Spayed cat in heat? Could a retained ovary mean another surgery?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | 2 years and 6 months old
Hello I have a 2 year and 6 months female cat that’s is spayed. I spayed her a few months ago but her vet told me that the surgery was a bit rare as they could’t find one ovary and so they left it Before the surgery my cat would always roll on the floor and scream but after she got spayed she was fine for only 3months then she got back to how she was before. As such do u think it’s because of this lost ovary? Do I need to do the surgery again for them to find it? Iwould appreciate any advice
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Published on February 3rd, 2020
Yes, this will be due to the ovary left behind. Because this ovary is still there, it's releases hormones and causing Kitty to have symptoms of heat. Yes, surgery is recommended to find that ovary and remove it.
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Published on July 17th, 2018
IT's not normal but rarely a very small piece of ovary might not have been removed for various reasons (accidentally of course, not intentionally). if this is the case you will have to test it over several months, if this keeps happening your vet will have to do a special blood test to confirm my suspicion. if the test comes back positive your vet will need to do another surgery, look for this little piece of ovary and hopefully find it and remove it, unfortunately this is not always the case and in some cases the vet does not find it. in such a case there is an alternative in a form of hormonal implant that needs to be done once every 6-12 months.
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