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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / November 2005what age to desex kittens?
Hi everyone...more questions sorry. Jasmine's had her kittens a little over a week ago and everyone's looking great. here is a link to their webpage if you want to check them out. www.geocities.com/rubenandben/ourfamily.html Now my problem is this. before rehoming them I will need to desex them. I really don't want someone, even a good cat home, take them un desexed as often people (like me) can't afford to get them 'done' then...oops! Our local shelter is offering 1/2 price desexing and as there are 3 boys and only 1 girl I should be able to afford it. However according to my friend, she tried to get the vets to desex a 3 month old kitten and every one in my city refused. Why is this? I have read of studies that recommend desexing at a young age as being better for the cat, as well as preventing unnecessary births. is this true, and if so, what should I do? keep the kittens for longer, risking them not bonding properly with their forever homes, or give the new owners half price desex vouchers? and what age is it safe to use Advantage flea treatment on kittens? Jasmine has a few fleas from our dogs who keep catching them from the dog next door. (grrr) I am keeping it under control but as it gets hotter i will need something stronger. any help anyone? thanks so much for all your help, I have really appreciated it.  SignatureThere are many intelligent species in the Universe. They are all owned by cats. Anonymous One cat just leads to another. -Ernest Hemingway > Hi everyone...more questions sorry. Jasmine's had her kittens a little over > a week ago and everyone's looking great. here is a link to their webpage if [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > she tried to get the vets to desex a 3 month old kitten and every one in my > city refused. Why is this? The vets are probably not use to doing early spay/neuter. >I have read of studies that recommend desexing at > a young age as being better for the cat, as well as preventing unnecessary > births. is this true, and if so, what should I do? keep the kittens for > longer, risking them not bonding properly with their forever homes, or give > the new owners half price desex vouchers? If you really cannot find a vet to spay them early, I would pay to have them desexed once they are in their new homes. > and what age is it safe to use > Advantage flea treatment on kittens? Advantage has been used on *healthy* kittens as young as four days old without ill effects. It is an off-label use. On week-old kittens I would not use more than a drop, placed at the back of the neck (just as you would for an adult). Advantage is extremely safe and effective. DO NOT use any other flea product in this manner - only regular Advantage. > Jasmine has a few fleas from our dogs > who keep catching them from the dog next door. (grrr) I am keeping it under > control but as it gets hotter i will need something stronger. any help > anyone? thanks so much for all your help, I have really appreciated it. Advantage can be used on dogs and cats - it is a little more pricey than some treeatments but a LOT more effective. You can treat the dogs and cats every 6-8 weeks and it will keep the fleas under control (the label says every 4 weeks which usually is not necessary). Good luck, -L. thanks for all that advice! I will get some proper advantage; i have used it before but i wasn't sure on dosages so that is exactly what i needed! i definitely will pay for the desexing; i have to figure out if i can give them a vet voucher or something, instead of cash (yay lets go buy beer!!) as the desexing probably wouldn't happen then. it looks like we are moving sooner rather than later, so I will put the kittens through a few doses of advantage to wipe out all the fleas, then keep them away from the dogs until we have moved and i've de flead them. I noticed the next door neighbour's dog scooting it's bum badly along the lawn, so if it has worms that bad i would say that's where the fleas are coming from. a lot of people don't make the flea-worms connection unfortunately, so all i can do is keep flea bathing them til we move. SignatureThere are many intelligent species in the Universe. They are all owned by cats. Anonymous One cat just leads to another. -Ernest Hemingway > > Hi everyone...more questions sorry. Jasmine's had her kittens a little over > > a week ago and everyone's looking great. here is a link to their webpage if [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > Good luck, > -L. > thanks for all that advice! I will get some proper advantage; i have used it > before but i wasn't sure on dosages so that is exactly what i needed! i [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > One cat just leads to another. -Ernest Hemingway everyone knows that Women are Cats and Men are Dogs! Do you think that removing a little member of the body would ever change the nature of the creature? heh heh tcht tcht lol desex? I don't think so at best it merely prevents pregnacy but a female cat is still a female cat. IOW there's no such thang as a neutral cat. A Tom will still want to prowl A female will still want to quarrel > > thanks for all that advice! I will get some proper advantage; i have used it > > before but i wasn't sure on dosages so that is exactly what i needed! i [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > A Tom will still want to prowl > A female will still want to quarrel yes, whatever. i'm just interested in the 'no kittens' part of what you said. > > but a female cat is still a female cat. > > IOW there's no such thang as a neutral cat. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > yes, whatever. i'm just interested in the 'no kittens' part of what you > said. you make me mad im just saying, don't call it desex they will still be male or female > thanks for all that advice! I will get some proper advantage; i have used > it before but i wasn't sure on dosages so that is exactly what i needed! i [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > people don't make the flea-worms connection unfortunately, so all i can do > is keep flea bathing them til we move. Perhaps your neighbor isn't aware of the worms as the dog probably doesn't make his deposits at home. I had this problem once and i went over and invited the neighbor to come see "something interesting". She was shocked at the pile of worms. She had to medicate the dog as well as all her kids. Good luck. MLB > > thanks for all that advice! I will get some proper advantage; i have used > > it before but i wasn't sure on dosages so that is exactly what i needed! i [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > at the pile of worms. She had to medicate the dog as well as all her > kids. Good luck. MLB fortunately their dog doesn't wander, but our yards are close, and fleas are notorious hoppers. i'm not sure what to say, as they are older people, but still in full possession of their senses. so hopefully they have just forgotten, and will sort the problem out. meanwhile i will keep an eye out, and keep my animals worming up to date as usual. Spray-on Frontline for cats can also be used - safe on both kittens and pregnant queens. Note must be spray-on for young kittens, not spot-on. Available from vets only. Useful link from the Feline Advisory Bureau/Cat Group in the UK on timing of neutering http://www.fabcats.org/neut.html This will explain your vet's reasoning. Need to register to join the site, but it's very easy to do. Just looked at your photos - what a lovely family. >Hi everyone...more questions sorry. Jasmine's had her kittens a little over >a week ago and everyone's looking great. here is a link to their webpage if [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >control but as it gets hotter i will need something stronger. any help >anyone? thanks so much for all your help, I have really appreciated it. thanks for all that. I will check the prices and length of protection for advantage and frontline. I found that site to be very useful, thanks for that. hopefully i can find a vet who will desex earlier, as i don't want it left to chance. I have just found a few websites for local vets, so i might email them and see what i can find out. thanks for your advice :^) SignatureThere are many intelligent species in the Universe. They are all owned by cats. Anonymous One cat just leads to another. -Ernest Hemingway > Spray-on Frontline for cats can also be used - safe on both kittens and > pregnant queens. Note must be spray-on for young kittens, not spot-on. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > >control but as it gets hotter i will need something stronger. any help > >anyone? thanks so much for all your help, I have really appreciated it. > Spray-on Frontline for cats can also be used - safe on both kittens and > pregnant queens. Note must be spray-on for young kittens, not spot-on. > Available from vets only. Frontline spray *cannot* be used on young kittens (<8 weeks). If necessary, you can use ONE drop of Frontine on young kittens <8 weeks.. |
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