Is My Spayed Cat Pregnant?

[Cohn]

Ok so I fostered this 7 mo old kitten. Fell in love w her.. had her spayed. But shortly after her bk 2 mammary glands started to swell. She’s now at the adoption charity center & I went & visited her today (b/c i miss her terribly) and she looks pregnant! Her abdomen looks swollen, still enlarged mammary (like they contain milk), her other nipples are padded. I kept asking the tech... I think she’s pregnant! I couldn’t stop saying that. But she reassured me that it was just balancing hormones bc she was a little pregnant when she was spayed. Idk,. I’ve combed the Internet & I see a lot of false pregnancy info but usually the cat has not been altered. I even called the vet & she said “there’s no way she can be pregnant bc she does not have the anatomy.. & to bring her in bc it was a bit ‘atypical’”. So what does this sound like anything you know about? I’ve been struggling w a decision about adopting her out but I don’t want kittens if there was some fluke. I had her 33 days as a foster.. it would 63 days (I counted, if the vet didn’t do her spay correctly or at all). Last thing... I did take her to the clinic & picked her up she was drugged fm anthesisa & she had an incision.. but I’m seriously baffled. They are free feeding her which I was upset about that.. bc I only fed her 1/4 c x2 daily.

 

[StefanZ]

If the clinic has many spayings similtaneoisly it happens once on a while they miss somebody. So be prepared and wait out the delivery time...

 

[Cohn]

Just don’t why she’d was drugged & had an incision.. on her paper work it says “spay w pregnancy no complications”

 

[StefanZ]

Yes. Still as the proverb says: hope for the best but be prepared...

 

[Sarthur2]

Why don’t you bring her home and see what happens?

It’s possible it is just her hormones if she was spayed at nearly a full-term pregnancy.

Also, 1/4 cup 2x per day is not enough food for a growing kitten.

 

[di and bob]

I think too it is hormones, they may take at least 6 weeks to settle down. She had the hormones already in her body when spayed. Yes, I always free feed kittens until they are one year old. Most of my adult cats free feed too. I think it depends on how active they are. Kittens use a tremendous amount of energy and need lots of calories and nutrition to grow right. It should not be curtailed.

 

[lacy2000]

I very highly doubt she is pregnant. If she had an incision, then I don’t know how they could have messed up or accidentally not spayed her. In a spay surgery, they remove the entire uterus. There is no possible way she could be pregnant without a uterus.

I think it’s the hormones. There is also such thing as a false pregnancy so if she gets bigger you may want to look into that.

Free feeding is ok for a cat under 1 year old. I usually free feed my cats until they are full grown because they need a lot of nutrients while growing. Then I feed meals when they are full grown to avoid them becoming overweight.

 

[Sarthur2]

Is there an update?

 

[jen]

Probably not pregnant, but you never know! Weird things happen! But I also agree that is not enough food for a growing kitten. She should be free fed kitten food, so perhaps she is now eating more and plumped up. That would be my guess.

 

[Cohn]

Update ... Suzy was adopted April 15th.. by couple. They have another cat & they get a long well. They said she was doing great but still has a tummy (swollen lower abdomen).. perhaps it’s just fat as she loves to eat.

 

[di and bob]

Thank you so much for the update! it is so nice to get good news. Many cats get that 'pouch' underneath as they get older, even males. I have two that don't and two that do. They look like nursing moms, but they are boys! You will be blessed for caring for these little ones, keep in touch!