Thread: neutering age?
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Old May 17th 05, 01:05 PM
Wendy
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"Philip" wrote in message
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-L. wrote:
ElvisRocks wrote:
Hi all - I am getting two more kittens (Cali & Randi are fine now so
now I'm able to add to my family) from the same shelter I got Cali,
but they are in foster care - about 3 months old - two boys. They
are not neutered yet; what is the general age they do this now? When
I got Randi he was done at 9 weeks before I got him. I'm getting
them the end of the week. One is a longhair gray and the other is
black & white.
They're so cute - both males. Carol


G;aad you are adding to your family. They can be safely neutered now,
as long as they weigh 2 lbs. They have to weigh at least that much to
be developmentally ready to handle anesthesia.

-L.


It's instructive to note that women cat owners lop off a cats balls as

soon
as the cat can stand the anesthesia while male cat owners perfer to wait
until the first yowls of mating occur. Funny that difference. Wonder how
much of this is owner projection?






Well this woman cat owner doesn't fit your stereotype. I wait till my girls
are 6 mos and the boys 7 (or obviously sexually mature earlier) before
getting them neutered. I had never heard of very young kittens being
neutered until just recently so I guess it's a case of old dogs, new tricks
and all that. I'll wait for a generation of cats to be neutered young and
see what the long term effects are before risking my own. But that's just
me.

W