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Michael Kelly - 04 Oct 2003 05:12 GMT

Hello... I took our kitten to the vet on Wednesday to spayed. When I
picked
her up on Thursday, the vet told me something interesting. When she was
opened
her up, there was nothing there. This is a kitten that we had adopted from
a
pet shelter. The shelter had told us that she was approximately four months
old
and needed to be spayed within a month. The vet assumed that the kitten
must
have had a prior owner and gotten spayed before she was dropped off at the
shelter. If that was the case, wouldn't there have been a scar from where
she
was opened up before, or is it possible for a kitten to be born without the
necessary organs to reproduce?

Mike

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Karen - 04 Oct 2003 05:48 GMT

> Hello... I took our kitten to the vet on Wednesday to spayed. When I
> picked
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> Mike

That young, the scar would have been tiny and closed up fast. It's quite
possible there was no scar. Strange though.

Karen

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m. L. Briggs - 04 Oct 2003 21:41 GMT

> Hello... I took our kitten to the vet on Wednesday to spayed. When I
>picked
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>
>Mike

In 1983 my Siamese (RB) adopted me. When I took her to the Vet (after
about 6 weeks) for shots, he estimated her age about two years old.
We decided it best to have her spayed. The Vet said when he opened
her there was nothing there. He looked carefully to be sure there
were no immature organs. He said there was no scar that they saw when
they shaved her belly. He felt badly and so did I for having made her
go through the surgery. She did live to age 16. MLB

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Mary - 05 Oct 2003 23:28 GMT

The cat we adopted last year was from a cat rescue organization... who
spays their "catches" at 8 weeks. I can find no scar on her tummy,
although she was spayed 18 months ago.

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Sunflower - 07 Oct 2003 03:08 GMT

> Hello... I took our kitten to the vet on Wednesday to spayed. When I
> picked
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>
> Mike

Many juvenile spays don't show scarring at all. That's why the vet I work
with highlights the incision with tatoo ink so that it's visible if the
animal somehow finds another home. I wish more vets would do this, all it
takes is a couple of drops right in the incision. It's simple and easy and
prevents the trauma of future anesthesia. We also do the males so that
there is no confusion about them possibly being cryptorchid.

Sunflower

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