Go Back   Pet forum for dogs cats and humans - Pets.ca > Discussion Groups - mainly cats and dogs > Dog health - Ask members * If your pet is vomiting-bleeding-diarrhea etc. Vet time!

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old March 11th, 2006, 10:21 AM
Coco&Maya Coco&Maya is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Montreal, PQ
Posts: 7
When to neuter cats and dogs - Answered by Dr. Van Lienden

My Abyssinian Coco is 4 months old. I want to get him neutered but I have been hearing conflicting information about when to do it. My best friend has Coco's brother and his vet told him that he has to wait till he is 6 months old to do it, another friend of mine was told the same thing when she had her cat fixed also. My vet told me that I could have him neutered right now with no problem. Does anyone have any info about this?
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old March 11th, 2006, 10:28 AM
Lucky Rescue Lucky Rescue is offline
Senior Contributor
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 10,287
You could certainly have him neutered now,with no problems, if you wish. You could also wait until he's 6 months. It's really up to you!
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old March 11th, 2006, 02:22 PM
Sneaky's Avatar
Sneaky Sneaky is offline
Fish Guru - Formerly sneakypete79
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Ladysmith British Columbia
Posts: 536
Hi there,
just wanted to say, my young Birman cat was neutered
at 8 weeks of age. He had no problems at all, and has yet
to develop any nasty male cat habits...like spraying!
Hopefully he wont...hes about a year and a half now.
I know many many vets are opting to spay/neuter now
between 8-16 weeks of age.
I think you would be fine to get your guy neutered now.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old March 22nd, 2006, 10:57 AM
petdr's Avatar
petdr petdr is offline
Administrator
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 262
I always wait until my patients are six months.

It is possible to neuter as young as 6-8 weeks. However the reason many veterinarians wait is that older neonates are able to handle anesthetics better than very young neonates.

Since this is an elective procedure, why not wait until it is safer to do the surgery? This gives the heart/circulatory system/kidneys/liver a chance to mature and metabolize drugs quicker and easier.

Dr. Van Lienden

Dr. Raymond Van Lienden DVM
The Animal Clinic of Clifton
12702 Chapel Road, Clifton
Virginia, U.S.A. 20124
703-802-0490
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Forum Terms of Use

  • All Bulletin Board Posts are for personal/non-commercial use only.
  • Self-promotion and/or promotion in general is prohibited.
  • Debate is healthy but profane and deliberately rude posts will be deleted.
  • Posters not following the rules will be banned at the Admins' discretion.
  • Read the Full Forum Rules

Forum Details

  • Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8
    Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
    vBulletin Optimisation by vB Optimise (Reduced on this page: MySQL 0%).
  • All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:36 PM.