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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: Some cat questions... (spaying, neutering)
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Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 05:00:21 EDT
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> 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.