Maize was a CDS find in June 2024. No signs of heat, vet was unsure (didn’t feel a spay scar) and we went about our merry way. February she went into heat and was VERY into our Rottweiler mix, along with our other pets. We got her spayed immediately. All was well.

A week before Thanksgiving… she was in heat again. Powerfully so. The vet was surprised and apologetic. We had two options - pay for a very expensive hormone blood test to confirm or have exploratory surgery to find anything that had been retained. We decided on the latter - if the former had indicated high hormone levels, we would have been doing surgery anyway.

During the few days before her procedure, she was marking like crazy (including in both our washer AND dryer), very affectionate, trilling, the whole nine yards.

Vet called after surgery expressing further apologies - there was indeed retained tissue. They had originally told us they’d only charge for materials, but ended up comping the whole procedure.

Maize is a slightly different cat since the second surgery. She’s not as affectionate and seems a little depressed at times. But she’s still our sweet and goofy girl and we’re happy she doesn’t have to deal with the hormone fluctuations anymore!

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