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Hi all,
I have a 5 year old pair of Siamese cats, Halo(female) and Wafer(male) which I want to get neutered/spayed. When I adopted them I didn’t have much experience with cats. But I did find out about the procedure then. And I was planning on getting them through with it but then one of my friend told me how her cat died after her spay surgery went wrong. And after I heard horrific incident that I just got so scared. I backed down. There was no way I was going to let my cats go through so much pain and then die.
Now 4 years and two litter of kittens (which I have kept with me since I wasn’t able to find good homes for them) later. I really really understand the importance of getting the cats neutered/ spayed. During the last 6 months I made an appointment with the best and the most expensive vet in the city thrice!!.. but every time I just got scared and didn’t go. I am from Pakistan and there is really no accountability here as far as veterinary care is concerned. So if the vet screws up and God forbade something happens to my cats, he won’t even say sorry, let alone try and fix, and I won’t be able to live with the fact that my cat died because of me, because I put her through the surgery.
But on the other hand I just can’t handle anymore kittens, I already have 7. And I really can’t go through anymore heat cycles, trying to keep Halo inside. And with wafer spraying urine everywhere, running off , getting into fights with stray cats, especially my neighbour’s cat (the neighbour is not very happy about that), he’s becoming very aggressive. Especially during Halo’s heat cycles. It’s world war 3 in my house every few months!
What’s more is that Wafer has “monorchidism” and the vet’s office told me he won’t go through the normal neuter routine. They’d have to make an incision in his belly to find the non-descended testicle. I just heard “incision”, I picked him up and told the vet I will come back later and never went back. After that I made two more appointments intermittently, on the phone. But just couldn’t find the courage to take them.
So now I have 9 intact cats at my home right now. 7 are still young but I am not anticipating all the trouble once they grow up as intact cats. And I am just too scared to get them fixed. I don’t know what to do.
I am sorry for such a long email. I am just really stressed. And I don’t quite know why I am writing this here and what sort of advice am I looking for…
But thanks a lot for reading!
Best Regards,
I have a 5 year old pair of Siamese cats, Halo(female) and Wafer(male) which I want to get neutered/spayed. When I adopted them I didn’t have much experience with cats. But I did find out about the procedure then. And I was planning on getting them through with it but then one of my friend told me how her cat died after her spay surgery went wrong. And after I heard horrific incident that I just got so scared. I backed down. There was no way I was going to let my cats go through so much pain and then die.
Now 4 years and two litter of kittens (which I have kept with me since I wasn’t able to find good homes for them) later. I really really understand the importance of getting the cats neutered/ spayed. During the last 6 months I made an appointment with the best and the most expensive vet in the city thrice!!.. but every time I just got scared and didn’t go. I am from Pakistan and there is really no accountability here as far as veterinary care is concerned. So if the vet screws up and God forbade something happens to my cats, he won’t even say sorry, let alone try and fix, and I won’t be able to live with the fact that my cat died because of me, because I put her through the surgery.
But on the other hand I just can’t handle anymore kittens, I already have 7. And I really can’t go through anymore heat cycles, trying to keep Halo inside. And with wafer spraying urine everywhere, running off , getting into fights with stray cats, especially my neighbour’s cat (the neighbour is not very happy about that), he’s becoming very aggressive. Especially during Halo’s heat cycles. It’s world war 3 in my house every few months!
What’s more is that Wafer has “monorchidism” and the vet’s office told me he won’t go through the normal neuter routine. They’d have to make an incision in his belly to find the non-descended testicle. I just heard “incision”, I picked him up and told the vet I will come back later and never went back. After that I made two more appointments intermittently, on the phone. But just couldn’t find the courage to take them.
So now I have 9 intact cats at my home right now. 7 are still young but I am not anticipating all the trouble once they grow up as intact cats. And I am just too scared to get them fixed. I don’t know what to do.
I am sorry for such a long email. I am just really stressed. And I don’t quite know why I am writing this here and what sort of advice am I looking for…
But thanks a lot for reading!
Best Regards,