Well, I hope it isn't THIS.  I am a disabled person in a wheelchair
with NO $$$.  (If you read orig. message it said that kittens were
spayed by the rescue organization.  It is Fri. night, It is storming
like crazy here.  And I have NO access to vet care of any type.  Nor
any help from anyone.  Even if I did have the $$$ for an emergency pet
clinic, I'd have no way to get there...

When I looked up this Pyometra, it seemed it happens in middle aged,
unspayed dogs.  The recommended treatment is being spayed!

This 10 month old kitten is otherwise healthy.  She is eating,
sleeping, drinking (no vomiting, etc).  No distended belly, and other
than the crying (which does stop for eating and sleeping) seems OK.
AND as of today, she has started 'posturing' ie scrunching down in a
'mating' position in front of her sister.  And the vag discharge is
very SCANT and non-odorous; I only saw it because I was looking.

I've put in two phone calls and two emails today to different folks at
the rescue group, hoping they will add her to the next spay clinic, as
well as find a volunteer to pick her up and bring her home.  No one
has responded.

I called the vet (mobile) I usually use for emergent situations, at
about $300 per visit, that I have to borrow; he wants no part of it,
said to contact whomever did the surgery (and I don't know who it
was!).

I am so upset and stressed out that I'm thinking of taking these cats
to the shelter (though I haven't been without a cat for 40 yrs, and I
love them) because of these health issues and the money involved.
(I've spent approx. $850 on vet care in the last 8 months; they came
with some kind of virulent viral infection that has caused all types
of secondary URI'S, eye infections, and have never been well enough to
even get their routine vaccines, two vets have told me they'll
eventually 'grow' out of it.  And it does seem to be improving.)  BUT,
I can not afford (financially or stress wise) these continued health
probs.

I also don't know how she could have ANY kind of infection as she's
been through 3 full rounds of amoxicillin and eye ointment in the last
eight months, the last ending about 3 weeks ago.  And they are totally
inside cats.  

Never in my life have I had cats w/these kinds of problems!  No more
rescue kittens for me!!!  And it's obviously unfair to them to not get
vet care if needed...

btw, she slept for over an hour, very comfortably, I might add, on my
lap this evening, no crying.  Now she's awake and crying (after having
a little snack!), but much less often, less intense (have you ever
been in a tiny 'efficiency' apartment with a screeching cat??? with
perhaps an ill cat that you can't do anything about???)

How big is your place? Can't you put her in a room with her
box and toys and food and water, far from where you sleep?
Put a fan or Hepa filter near your bed to help drown out
her cries? Or is there something besides the noise bothering you?

We had took in a pregnant stray, who went into heat about 6 weeks after
giving birth. The worst of it lasted about a week, but she was obviously
in heat at least the next week (just not as miserable.) When we took her
in for a spay the 3rd week, the vet said she was still in heat.

So, don't know how most last, but Maggie was at least 3 weeks.

Rhonda