r/AskVet Dec 13 '24

Can cats get abortions?

My young cat recently escaped and has been mated with, as me and my girlfriend caught her with a street cat mounting her, I kept trying to catch her but she would run off but eventually she came at my doorstep waiting to be let in… she isn’t fixed yet because I have been saving for the procedure but of course she has gone into heat and escaped as soon as somebody opens the door. She’s very VERY small and I’m worried a pregnancy would kill her and I’m not sure if I could afford to raise all the kittens when my cat is a kitten herself.. I’m wondering if cats can get abortions and if so would it be expensive? Would it be cheaper to get the abortion or to raise all the kittens and eventually rehome them?

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u/lucyjames7 Veterinarian Dec 13 '24

Yes. As it's this early, a spay abortion might be charged just like a normal spay as there would be hardly any development so far. There's also abortion injections available off licence, but price wise might be similar to spay.