Cindy in Heat

Cindy is the smaller of my two cats(though strangely enough a little heavier), with finer, more delicate features- and thus, if my two felines were human, the more likely to get pregnant first. It almost comes as no surprise that she's been the first one to go into heat.

According to one of the Vets at the place I take my pets, cats will go into heat every three weeks or so for their whole lives. No menopause in there- which would actually be a relief. So I've now had two cats fixed once they started having trouble.

This was a big misconception of mine(no pun intended), that you had to wait until the animal has had a 'heat' episode to have them fixed. Cindy has had this problem for a not-so-good couple of months, and I've been waiting for her sister to follow suit so I could just have them both done at once. But Cindy had a particularly grueling siege just this last week and I just couldn't bear to see her in any more discomfort. So I just had her done.

Shoulda had them both done at once. The re-entry into the household was difficult, with her sister hissing at her and generally being a little shithead(after the surgery, she had the post-surgical smell of alcohol on her, which is anathema to cats ). Sis has since recognized her scent and gives her a conciliatory lick when near. They're not back to being buddies yet but their co-existence is much more amicable on this Sunday evening than it was Friday night. It's gotten a little better very slowly since then.

A rough go for Cindy, being boxed up in the carrier, hauled off and then cut open, then returned to a partly hostile home environment. But she is fixed now, and free from the monthly itch. I'm sure she'll thank me later. But not just now.