Neutering-6 months or less?

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male and female kittens, we're 5 months in I can see hiss ahem undercarriage now - should I keep waiting as per vet until 6 months or book at least one of them in sooner?

It can be done sooner, there is a vet in Wales does it at 2 weeks. Talk to your vet.

I got my 2 done at 5 months. I had one male and one female, and the male was trying it on with his sister. The vet had no hesitation in doing them early. Better that than another 6 kittens!

Both of my boys were done at 5 months. They were chipped at the same time.
Do it sooner than later. Our local cat rescue currently has 150 in with many more on the waiting list for admission.

If you can see the boy's bits get him done, I know the reason my vet waits till 6 months, especially with girls is just a size thing, it's just so everything is large enough to make it easily identifiable when they open them up. So do the girl after.

phone local vets, they won't due it under 5.5-6 months locally, but it's possible right down to 4 weeks if vet is willing; I was told they need "specialist" equipment if cat is very small, that's the only reason they wait.

If you phone a local rescue and ask which vets they use they will probably be able to do it before 6 months, I'd do it as soon as possible if I were you - cats can get pregnant from 4 months. The cat we got from the RSPCA was neutered at 6 weeks by their vets.

Most young neuterings are done in shelters where the vets are very experienced at anaesthetising very young animals which is much trickier than cats over 5 months of age. Rather than specialist equipment it is more about specialist knowledge - analogue only certain hospitals in the UK anaesthetise babies under a year old for exactly this reason.
Another thought is that whilst the flank spay (female) is the most common in the UK we are the only country to do this and there is considerable evidence that it is more painful than a midline spay. I personally have switched my clinic to only midline spays now.

Neutering tiny kittens seems barbaric. You would know if your girl kitten was in season from her behaviour and she won't let the boy kitten mate unless she is. Rescue centres do exaggerate, kittens do not normally get pregnant before 6 months and do not then have 8 kittens 3 times yearly. Have your kittens neutered when your vet advises.

the rescue center i work at has the kittens neutered or spayed at ten weeks and 1kg in wheight so that when they leave the center there is no possibility of the adopter promising to have said cat neutered and not getting it done and then the cat either becoming a fighting, straying adult tom cat or coming back as a pregnant mom, its not about cruelty and unnecessary operations on kittens, its to try to ensure that the cat explosion dosent get any bigger

outmonday we have had 3 six month old girls in pregnant recently and a mom cat can get pregnant within four to six weeks after having kittens so 3 litters a year is feasable ok some have 1 kitten some have 6 or 7 and most of the very young ones we get in at the center is because people say shes only a kitten i didnt think she would get pregnant so young

My cousin had a 5month old girl cat that got pg. In my background it's very irresponsible to let pets breed indiscriminately & she (cousin) was mortified. I'd definitely get a cat spayed at 4 months if available.

Do the boy and not the girl? According to my cats (boys) neutering was an absolute walk in the park, no big deal at all (they came home seriously bouncy like nothing had happened - I looked, it had). Our vet went on the basis that what she could see, she could snip off.

I had to get both my females done under 6 months because they were 'calling' and 'displaying', it is uncomfortable for them, they don't stop until they are neutered or pregnant.