Hi Dr. Pam
I am posting for a new member.

This is her post below. Any help would be appreciated.

Michelle_6 said -

Hi. After reading post-op stories here, I am very sympathetic to everyone whose cat is struggling, I feel very fortunate because my kitten has no cancer and seems to have almost recovered after 2 weeks.

I adopted a kitten from a gas station with a broken/dangling back leg Thanksgiving weekend. We assume that it was a car crash, but don't know. The vet thinks she is around 6 months old, but could be older? She was already running around on 3 legs when we found her. The back leg had a crushed tib and fibula. It dangled and was only hanging by skin and muscle. The vet thought the injury had been 3-4 weeks before we found her. After several vet opinions who all recommended amputation, we had the surgery performed 12/14. She is now 2 weeks post op and luckily doing great! Maybe because she had already adapted to three legs?

For the last 36 hours she has been howling, extremely affectionate, needy, etc. I am 99% sure she is in heat! Ugh! The only female cats I have had were spayed before their first heat, so this is new to me. She sounds like a child wailing when she howls- horrible! Every time we fall asleep at night, she wakes us up either howling or desperately demanding attention and petting.

I assume I have to wait out this heat cycle, but am open to any suggestions for dealing with it. I would like to have her spayed ASAP!!

Does anyone know how long I have to wait between the two surgeries?
Thank you.
Michelle