First Heat

I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat
usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before
she does that. Thanks for any help.

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I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat
usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before
she does that. Thanks for any help.


Why not do it now?

Could be as early as 4-5 months.


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I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat
usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before
she does that. Thanks for any help.

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I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat
usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before
she does that. Thanks for any help.

The best time to spay is around 6 months

I just moved to the area I am in and don't have a new vet, wasn't sure
at what age to have her fixed. Usually when I adopt a cat they are
already fixed.


cybercat wrote:
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I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat
usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before
she does that. Thanks for any help.


Why not do it now?

Thank you for the info.



Wendy wrote:
Could be as early as 4-5 months.


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I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat
usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before
she does that. Thanks for any help.

Thank you very much for the information.


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I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat
usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before
she does that. Thanks for any help.

The best time to spay is around 6 months

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I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat
usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before
she does that. Thanks for any help.

The best time to spay is around 6 months


That's the age I normally get the girls spayed. However, my Tigger went into
heat at 5 months old and we had a really interesting weekend with her before
I could call the vet and set up the spay appointment. IMO 6 months for a
female is the oldest you'd want to wait. There is an SPCA locally that is
spaying and neutering when the kittens are 2 lbs.

W

Wendy wrote:
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wrote:
I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat
usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before
she does that. Thanks for any help.

The best time to spay is around 6 months


That's the age I normally get the girls spayed. However, my Tigger went into
heat at 5 months old and we had a really interesting weekend with her before
I could call the vet and set up the spay appointment. IMO 6 months for a
female is the oldest you'd want to wait. There is an SPCA locally that is
spaying and neutering when the kittens are 2 lbs.

There is considerable evidence that early spay/neuter is advantageous
and the kitten recovers more quickly than she/he would at an older age.
We had the same experience--planned to have our kitten spayed at six
months but she went into heat at five months. If we ever get another
kitten I think I would ask about early spay, perhaps at 3-4 months. I
agree, I would want to make sure a female is spayed by the time she is
six months old, and as I said, earlier is often better.
-yngver

On Thu 24 Aug 2006 07:23:54p, wrote in
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I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a
female cat usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have
mine fixed before she does that. Thanks for any help.



I'd always heard about 6 months, but some can be later, some can
be earlier. Even if the female goes into heat early (like my
Scarlett at less than 5 months) she can still drive a neutered
male crazy with her actions. Scarlett was spayed late because she
had a URI that kept coming back, and coming back. Even when she
was spayed, she developed an infection. She's fine now, but it was
hard for her for a while there.

You have to click to see how nuts she made my neutered boy when
she went into heat at 4-5 months but was still too sick to have an
operation yet. This shot is a crop from what I saw. He literally
jumped straight into the air when she wouldn't leave him alone.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shambo...90.jpg&.src=ph

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Cheryl