New kitten neutering and vaccination ages

[Kittekats]

We are picking up a new kitten in a couple of weeks (standard moggy) when he will be 9 weeks.

It’s the first time we have had a kitten so young, we previously privately rescued at 5 months so it was straight to vet for vaccinations, microchip and neutering.

We also have a 4.5 year old spayed indoor/outdoor girl who lost her littermate a few weeks ago so he is coming for company. We will be very careful with the introductions but saying it is not an issue in the house as she is spayed.

We are going away when kitten will be 20 weeks and thought best to put them both in a cattery as he will be so young.

In preparation for this I have phoned and registered him at our vets who then say they won’t vaccinate until 10 weeks and neuter until 21 weeks. Another vet said 20 weeks and a final one I phoned said from 16 weeks.

I am waiting a call back from a cattery with space to go a visit so don’t know if they will take him before being neutered.

Any thoughts on the age for neutering?

Also is it right that he shouldn’t come into any contact with our other cat until he has his first vaccinations?

This will be our 5th cat but first one this young (we got two at a year and two at 5 months previously) so I feel a bit out of my comfort zone. Help!!

My kitten was tiny when I got her - she had been abandoned at 6 weeks. I slept downstairs with her the first few nights - then I gave in and let you into our bedroom. She sleeps on the pillow beside my head😂

Couldn’t have left her alone for eight hours when she was so tiny.

My cattery says cats should have completed any vaccinations 10 days before staying, so worth doublechecking this isn't a general thing.

Thanks.

Ifonly, he will have completed all vaccinations many weeks before the cattery so that’s not a problem at all. We have found a local vet who will neuter at 16 weeks so he will be done in plenty of time for the cattery too. We went to visit over the weekend and the cattery owner did say she’d have him even if he wasn’t neutered.