I don't think thats so expensive. Pouncer was $115 for his operatrion, but it included everything - pain meds too. Poor little fellow was hurting a bit afterwards. They administered the meds, so I never had to do anything. He only got the meds at the vets after the operation and they lasted for 24 hours (a time released thing) and after that, he still slept most of the day. You could tell that he still felt miserable, but I knew that he'd be fine within a day or two... and I knew that if I had given him more meds, he would have been trying to chase Allen around the house!

12 weeks sounds so young to me. I know that they can do it at 6 weeks old. The one rescue I looked at did recommend to have it done so young, the other did not. I guess its a matter of opinion.