Bit of background for those who haven't read my previous posts.
Genevieve (aka Stumpy) was taken to the shelter I volunteer at about a month ago when found injured after being hit by a car. She suffered a broken pelvis, and broken tail which got amputated (hence the nickname...). We fostered her a week ago, and fell in love with her immediately.
On the weekend we took her back to the shelter to get worming shots as she had tapeworm. When she was there they said "uh-oh, she's pregnant", due to her round belly and large nipples. Due her injuries, they didn't want her having babies, so said to bring her back in Monday (yesterday), to get her spayed and the pregnancy terminated (due to happen today).
I was working at the shelter all day so got to keep checking on her which was nice!
Turns out there was a placenta, and her uterus was enlarged, so she was pregnant, but there was no babies
So it seems that she was pregnant when she was hit by the car (probably not far along), but the trauma was most likely enough to cause the babies to be aborted. Poor little girl has had such a rough trot at only 10 months old
But now she's spayed, so she won't go through pregnancy again, and I'm hoping to adopt her and love her forever and have her as an inside cat so she will only get lots of love and attention for the rest of her life. We said we wouldn't have any permanent cats (only fosters), but she is just too gorgeous, and I think my hubby is coming around to the idea
We've got her for another week, so hopefully that's enough time for her to completely settle herself into our lives
She's doing really well after her spay as well. She's had a bit to eat and drink, has had a big cuddle and purr, isn't too wobbly, and is currently playing with a toy. She's definitely a fighter this one!
Genevieve (aka Stumpy) was taken to the shelter I volunteer at about a month ago when found injured after being hit by a car. She suffered a broken pelvis, and broken tail which got amputated (hence the nickname...). We fostered her a week ago, and fell in love with her immediately.
On the weekend we took her back to the shelter to get worming shots as she had tapeworm. When she was there they said "uh-oh, she's pregnant", due to her round belly and large nipples. Due her injuries, they didn't want her having babies, so said to bring her back in Monday (yesterday), to get her spayed and the pregnancy terminated (due to happen today).
I was working at the shelter all day so got to keep checking on her which was nice!
Turns out there was a placenta, and her uterus was enlarged, so she was pregnant, but there was no babies
But now she's spayed, so she won't go through pregnancy again, and I'm hoping to adopt her and love her forever and have her as an inside cat so she will only get lots of love and attention for the rest of her life. We said we wouldn't have any permanent cats (only fosters), but she is just too gorgeous, and I think my hubby is coming around to the idea
She's doing really well after her spay as well. She's had a bit to eat and drink, has had a big cuddle and purr, isn't too wobbly, and is currently playing with a toy. She's definitely a fighter this one!