Eep! She's too young!

[mai_kitties]

My kitten who just turned 6 months old a few days ago has appeared to have gone into heat.

I can't believe this, she just turned 6 months old. She is scheduled to get spayed the end of this month.

When I called my vet they told me that its not unheard of for kittens as young as 6 months old to go into heat. What irks me most though is that they wouldn't spay her until she was 6 months old. If they know that kittens can possibly get pregnant that young than why the hell wouldn't they be willing to spay at an earlier age.

Luckily she is an indoor only cat and we are watching her like a hawk so she doesn't slip out. Our neutered male seems to be so confused by her attention and the constant meowing and whining, as opposed to her normal attacking him.

 

[bnwalker2]

She's definitely not too young, they can go into heat as early as 3-4 months!

 

[glitch]

Oh yeah, kitties can definatly go into heat younger than 6 months!
Im supprised they wouldn't fix her before that though, maybe because its a harder surgery than the one for boys! My Eek is scheduled to be fixed this month!

 

[jen]

Hey you are in Elyria! Go to The Neuter Clinic on Fulton and Memphis in Cleveland, google search them for the number, I can't remember it right off. They are WONDERFUL can get her in asap within a few days usually and they don't require any other things to be done like vaccines or testing. Unless she needs that done, then go for it! It will also only cost $45. I would drop the vet that told you it is unheard of for cats under 6 months to go into heat. If you can, would you PM me the vets name? (Don't post it here!!)

For further note... cats can be speutered at 12 weeks old, The Neuter Clinic will do then his young I do believe. So if any other cats come your way...

 

[jennyr]

Vets not experienced in pediatric spays will usually insist on 6 months, which can often be too late. Both Persil and Biscotte had one heat before they were done, though in Persil's case the vet wanted to wait till she had recovered from previous surgery. I felt terrible for them both - they were still just kittens.

 

[addiebee]

We speuter all our animals before they're adopted out. I don't recall the minimum age for the procedure, but I know they have to weigh at least two pounds for our vets to do it.


AB

 

[goldenkitty45]

Kittens as young as 4-5 months old can come into heat and breed/get pregnant.

You might consider confining her to one room (bedroom) where there is no chance of escape till she's spayed.

 

[johnnyfee]

my cat went into heat at 4 months and was fixed about 1 month after so its not to young

 

[mai_kitties]

Luckily she is not in any danger of getting out, she is just being rather annoying

Our apartment has two doors you have to go through in order to actually get outside.

She does run to the door when we are getting ready to leave as if we are going to let her out. She just sits there patiently like she fully expects us to let her go. However she is still a sucker for the mouse thrown in the opposite direction of the door to distract her.

 

[bonnie1965]

Daphne went into heat at 4 1/2 months. I was expecting 6 months as well

 

[loudora]

i am in the uk and was told by my vet that dora could be spayed at 6 months old which i appreciate as perhaps a later spay is safer under anaesthetic? however, dora is five months old and has just come into heat! i have her booked in for her pre-spay consultation next week and was hoping to have her spayed by the end of the month. does anybody know approximately how long her heat may last? she was constantly crying and rolling over last week and creeping around the floor with her bum raised in the air. last night she seemed alot more settled, she actually let me sleep ALL NIGHT LONG and even slept herself. fingers crossed it is nearly over.....xx

 

[goldenkitty45]

Usually they cycle for about 3 weeks. But sometimes the first heats may be only a few days. Ling's lasted all of 3 days of crying when she had he first heat (5 months old). We got her spayed after that.

 

[callista]

Yes, it used to be that the later spay was safer because of the anesthesia. Nowadays, however, new procedures (and perhaps new substances?) are being used to put the kitties under; and that makes it safe for kittens, too. The 2-pound cutoff line is the safety standard for the new anesthesia.

 

[loudora]

okay thanks, well i have her booked in with the vet this friday for her consultation and then will book the op while i'm there for next week. by then her heat will be over and we should be in time before she starts another!!! phew. xx

 

[trouts mom]

Yeah my sisters kitten is 4 months and goes in and out of heat..its weird

GOOD LUCK WITH HER SPAY!

 

[nekochan]

The breeder my brother is getting his Maine Coon kitten from says to never get your kitten spayed before 7 months old, which I thought was rather late-- maybe it's a Maine Coon thing? I would be worried though about the increased chance of cancer if spaying that late...

 

[callista]

It's a matter of growth, I think. It might be that he worries the cat will not reach its huge adult size--Maine Coons are some of the largest and slowest-growing cats. But for a pet quality cat, I don't think that would matter.

 

[beck4582]

Pepper is getting spayed this week. The SPCA we got her from said she had to be at least 3 pounds. We took her in a week and a half ago and she was 3.2 lbs, but they said they wanted her to grow a little more. This week she was 3.7 lbs and so they scheduled her to have the surgery this week. She's only 9 or 10 weeks old.

 

[glitch]

I heard if you spay them before their first heat cycle you reduce their chance of cancer significantly, after the heat cycle its reduced I think 28% and after their second heat their is no reduction of the risks of cancer! I have boys so things are a little different, but my two 3 month olds are getting neutered this month!! Good luck to ya, I hope things go good and you get her in soon!
I guess girl cats can go into heat every two to three weeks! YIKES!!!

 

[rushrulz]

I got Mi-ke when she was 12 weeks old (per her paperwork), and she'd been spayed. My previous cat was spayed later in life, once we had her, and she went into heat only a few days before the surgery, so we were getting anxious to get it done.