What if I don't get my cat spayed?

Question

She will be indoors always. My male cat is neutered. I feel like paying for an expensive surgery that she will be traumatized by may not really be useful. Always I don't want her to get pregnant but there isn't any chance of that. She's never out of the apartment. What are the other consequences of not spaying your pet.

Answer 1

She will be at risk for infections and cancers of the reproductive tract.  Unspayed cats who don't have litters are especially at risk of developing a deadly uterine infection called Pyometra. She will also go into heat almost constantly during the summer making you and her miserable. She's likely to escape to find a mate.  Have her spayed.

Please read this article on Pyometra.  You DON"T want your cat to suffer from this.

http://www.congocoon.com/Links.html

Cats do not need to have a litter to be happy. In fact, mother cats are burdened by kittens.

Answer 2

you would be better getting her spayed... it will be more traumatizing if that 1 time she is out of the apartment she gets pregnant and has her babies took from her...

good luck!!

also when they are spayed they are more friendly!:]

Answer 3

I was like you. I have a neutered male and then got a female, and thought I wouldn't spay her, because she is indoors anyway.

Well, when she got into heat, I was so sad for her, that I got her spayed at once. She suffered. She stopped eating and became skinny and I practically force fed her. She was moaning all the time and rubbing herself against the floor, she was lying down all the time showing the male cat her bum and trying to get some s*x, but in vain, the poor thing had nothing else in mind and it was very frustrating for her.  

Plus, she has the risk of developping pyometra, a serious womb infection or uterine cancer, without you finding out in time.

So, she was spayed, she felt a bit sore for 2-3 days, but after that she is a happy playful healthy cat. And her love affair with my male cat is still on, but with no s*x involved (they still l**k each other, sleep together, etc.)

Answer 4

I have read that if a female cat or dog gets to have one litter and then get spayed they will be relaxed and happy..especially if they get to keep at least one of their baby's....I have 3 male indoor cats and I did not have them neutered or declawed in case they ever did get out and get lost they will still have what God gave them...claws and balls...and they make me laugh every day...I love them just the way they are...but I do have to change the litter box 4 times a day or they make me pay for it.

Answer 5

I think you should always spay/neuter your pets.  Even if your male cat is neutered, she'll still go in heat every year (I think it's twice a year actually, not positive)  It's kind of distressing to watch them in heat because they seem so uncomfortable, plus they spray liquid that smells.

She'll be fine after a week or so, depending on her age. I got my cat spayed when she was still young and it didn't affect her at all! She was still running around the house and playing, we couldn't get her  to rest!

http://cats.about.com/cs/pregnancybirth/...

There's a site with some info on going into heat.

(From the site) If your female cat does not mate, she will go into oestrus (heat) as often as every two to three weeks, for several months each year, until she either mates or is spayed.

Answer 6

Pros- they can't become pregant which is good since shelters are overflowing with kittens/cats. They stop meowing really loudly like they do when they are in heat. Your cat won't try to escape the house trying to look for a parthner.

Cons- your cat behaves a little different for like a week, but they usully get better.

Answer 7

It is found that it can possibly increase the lifespan of your cat. Also if you don't spay your cat she probably will go through "heat" and sorta of make a nest in your covers is she will sleep on your bed and be more lovey during that period. I personally didn't spay my ca and she lived till 18 so you don't have to honestly it's more important to neuter the male because if you don't they will spray.

Answer 8

There is always a chance believe me.  When the girl goes into heat she will try to escape by any means possible to find a mate.  It will also make her healthier.  I just got my cat spayed and she was skinny and since the surgery which was two weeks ago she has gained almost 3 pounds that she needed.  She won't be traumatized. A little mad maybe.  It will help her live longer since she will be less at risk for certain cancer.  My girls drove me absolutely nuts when they where in heat with the loud meowing all night long and I couldn't sleep. Besides how would you like to be in heat?  It doesn't look like to much fun to me. It also calms them down and makes her more affectionate.  You should consider the surgery.

Answer 9

Everyone else are making very good points.

Even apart from all the diseases, as soon as you see your poor baby in heat, and realise she has to go through that every month, maybe even more, you will get her spayed.

Answer 10

ha, an indoors only unaltered female cat?

That is going to be one annoying cat. When the girls go into heat, not only do they bleed all over they also scream.

It's a very obnoxious noise that doesn't stop, no matter what you do (short of killing it obviously).

She'll also look for anyway out of the apartment. Open windows, when you come home/leave, etc. She'll wait by the door for you to come back in hopes of squeezing out.

Male cats that aren't altered will smell her. They'll come from MILES away and start fighting outside the  building, spraying, etc

There are a lot of health benefits to get your cat fixed. Less risk of cancer is one of them.

Answer 11

you need to or it will go crazy one day or it will get pregnat with a stray do you want kittens thats what i thought so get it fixed my dad doesnt want my dog to cause they shave their balls off ewwwwwwwwwww!!!!

Answer 12

Each heat cycle she goes in to will increase her risk of developing mammary cancer and pyometria.  And while you can decide that she's to stay indoors, she will be hearing "the call of nature" and may really, really want to get out.  If she does slip out, she'll return pregnant, and exposed to all the diseases you want to prevent by keeping her indoors.

Getting her spayed will not traumatize her in the least, it's not like a declaw surgery!  She will be sore for a day or two, but after that totally back to normal.  She will have more trauma with having the hormonal spikes that come with going in and out of heat, over and over again.

Getting her spayed is really in her best interest.