I'm glad they got it in time, and that your mum seems convinced enough of the severity of the situation to get the other cat spayed as well. My gf's budgie had a similar situation the other week - a lump on her abdomen was dismissed by vets as a 'fatty tumour' and a 'painless hernia' for weeks, if not months, when my gf suspected the poor girl was egg-bound (unable to lay an egg which is stuck inside her). When they eventually took her in for surgery, as the lump was so big it kept catching on things and bleeding everywhere (and birdie bleeding is a major deal, since they have really fast circulation and not a lot of blood), do you know what it turned out to be? THREE eggs stuck inside her. So they gave her a hysterectomy to avoid any future egg issues, since she'd had issues with being egg-bound before.
So, anyway, glad to hear your kitty is going to be okay :)
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Date: 2011-10-21 03:55 pm (UTC)My gf's budgie had a similar situation the other week - a lump on her abdomen was dismissed by vets as a 'fatty tumour' and a 'painless hernia' for weeks, if not months, when my gf suspected the poor girl was egg-bound (unable to lay an egg which is stuck inside her). When they eventually took her in for surgery, as the lump was so big it kept catching on things and bleeding everywhere (and birdie bleeding is a major deal, since they have really fast circulation and not a lot of blood), do you know what it turned out to be? THREE eggs stuck inside her. So they gave her a hysterectomy to avoid any future egg issues, since she'd had issues with being egg-bound before.
So, anyway, glad to hear your kitty is going to be okay :)