>From:    Randy Wilde <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: female in heat?
>
>Can anyone give me some signs of when a female is in heat?  All I know is
>that the vulva swells and that the period is between March and August.
>Also, can a female come into heat after being fixed?  Sorry for being so
>naive.
 
I think I can assume that by "fixed" you mean spayed.  The obvious
indication of being in heat is the swollen vulva.  A spayed female cannot
come into heat, but there are two things that will give the swollenvulva
sign.  First is a piece of an ovarie was missed when she was spayed.  The
other is adrenal gland disease.  Usually with adrenals, you also get some
balding.  In either case it requires surgery, either to remove the ovarian
remnant or to remove the diseased adrenal gland.
 
--
Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
[log in to unmask]
 
URA Redneck if you think a Volvo is a part of a woman's anatomy.
[Posted in FML issue 3728]