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ErniesGhostlyGoldtops · 31/10/2020 20:00

Most will slay at around four months

That would sort it out sure enough!

Fluffycloudland77 · 31/10/2020 20:14

Surely spaying removes all chance of womb cancer anyway?.

Riv12345 · 31/10/2020 20:48

I heard of this a long while ago

My vet have always neutered my cats at a very early age

I would find another vet if you want to get your cat neutered earlier

dementedpixie · 31/10/2020 20:52

My vet said 6 months so I used the link I posted above and took my cats to an alternative vet just for neutering. I use my own vet for everything else

MushMonster · 31/10/2020 20:54

I think you vet is wrong. Get another one indeed.

CraftyGin · 31/10/2020 20:56

@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?

Not normal

WithASpider · 31/10/2020 21:10

Find another vet.

Mine were done by the RSPCA before I adopted them at 12 weeks. Afaik they had to be over a certain weight (1.5kg?)

Vinorosso74 · 31/10/2020 22:05

Definitely find another vet. Four months is the usual now so ideally before they have a season and end up pregnant.
I know 6 months used to be the advice but don't ever recall it being waiting until they've had a season.

DesMartinsPetCat · 31/10/2020 22:14

@OohKittens

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

My pedigree Ragdoll was spayed at just under 14 weeks. The breeder is also a very experienced vet and spays all of her litters herself.

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MrsSchadenfreude · 01/11/2020 07:36

Thank you everyone. I’m definitely finding another vet and will get her booked in this week.

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ErniesGhostlyGoldtops · 01/11/2020 08:10

Is this the actual vet that told you this load of old cods or some trainee on the front desk that answered the phone and thought you were talking about a bitch OP?

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MrsSchadenfreude · 01/11/2020 09:27

It was the actual vet. I was talking to her while she was taking the other cat’s blood pressure.

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DarkMintChocolate · 01/11/2020 09:34

If she had then she and her brother might have been up to no good.

Our DCat threw herself at her brother, when she had her first season - poor boy didn’t know what to do and mounted her head. She went berserk and attacked him! Eventually he must have worked out what to do, and they were at it like rabbits! This because the vet wouldn’t neuter him when I asked - they told me to leave it another few weeks!

Flaunch · 01/11/2020 09:36

We had one of ours from the RSPCA at 12 weeks and she had been spayed already.

PinkPlantCase · 01/11/2020 09:41

We had a dog from a rescue that had life long continence issued from being spayed too young. If we had a dog from a puppy I would definitely wait until the first season to avoid complications like this.

It sounds like it might be different with cats but just giving you the other side of the coin.

pinkksugarmouse · 01/11/2020 12:38

@PinkPlantCase

We had a dog from a rescue that had life long continence issued from being spayed too young. If we had a dog from a puppy I would definitely wait until the first season to avoid complications like this.

It sounds like it might be different with cats but just giving you the other side of the coin.

Yes it is different with cats because they are constantly ferlile. They pretty much only can't get pregnant when they are already pregnant. A cat can easily have four litters a year. If she comes in contact with an uneutered Tom she will without a doubt get pregnant.

Our bitch had a season though. My mother put knickers and a pad on her (my mum is several sandwiches short of a picnic 😂) so she wouldn't bleed everywhere but after that she was spayed.

pinkksugarmouse · 01/11/2020 12:40

That should read three litters a year but four is possible taking on enormous toll on their poor body. 😢

Ideasplease322 · 01/11/2020 12:44

@ErniesGhostlyGoldtops

Most will slay at around four months

That would sort it out sure enough!

😂😂

Cecillie · 01/11/2020 12:47

Strongly suspect your vet was having a mad moment , distracted by what she was actually working in and thought you were talking about a dog.
Give reception a call and ask policy before you move vets

PinkPlantCase · 01/11/2020 13:09

@pinkksugarmouse oh wow! I didn’t realise cats were so fertile!! I have a friend with a kitten who mentioned they aren’t allowed to let her out until she’s been spayed, guess that’s why!

Tamingofthehamster · 01/11/2020 13:12

What Cecile said. Sounds like they thought they were talking about a dog. I would phone up to double check.

TreestumpsAndTrampolines · 01/11/2020 13:19

Bloody hell, I'm very glad I got my boy/girl sibs down the vet as soon as they'd let me then (I think 14 weeks - very soon after we got them anyway) - boycat was already very interested, but girlcat was luckily having none of it.

ErniesGhostlyGoldtops · 01/11/2020 13:46

[quote PinkPlantCase]@pinkksugarmouse oh wow! I didn’t realise cats were so fertile!! I have a friend with a kitten who mentioned they aren’t allowed to let her out until she’s been spayed, guess that’s why![/quote]
It's because cats don't release ova until they mate and why they can have a litter where the sibs have several different fathers.

Rabbits do this but can also store fertilised eggs/zygotes and delay implantation until the temperature and food supply goes up etc.

rescuewoman · 02/11/2020 13:05

from a rescues point of view, we spay and neuter at 12 weeks, and have done for over 10 years now, i recommend you find another vet :)

Cherrytangfastic · 02/11/2020 13:19

Used to work for a very experienced vet who struggled with young cat spays. Their little uteruses/ovaries are tiny so I think they can be quite fiddly operations.

Maybe the vet is quite new and inexperienced but didn't want to tell you that? Seems like bad advice either way