Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!seismo!hao!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: Some cat questions... (spaying, neutering) Message-ID: <163@opus.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 05:00:21 EDT Article-I.D.: opus.163 Posted: Thu Oct 24 05:00:21 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 07:48:49 EDT References: <670@astrovax.UUCP> <8967@ritcv.UUCP> <347@graffiti.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 17 > I wish people would use the proper terminology. > You have a female cat spayed. You have a male cat neutered. > "Fixed" is so gauche. ...especially if the cat wasn't broken to start with! > BTW, the earliest time to spay a cat is 6 months, for neutering a male, the > recommended time is 7 months. There are NO hard and fast rules about the proper time. It depends on how fast the cat matures. Any evidence of inclination to breed (apart from kitten heats) is a sign that it's time--but it may come as early as five months (rarely) or as late as nine months. Try to get the advice of a vet, and beware of vets who proclaim exact time periods. -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...At last it's the real thing...or close enough to pretend.