How Is a Female Cat Spayed?
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The best time to spay a female cat is between 6 months and 1 year; delaying increases the risk of pyometra, mammary tumors, ovarian cysts, and false pregnancy. The procedure uses deep anesthesia, opens the abdomen with a scalpel, removes the uterus and ovaries, then sutures the incision.
Withhold food and water for 6-8 hours before surgery and about 6 hours after. After spaying, fit the cat with an Elizabethan collar to prevent licking the wound and causing infection.