This has always weighed on me heavily but I know that spay aborts are a necessary downside of TNR. What are your thoughts on this - spay/aborts? Can you help ease our minds when having to make that difficult decision. I know sometimes we just do not know until the vet tells us when we pick up the newly altered feral cat. Most times we do not even know IF they are male or female.
Nursing feral cats. Can a nursing feral momma cat that has been just spayed still nurse her kittens upon her release back outside? For how long will she still have milk and be willing to nurse her kittens? There was one time my vet called me before he did the surgery saying that the cat was a female and it looked like she just gave birth and was nursing. After a quick discussion, it was decided that I would pick up this female - allow her to wake up - and then release her immediately to go tend to her kittens - then try to re-trap her and kittens when they were weaned. Is this what most TNR vets do, call the caretaker's to come pick up the female nursing cat and return them outside immediately OR do they still go ahead with the spay surgery? This is another part of TNR that causes me much grief. Can you give us some reassurance that we are still doing what is best for the overall goal of decreasing feral cat population by having to take a nursing momma unbeknownst to us into the vet to be spayed.
Thank you for taking the time to answer!
Nursing feral cats. Can a nursing feral momma cat that has been just spayed still nurse her kittens upon her release back outside? For how long will she still have milk and be willing to nurse her kittens? There was one time my vet called me before he did the surgery saying that the cat was a female and it looked like she just gave birth and was nursing. After a quick discussion, it was decided that I would pick up this female - allow her to wake up - and then release her immediately to go tend to her kittens - then try to re-trap her and kittens when they were weaned. Is this what most TNR vets do, call the caretaker's to come pick up the female nursing cat and return them outside immediately OR do they still go ahead with the spay surgery? This is another part of TNR that causes me much grief. Can you give us some reassurance that we are still doing what is best for the overall goal of decreasing feral cat population by having to take a nursing momma unbeknownst to us into the vet to be spayed.
Thank you for taking the time to answer!
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