Fur regrowth after surgery

Paul9856 · Jun 29, 2016

Our baby Belle has recently been sterilized and obviously the vet shaved a patch on her tummy, the question is does anyone know how long we should expect to wait for the fur to grow back?

Belle is a Scottish Straight aged just over 6 months and we are living in Kiev, Ukraine where the temperature is pushing 30C if that makes a difference.

Thanks in advance

Paul

margd · Jul 2, 2016

I'm sorry you haven't gotten any answers to your question yet. A lot of people wonder about hair regrowth but it does vary from cat to cat. It's been a long time since I had a cat spayed but I seem to remember it was just a couple of months before the hair was all grown back. She was a domestic short haired tabby though so if your girl has longer hair on her tummy, obviously it will take longer. Hopefully someone who has more experience in this will come along and give you a better answer!

reversedpolarit · Jul 3, 2016

My Arc has had to have several bits shaved over the last two months - on his front right leg and his neck. His leg fur grew back in maybe three weeks (it's just had to be done AGAIN, after a week it's maybe a quarter the length of the rest of his leg). His neck (he's a fluffly DSH) took just over a month to grow back in. Of course it varies quite a bit from cat to cat, but I'd say within two months her belly should be looking just as it was pre-spay.

I hope Belle is doing well.

GoldyCat · Jul 4, 2016

For my abyssinian it took about 4 months for the fur to grow back completely. It filled in fairly quickly, but you could still see the undercoat for a long time because it's so different from the rest of his fur.

Willowy · Jul 5, 2016

It's been about 2 months since Onyx was spayed, and her fur is almost all the way grown back. It just looks slightly fuzzier than the rest of her fur right now.