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lunaleopard said:

I worked for a vet once and she hated it when cats were fixed too early and said this caused many problems. I remember she said the males didn't get to fully develop and it caused issues for them

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Many vets that have been in practice a long time have this belief... but it appears to be unfounded. Here's a quote from "Determining the optimal age for gonadectomy of dogs and cats" (JAVMA, Vol 231, No. 11, December 1, 2007 - https://www.avma.org/News/Journals/Collections/Documents/javma_231_11_1665.pdf):

I meant she would pay no fee if they were spayed and neutered by 5 or 6 months old but she would pay about twice what it would cost her to get it done if she doesn’t have them fixed by then. More of an incentive to have them fixed kind of a thing.

The issue is that there is no way to get them back once they are adopted out, really. You don’t have any legal rights cat, and the owner doesn’t have to stay in touch or pay you after the fact. Anything could happen with a delay in getting them fixed, or maybe the female gets out and gets pregnant at 4 months, worst scenario. Maybe the owner changes her mind and wants kittens. The only way to be positive that your kittens get the life you would give them is to have them fixed before they leave you. They will bounce back quickly!

Final Update:
I adopted out the kittens about 3 weeks ago. The person I adopted them to sent me some pictures this week! They are doing great and have a very nice home! The family loves them and they are getting them spayed and neutered soon. I believe that I truly did find them the best possible home.

One person took all three? That's great!

Will they update you when they are all fixed?

Wonderful! I know you are so relieved! Great job!

My very late tip on how to find the kitten a good home. My bro and his missus, had once 2 young female kittens. They had also 2 biological childs of their own. As they tried to be responsible owners, they took them cats to the vet for spaying. But it was already too late, and they (possibly just the vet) apparently didnt believe in abortion. So after a while they had 14 kittens running around at home. The 2 young mommas and 12 healthy, adorable kittens. What to do? They had ads in the local newspapers in the rural area they lived in (it was before the days of Internet). Selling the kittens for a rather token sum: 50 krona apiece, ie about 6 dollar. Still more than the common from farmers: "1 krona a paw, and 1 for the tail"... But they DID got quite some responses. So, how to screen, how to select? They did in a crude but fairly effective way: They choosed families with children. They arranged the selling this way, after agreement together with the parents: Parents standing behind the child whom was the symbolic buyer. The child with the payment, 50 krona, in hand, bro holding the kitten. And so they made the change, the formal, official buying and selling. The child got the kitten into hishers arms to hold, bro received the money...
Everything joyfully but very seriously. And very very symbolic.

It seems all these adoptions worked well. My bro tried to follow up the kittens, by phones and by visits (most of them lived nearby). And even several years after, all these were still with their adoption families....

talkingpeanut said:

One person took all three? That's great!

Will they update you when they are all fixed?

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Yes I will. I truly believe that she will have them fixed. She has assured me several times and said that she will be getting them "the operation" shortly!