy bored running around and
>making new cat noises, or she is going into heat. she NEVER makes cat
>noises. she says "m-e-e-e-e" with this little screeching sound when
>we pick her up and she meows when she wants food. now she is making
>cat noises when she runs around. i haven't had the time to take her
>to the vet to be spayed, but i am calling the ASPCA tomorrow! i can't
>afford the $200-$500 procedure at the vet's office.
>
>-L

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Luvskats00 - 11 Sep 2004 07:31 GMT

Laila orlies@hotmail.com
writes

>i am not sure what the behavior of >a cat going into heat is...i haven't had

the time to take her

>to the vet to be spayed, but i am >calling the ASPCA tomorrow! i can't
>afford the $200-$500 procedure.

That sounds like an absurd (inflated) price for a spay. Perhaps that is the fee
for testing and other vaccinations. Do a check on Google for low cost options
for spay/neuter. In NY (and many other states..perhaps outside of the USA)
there are low cost certificates one can purchase and present to a participating
vet. ASPCA's have mobile vans offering low cost spaying, etc. FYI,
spaying/neutering your pet will prevent testicular/ovarian cancer and make your
pet less frustrated (and avoid unwanted pregnancies).

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Laila - 11 Sep 2004 10:12 GMT

>Laila orlies@hotmail.com
>writes
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>spaying/neutering your pet will prevent testicular/ovarian cancer and make your
>pet less frustrated (and avoid unwanted pregnancies).

yeah, i know about the advantages of spaying. i called several vets,
including the one where i took her when i just got her. the high-end
vets were the obscenely expensive ones, but i think that included the
shots (she needs her first rabies shots) and the initial appointment,
since she's never been there before. the vet where i took her first
was $200, or so. i have a website for a low cost certificate. the
vet we see takes it, i think. i just want to make sure that the
surgeons who do that are good and she is recovers well. the
super-expensive vet said that she has to spend the night there. i
guess the $500 includes the hospital fee. ok.

-L

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Cathy Friedmann - 11 Sep 2004 15:01 GMT

> >i am not sure what the behavior of a cat going into heat is, but
> >either my 5-6 months old Shaina is crazy bored running around and
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> >
> >-L

If she's meowing/crying for no apparent reason, is rubbing up against stuff
like crazy, is rolling around a lot, is crouching w/ her rear end up in the
air - maybe w/ her tail swished to one side, she's in heat. Of course, she
may also be in heat for the first time & yet not being so very obvious about
it yet.

Good to get her spayed even if she isn't in heat yet, esp. if she's over 3
months old. I'd guess that $200 - 250 should be the high end of what a
vet's office would normally charge, not $500. With the low end being maybe
$100. (All depends upon where you live - the general COL, & each individual
vet's practice's charges in general.) However, if the ASPCA can do it for
less, or refer you to another vet, that'd work.

Cathy

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Mary - 11 Sep 2004 16:26 GMT

> If she's meowing/crying for no apparent reason, is rubbing up against stuff
> like crazy, is rolling around a lot, is crouching w/ her rear end up in the
> air - maybe w/ her tail swished to one side, she's in heat.

And then there are the facial expressions. I swear Gnarly had one that
made me think of Zsa Zsa Gabor in her younger days.

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