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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / August 2006First Heat
I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before she does that. Thanks for any help. > I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat > usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before > she does that. Thanks for any help. Why not do it now? I just moved to the area I am in and don't have a new vet, wasn't sure at what age to have her fixed. Usually when I adopt a cat they are already fixed. > > I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat > > usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before > > she does that. Thanks for any help. > > Why not do it now? Could be as early as 4-5 months. >I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat > usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before > she does that. Thanks for any help. Thank you for the info. > Could be as early as 4-5 months. > > >I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat > > usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before > > she does that. Thanks for any help. > I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat > usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before > she does that. Thanks for any help. The best time to spay is around 6 months Thank you very much for the information. > > I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat > > usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before > > she does that. Thanks for any help. > > The best time to spay is around 6 months >> I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat >> usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before >> she does that. Thanks for any help. > > The best time to spay is around 6 months That's the age I normally get the girls spayed. However, my Tigger went into heat at 5 months old and we had a really interesting weekend with her before I could call the vet and set up the spay appointment. IMO 6 months for a female is the oldest you'd want to wait. There is an SPCA locally that is spaying and neutering when the kittens are 2 lbs. W > >> I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a female cat > >> usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have mine fixed before [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > female is the oldest you'd want to wait. There is an SPCA locally that is > spaying and neutering when the kittens are 2 lbs. There is considerable evidence that early spay/neuter is advantageous and the kitten recovers more quickly than she/he would at an older age. We had the same experience--planned to have our kitten spayed at six months but she went into heat at five months. If we ever get another kitten I think I would ask about early spay, perhaps at 3-4 months. I agree, I would want to make sure a female is spayed by the time she is six months old, and as I said, earlier is often better. -yngver > I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about what age a > female cat usually goes in to heat. Would really like to have > mine fixed before she does that. Thanks for any help. I'd always heard about 6 months, but some can be later, some can be earlier. Even if the female goes into heat early (like my Scarlett at less than 5 months) she can still drive a neutered male crazy with her actions. Scarlett was spayed late because she had a URI that kept coming back, and coming back. Even when she was spayed, she developed an infection. She's fine now, but it was hard for her for a while there. You have to click to see how nuts she made my neutered boy when she went into heat at 4-5 months but was still too sick to have an operation yet. This shot is a crop from what I saw. He literally jumped straight into the air when she wouldn't leave him alone. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shambondow/detail?.dir=1f98&.dnm=9190.jpg&.src=ph  SignatureCheryl
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