Nuetering

Brad wrote:
I haven't finished reading all the posts yet but I visited three vets
today to interview them for taking care of my cat. The one that made
the most sense to me said around three months or whenever the
testicles drop because if you do it before they drop you have to go
into the stomach to get them and its much more invasive of a
procedure
than if you waited till they dropped.

Seems to make alot of sense to me, none mentioned anything about
weight being a factor so three vets 3, 4, and 5 months with only one
good explanation of why.


Brad

FWIW most testes drop well before that. You can test to see if they're
dropped by gently palpitating them.

The "2 pound rule" is for anesthesia. Before they weigh two pounds,
their organs aren't developed enough to handle the anesthesia. Weight
is a much better determinate than age because cats grow at different
rates. There may be a 3-mo-old kitten that weighs under two pounds due
to malnutrition, for example.

-L.

On 6 May 2005 03:16:36 -0700, "-L." wrote:


Brad wrote:
I haven't finished reading all the posts yet but I visited three vets
today to interview them for taking care of my cat. The one that made
the most sense to me said around three months or whenever the
testicles drop because if you do it before they drop you have to go
into the stomach to get them and its much more invasive of a
procedure
than if you waited till they dropped.

Seems to make alot of sense to me, none mentioned anything about
weight being a factor so three vets 3, 4, and 5 months with only one
good explanation of why.


Brad

FWIW most testes drop well before that. You can test to see if they're
dropped by gently palpitating them.

The "2 pound rule" is for anesthesia. Before they weigh two pounds,
their organs aren't developed enough to handle the anesthesia. Weight
is a much better determinate than age because cats grow at different
rates. There may be a 3-mo-old kitten that weighs under two pounds due
to malnutrition, for example.

-L.


Makes sense.....thanks for all the opinions........two weeks and
counting till I get him........

Brad

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