My cat was spayed two years ago at about age one year. She had previously had a few heat cycles, never was pregnant. It seems to me that soon after she was spayed, like within a couple of months, the fur on her stomach, from the middle of her stomach back toward her butt, got noticeably longer than all over the rest of her (domestic shorthair). It still is that way. It's not a problem, but I just wondered if that's a normal aging thing, or related to the spaying, or what?
2006-08-06 12:18:14 · 4 answers · asked by catintrepid 5 in Pets ➔ Cats
I dont think it has anything to do with spaying, I think it is the nature or genetics of the cat.
2006-08-06 12:26:14 · answer #1 · answered by CatLambe 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i don't have any experience, but i would think that maybe it has to do with both. On one side maybe her body is reacting to the spaying, growing thicker hair there as a sort of protection for the sensative spot. On the other hand, my cat has always had long tufty hair in that area and she is also a domestic shorthair.
2006-08-06 19:25:17 · answer #2 · answered by lotr_seom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My female cat had the same result, and I'm thinking it does have something to do with the fact that she was shaved there. She is eight years old and her belly hair nearly touches the floor even though she is also a domestic shorthair. LOL It's quite comical to watch her run with her fluffy (fat) little belly flopping back and forth.
2006-08-06 19:27:48 · answer #3 · answered by Evil Wordmonger, LTD LOL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was she shaved there for the surgery? That might be the reason it grew in differently...
2006-08-06 19:25:17 · answer #4 · answered by Petey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋