Do female cats gain weight after being spayed??

Question

My 3 year old cat was spayed June 23 and weighed 9 pounds now she weighs 15 pounds does spaying do that to your pet cause i neuter her son and he was 5 pounds and now he's 9 pounds and that was july 23..Any help out there thank you

Answer 1

Cats only gain weight from lack of exercise and from eating too much.  Try a lite formula cat food and get the kitties busy. Try feather on a stick toys. My cats can't resist them.  Big cardboard boxes they can jump in and out of are favorites around here too. You might want the vet to look at these two.  That's a big weight gain in a small time period.

Answer 2

yes that is normal, but if it gets excessive i would take her to the vet.

some people say it's not normal, but i've had 3 cats spayed and they all gained weight and my vet told me that was normal.

Answer 3

It should be noted that it is true that altering a cat will cause weight gain only if the amount of food fed is similar to before the surgery. Studies have shown that caloric requirements for weight maintenance were significantly decreased 8 and 16 weeks after neutering surgery.

Changes in NEFA suppression, caloric intake, and leptin concentrations may be indicators of, and possible risk factors for, the development of obesity in cats after neutering. - American Journal of Veterinary Research

May 2002, Vol. 63, No. 5, Pages 634-639

doi: 10.2460/ajvr.2002.63.634

In layperson terms, hormonal changes in an altered male or female cause them to be less active - male is less likely to roam and female is less likely to move about announcing her sexual receptiveness. Because less energy is being exerted, calorie requirement would have to be decreased - meaning feeding less.

With that said, a cat that has been altered should not be free fed dry kibbles 24/7 and should eat high quality premium diet which fulfill their nutritional requirements with smaller serving size. Neutered and spayed cats require only 75-80% of the food given to intact cats.

What you need to do now is to gradually decrease the amount of food you are feeding if you are feeding the same amount before the surgery. The key work here is to decrease slowly and over time, your cat should be losing the extra weight, but never more than a pound in two weeks time.

In conclusion, a fixed cat will only get fat if his food intake is not monitored and allowed to eat as much as he wanted.

Answer 4

They can because they may become lazier, just watch what she eats and try to keep her active. This is more comman with indoor cats.

Answer 5

Yes that happens a lot to cats of any gender if they get spayed/neutered,

I wouldn't worry too much about her it is perfectly normal.

Just make sure she doesn't get too overweight as it can result in heart problems. Just take her for annual vet check ups to make sure she doesn't become obese.

If she does become obese then put her on a diet.

Gl with your fat cat!

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Answer 6

You need to feed proper food which means no kitty crack!





Nutrition since there are so many bad things out there is very important to your cat’s health

Contrary to what you may have heard; dry foods are not a great thing to feed a cat.

Please read the label on what you are feeding? What are the ingredients? Do you know what they mean? Is the first ingrdiant a muscle meat like chicken or meal or other things?

http://www.catinfo.org/#Learn_How_To_Rea...

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring04...

Dry foods are the number 1 cause of diabetes in cats as well as being a huge contributing factor to kidney disease, obesity, crystals, u.t.i’s and a host of other problems. Food allergies are very common when feeding dry foods. Rashes, scabs behind the tail and on the chin are all symptoms

The problems associated with Dry food is that they are loaded with grains and carbohydrates which many cats (carnivores) cannot process.  Also, Most of the moisture a cat needs is suppose to be in the food but in

Dry, 95% of it is zapped out of dry foods in the processing. Another thing, most use horrible ingredients and don't use a muscle meat as the primary ingredient and use vegetable based protein versus animal. Not good for an animal that has to eat meat to survive.

http://www.catinfo.org/#My_Cat_is_Doing_...

You want to pick a canned food w/o gravy (gravy=carbs) that uses a muscle meat as the first ingredient and doesn't have corn at least in the first 3 ingredients if at all.    The best food for cats does not contain any grains at all.

Fancy feast is a middle grade food with 9lives, friskies  whiskas lower grade canned and wellness and merrick upper grade human quality foods. I would rather feed a middle grade canned food then the top of the line dry food.

Also, dry food is not proven to be better for teeth. Does a hard pretzel clean your teeth or do pieces of it get stuck? http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/bp...

Please read about cat nutrition.

                               http://www.newdestiny.us/nutritionbasics...

                               http://www.catinfo.org/feline_obesity.ht...

      http://maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.ht...

Vetinarian diets  The reason your vet thinks so highly of the pet food they sell probably has more to do with money than nutrition. In vet school, the only classes offered on nutrition usually last a few weeks, and are taught by representatives from the pet food companies. Vet students may also receive free food for their own dogs and cats at home. They could get an Iams notebook, a Purina purse and some free pizza.  http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring04...