"Nadine" wrote in message
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A very good friend of mine who has taken over running our local
shelter decided to try EAN (?). She asked me what I thought of it and
since I have had no personal experience with it (my vet/boss doesn't
believe in it) I told her what I had heard from people in these groups.
Some here have said it's fine and even easier on the animals.

The younger of my two cats, Rizzo, was neutered at about ten weeks. (He was
originally adopted by another family who returned him to the shelter because
their dog didn't like him!). He's very healthy (the vet's words, not my own
wishful thinking), very happy, and I can't see where it's afftected him
negatively in any way. He's very active and gets along famously with my
other cat, Jack. It certainly hasn't impacted his growth, which is
explosive. He's just about six months old now, and is getting to be quite
the big galoot.

The local animal shelter does it routinely, and having now met numerous
people who've adopted cats from there, I'd say if anything they're
uncommonly healthy.