I caught a new stray and am now fostering her. She's front declawed and was out in our semi-remote rural area. Poor baby! I'm sure that she was formerly someone's indoor cat and was terrified when she was out trying to survive in the wild. She is very underweight, but I'm working on the weight gain thing.
Our rescue kind of hedged for awhile on what to do about spaying. Apparently this is a very uncommon scenario for them. In the end, she was FIV/FelV tested, vaccinated, and treated with Revolution. She was shaved and they didn't see a visible spay scar. However, last fall, I had a foster cat who accidentally got a 2nd surgery due to no visible spay scar. So I know that not having a visible scar doesn't rule out prior spay surgery.
Apparently, there are occasionally cats around here who are declawed and not spayed/neutered, because the vet said that they see cases of that on occasion.
The rescue ended up deciding on a "wait and see" approach.
What signs should I be watching for?
Our rescue kind of hedged for awhile on what to do about spaying. Apparently this is a very uncommon scenario for them. In the end, she was FIV/FelV tested, vaccinated, and treated with Revolution. She was shaved and they didn't see a visible spay scar. However, last fall, I had a foster cat who accidentally got a 2nd surgery due to no visible spay scar. So I know that not having a visible scar doesn't rule out prior spay surgery.
Apparently, there are occasionally cats around here who are declawed and not spayed/neutered, because the vet said that they see cases of that on occasion.
The rescue ended up deciding on a "wait and see" approach.
What signs should I be watching for?