Leo and Lottie were done a couple of weeks ago when they had just turned 5 months. I found it difficult to find a vet in my area to do it early, however none of them could actually give me a solid reason as to why, just that it was the done thing. My normal vet even said himself that there was not a lot of evidence to back up the urinary tract argument in boys, but still wouldn't do it

In the USA and Australia early neutering has been fairly routine for a long time now and I'm sure if there were massive problems with it then they would have surfaced before now.

I wish I had had TB have Leo and Lottie done before I brought them home now, I'm ok with the boys recovering but I've hated seeing Lottie recover.

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my vet says the same maybe about 5 months but no earlier, i can't really decide whether i think they are right or wrong, i know rescues do do it a lot earlier.

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mine were done a week last Friday at 5 months, 2 girls no problems at all, you wouldnt of known they'd had anything done if it wasnt for the shaven bit

no stitches externally as they used glue. They went back last Wednesday for post op check and all was perfect

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Cats grow bigger (longer), and often sleeker, but with smaller, sleeker heads, if neutered eary. The testosteron reduces the growth hormone and makes them smaller but sturdier-looking, with heavy muscles and with a bigger, wider head.

13 weeks is quite early, but if the balls are fully down and big enough for the vet to get a good grip, there is no reason to wait till 6 months. If you wait too long, till a cat is really mature, the scrotum is a lot tougher, and the op is more strenuous.
Gaudi was neutered today, at 5 months 2 weeks, and his brother, who is still in the rescue, was neutered 2 weeks ago, because they have female kittens too, and don't want any litters, especially inbreed-litters.

Get them neutered as late as possible, if you want a sturdy-looking cat, but most definitely before they start showing tomcat behaviour. Once they start spraying to mark their territory, you cannot be sure they will stop doing so, once neutered.
All mine got neutered between 4½ and 6 months, except for one of the adult ones caught in from the streets by the rescues.

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Jiskefet & the mognificent Dutch bunch

My little angels at the rainbow bridge

well these are wegies so should be chunkier

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This is the post I made in the other section thought id copy & paste save me writing it again!

It is a total MYTH, neuters are actually bigger, cant think of her term but its to do with the bones, and never heard of any wee problems in early neuterinh either, there is no difference between 3-6months of age with boys, as long as their bits are down they can be done, and its quicker and easier when younger, same for girls

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Think its fantastic well done

with the kittens the boys are literally recovered and normal when they get home, they dont lick each other, the girls have dissolvable stitches and have never licked each other, were normal when they got home no meds no collar nothing, playing and eating! After a nice sleep fully recovered. the incision on a girl was about 1mm (SO tiny!)

here is a pic about 3 hours AFTER the neutering on a girl:


This is 6-7days later:


Its totally incredible! The quickness of the healing is amazing.

Ill be honest I didnt agree with early neutering Untill I gained more knowledge in it, its quicker recovery, doesnt impact on maturing or growth. Its just the sexual bits, 6 months? Why do vets says 6 months? If its meant to be a sexually maturing thing? Its best to do cats before this happens…so why 6 months? No idea why, vets couldn’t answer me either, something to do with weight? Not really as long as boys bits are in the scrotom they can be neutered...

Then the trusting new owners, everyone’s been great but some people arent so upfront some lie, why do they lie? No idea if you say 'I want to breed' breeders will talk to you about it, only had 1 person lie to me, they werent interested in breeding, they wanted to let the girl outside at 6 months old to get pregnant to get the money back that they spent on her. Quickly sorted that out! Remember that everyone was new at some point, but some breeders arent happy to sell on active for breeding as they may not know enough, so its worth asking a few , not asking one and saying ‘no one will sell!’ Of course they do! Otherwise wouldn’t have breeders! They just want to make sure its for the right reasons. .

So hopefully if more people do it it will stop 'accidental' litters and people who are interested in breeding can go to the right route. Then more rescues will do it and bring the population down

We offer it to out kitten buyers if they really are worried or arent happy they can do it themselves, but every single person who has, has called/texted/emailed me in tears being upset that they wished I had done it, less stress for them, less pressure, I take all of it off of them, not seeing their baby in pain etc and they are just ready to go. they do it in usa/aus lots of other countries, the vet I use has been going round the world early neutering from Japan to the usa, he neutered a pregnant 5 month old kitten in japan, and that sealed it for me! They arent even stressed by it, they are crazy little sods, unless you experience how quick they recover I guess you wont know, but I think its the way forward!

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