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Originally Posted by bjh  Yes, it is very common for females to have a change in personality for about two months following the heat cycle. Your little girl should be back to normal after that and that would probably be the best time to have her spayed, otherwise you will have to deal with these mood changes after every heat cycle. |
If you get her spayed before she has a second heat cycle, her risk of getting cancer as she gets older is only 8%. (Spaying females before they ever have a heat cycle eliminates the risk altogether).
If she has a second heat cycle, her risk of mammary cancer jumps to 25%, the same as an unspayed female.