Learn About Post Delivery Heat in Cats

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" Hi! I am Dr. Adrienne Mulligan, I am the owner of Camp Verde Veterinary Clinic and I am here today on behalf of expertvillage.com. I am here to speak to you about breeding cats. Another thing to understand about cats that have had kittens, they go right back into being in heat. As I have said before the cats are generally always in heat, they aren’t usually out of heat except when they are pregnant, so they are going to go back into heat right after having kittens. So if you think that your cat is nursing kittens, if you let her out the door, and if you think she can’t get pregnant because she is nursing kittens, it is myth, she can. So it is a very good idea to take her in and get her spayed even before the kittens, she can be spayed even while she is nursing the kittens; a good veterinarian will get down there between the milk glands, and not disturb those milk glands, and get her spayed so that she doesn’t end up with another litter and back in the same boat. So that is something to be aware of. And the other thing I would like to say about that is, that you’re dealing with kittens that are not purebreds, they are strays or at least just mixed breeds; and there are so many of those out there to be had, that I don’t it is fair that we continue to add to that population; and you really should think about taking all of your kittens and getting them spayed, they can be spayed as early as eight weeks if you find the veterinarian who will do it, many will do it these days; and it has been proven to have no untoward complications to have them spayed and neutered at eight weeks of age; and so getting the kittens from that litter spayed early before you adopt them out, then you are going to do a large part towards preventing unwanted kittens in the future. "