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Posted On Jun 23, 2025

Updated On Jul 16, 2025

Uterine Prolapse - Reproductive Emergency

Emergency & Critical Care

Contributed by Melissa Holahan, DVM, DACVECC

If you've never seen one before, this is what a uterine prolapse in a cat looks like:

A wet dog with a wound on its back AI-generated content may be incorrect.


In fact, this is a severe uterine prolapse. After the patient was stabilized and antibiotics were initiated, surgical intervention was performed. She made a full recovery. 


Originally posted on May 16, 2014