Vet won’t spay female kitten

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Until she has had her first season. Is this normal? She is six months now so I think it is imminent. Previous kittens got done before their first season - is this something new or peculiar to this vet?

No not normal
Find another vet
A good one

Not normal.

Utterly bonkers and something I've never even heard of before. Vets should spay at four months. Find another vet.

My four girls were done at 5 months.
Barmy idea, never heard of it before.

Find a new vet

Not normal. Definitely. Find a new vet.

My three were done at 4 months 🙂

Maybe the vet can see the kitten is younger than you think it is?

My vet said she needs to be 2kg before they can do it or 6 months whichever comes first.

This happened to us when I was younger.

We got a kitten, the vets wouldn't spay her for whatever reason.
The hussy went out and got herself knocked up.

My boys were done at 4 months as is recommended

I thought it was best to spay before they have their first season but I may be wrong, something about it being easier to do.

They can do it from 8 weeks
Vet is wrong

www.cats.org.uk/what-we-do/neutering/find-a-vet

Theres a database here that you put your postcode into and it tells you about vets in your area that neuter/spay from 4 months

Find a new vet. Mine was done at just before 6 months, but she was quite small.

Best to spay before first season for two reasons.

1. Frequently they get pregnant before you notice they are in season.
2. Spaying before first season reduces the risk of breast cancer.

FYI - Same is true of dogs.

We were told to wait dog spaying until after first season to reduce risk of womb cancer (both by breeder and vet). Is that advice now out of date?

Kittens have always been 14 weeks-ish round here.

Take her somewhere else and get a second opinion.

Lots of pedigree breeders are actually now spaying before 13wks.

I got my male and female done before 6 months and my female hadn't had a season. If she had then she and her brother might have been up to no good.

Very, very peculiar to your vet. please can you ask why and let us all know. Please don't let her get out. My first cat was the d of a mummy who flew through the door at about 20 weeks old!

Find a new vet! Ours was the same, kitten escaped, got pregnant, vet scolded me for acting irresponsible- she went from being asleep on the sofa to over the fence in less than 2 seconds!

Now have a new vet that is much better!

Very odd, much safer to do it before first season in cats. Definitely find another vet.

This is irresponsible and more like advice kept for bitches. Cats come into season and do not stop until they ovulate. Eventually they do go off but not for long. When they get mated they are at risk of viral diseases as a tom cats bite when they mate.

Research shows that kittens can be spayed really quite young with no apparent ill effect unlike neutering dogs which it is being recognised that neutering is affecting bone development and other issues.
Are they just avoiding this because of covid?

Absolutely not normal and a huge risk.

Most will slay at around four months.