PDSA Vet Nurse, Nina Downing, explains: “For females, spaying includes eradicating the cat’s ovaries and sometimes their uterus (womb). Doing so not solely stops undesirable pregnancies, it additionally prevents or reduces the danger of a number of life-threatening sicknesses, together with most cancers of the womb and ovaries, in addition to pyometra, a really critical and probably deadly womb an infection.”
Olive’s story


One-year-old cat Olive was rushed into her native PDSA Pet Hospital for emergency surgical procedure after her proprietor observed worrying signs.
Marie, (35), defined: “Olive is normally a unusual little cat with a giant character. If she’s not snuggling as much as us, she’s operating round doing “zoomies”. So when she grew to become unsettled, we knew one thing wasn’t proper.
“My 10-year-old daughter, Tiffany-Rose, adores Olive – they’re very shut. But while she was giving her regular fuss, she observed that Olive wasn’t appearing her regular self and questioned if one thing is perhaps fallacious. When Tiffany-Rose instructed me I went to test on her, and that’s once I noticed discharge coming from her again finish, which involved me.
“I rapidly rang the staff at my native PDSA Pet Hospital. When I defined her signs they requested me to deliver her in immediately.”
When the vet examined Olive, they had been involved about her signs, so she was admitted for additional assessments. PDSA Head Nurse, Kay Brough, defined: “When Olive arrived, she appeared okay in herself, nonetheless discharge from the vulva space could be a tell-tale signal of a uterus an infection. We admitted her for an ultrasound scan to take a look at her womb.
“The scan confirmed the prognosis of pyometra so we put her on a fluid drip, prescribed some antibiotics and gave her some ache aid to maintain her snug while we ready for surgical procedure.
“Pyometra, typically referred to as “pyo”, is an an infection contained in the uterus (womb) that ceaselessly results in sepsis if not handled promptly. Any unneutered feminine cat or canine is susceptible to growing a pyometra. Symptoms can embody discharge like Olive skilled, bloating of the stomach, consuming extra and peeing extra, and a change of their power ranges.”
Surgery to take away her contaminated womb passed off and she or he was given time to get well earlier than Marie was contacted to return and accumulate her.
Marie stated: “It was scary how rapidly all of it occurred, and had it not been for my daughter recognising Olive wasn’t her regular self, I’m unsure what place we’d have been in now. Ultimately, PDSA saved her life.
“Thankfully, Olive was capable of come house that night time. The vet instructed me that the surgical procedure was profitable with no issues, and she or he ought to get well effectively at house with us. After two visits to test she was therapeutic, we got the all clear and she or he’s now again to her regular nosey and affectionate self.”