Is 5 months old too late for Hermie to be fixed?

[Barbara]

Originally posted by sasvermont


Juni Rose is scheduled for September for her spaying. She is so, so tiny now....I may just wait another month. My vet really encourages spaying and neutering.....at six months.

I also think with Abys it may take longer. We broought Tigris in with 6 or 7 months because he began to show unwanted behavior

With Filou it was 9 months. He also was so small. But he began to sing loudly in the staircase all night and we got an appointment .

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

I think when I took Tubby, the age pre-requisite was 3 months. Now, you have to remember that when I got Tubby, I was told her was a girl, and didn't find out different until I made the appointment to have him spayed. So when I called about it, they said they wouldn't do it until she/he was at least 3 months because any younger than that and they might have problems with the anesthesia. Although, you have to remember, this was 16 1/2 years ago now, and I'm sure technology and medicines have come a long way. I would say that she would be just fine with it whenever you brought her in now. And I almost think the younger the better because then I don't think they'll remember as much.

[dragonchilde]

Please, don't get kitties spayed so young. Five months is a good, healthy age to do it.

Spaying too young CAN endanger a kitten's life. I saw a case at my vet's office where the kitten was spayed at 3 months, and she nearly died. She was too young for the anesthesia, and too weak to recover well from the surgery. She survived, but it was a close thing.

Talk to your vet first, and wait until at LEAST after four months to have your little lady spayed. I don't know about males, considering there is a non-invasive surgery, but please be careful with your females.

[HayleyRosie]

Hayley was spayed at six months of age. Our vet will not do the operation until the cat is 6 months. Mandy is scheduled to be spayed on August 29th. I am hoping she is going to get a little bigger by then. I am afraid she is too small. She is a lot smaller than Hayley was at her age.

[Lerah021399]

5 months is not too late to get her spayed. Ali was nearly 2 years old before she got spayed...not by my doing. Ali was my sister's cat at the time and she didn't have the money to get her spayed. Ali was and still is a indoor kitty, so there was not chance of her getting pregnant, but she sure did drive us crazy w/ her yowling I don't suggest waiting that long to get Hermie spayed, but don't worry about it being too late for her.

As far as being too young, Jack was too young when he was neutered. We got him from a shelter that required him to be fixed before we could take him home. They said that as long as he was two pounds that he could be fixed. He was 2-3 months at the time and barely 2 pounds. He had a very hard time coming out of the anesthesia after it was over and had a very high temperature the next day.

[catland]

I've always heard that six months was a good age.

Since this is your first experience with a female, you need to know that it will take Hermoine longer to recover than your boys. Her's is a much more invasive sir-jury so expect her to be pretty groggy and tired for a couple of days. She'll just want to sleep it off in a quiet spot (I can remember Jan snoozing under a dresser - we put a box with a towel down there for her).

[Nomilynn]

Tilly was spayed at 6mos, and she had been a stray. She never had a litter, but she was exposed to the "big bad world" She hasn't had any strange effects from it.

I don't remember how old Bassett and Nutmeg were. I guess Nutmeg was around 4mos, and Bassett was around 5, but Bassett was already in heat when I took her in (I didn't know, but I had suspicions).

I think it should be ok

[gini]

Kelly, Little Misses Emma and Annie were just about nine months old when they were fixed. That is what made me bring them indoors because I was sure they were going into heat.

(males I had never seen before were circling the house like buzzards).

They both did just fine.

But I think waiting until they are at least six months old is a good rule.

[denver83tet]

6 months here too

[krazyaboutkatz]

I also think that 5-6 months is probably the best age to get a cat spayed. My RB Pepper was already neutered when I adopted him and he was only 9 weeks old at the time. I couldn't believe that they had already fixed him. Good luck with whatever you decide.