What age did you have your boy cat snipped at?

snowman2_2

It will stop the wide skull and shoulders of an adult tom cat but there are some very big cats who were castrated at 6 months old. Neutered male cats are generally the most friendly and loving cats.

c6h4m1

Mine have always been done at around 6 months old, except for one who was a sickly kitten who was done at 8 months old. Without exception, every neutered male cat I've had has been as soppy as anything They've all grown to be a fair size, but without having that solid, broad look of an entire tom.

lowis

i didn't know that neutering a male cat later allowed their head and shoulders to fill out...i am suspicious that my adopted siamese might have been a stud cat at some point, he is very alpha cat and looking at him now, with this new knowledge, and comparing him to my other male siamese (who I had done at 5.5 months), his head is wider and his shoulders bigger. now i am even more suspicious of is randy past!

dolally_2

Kimberley wrote: »

My Oscar was neutured at 16 weeks.

My ginger tom was done at this time too. Not sure about it affecting their overall size though as he is absolutely huge. If the above theories are correct then I am glad I had him done when I did or he'd probably be the size of a labrador!! :rotfl:

DKLS

Just dropped my Havana boy off for his snip this morning, at 5 1/2 months, I was waiting til he was 6 months, but this last week, he has gone into Barry White mode.

moggylover

I would usually leave to 6 months ish, probably especially for the long haired breeds, as I have known cases where skin conditions due to hormone problems have occured which the vets have attributed to the cat being neutered too early (and I am not a vet so cannot say for certain that this is so - but hormone treatment did solve the problems:D ).

I have to admit to a liking for the heavier build that an un-neutered tom has - but the smell of their urine at 5/6 months (depending on their maturity rate) is quite enough to send me scurrying to get them to the vets pdq.

Even without the extra build - most long hairs are pretty chunky and beautiful puds anyway, so I would not think it necessary to wait past the "visible" stage myself.

BTW, that holding down and so forth may well continue AFTER neutering, it just seems to be an instinctive thing which can be dead mortifying in company, especially when it is one of my neutered boys with his equally neutered brother:eek: , but just part of cat play and behaviour.

frivolous_fay

Our two boys were done just after 6 months.
They're almost a year old now - will they get any bigger? They still look like big kittens to me!

Sazzyukrafc

Both my boys (brothers) were done bang on six months. They're half siamese. They're both very healthy and loving boys. One if massive, so not affected growth.

MrsE_2

moggylover wrote: »

BTW, that holding down and so forth may well continue AFTER neutering, it just seems to be an instinctive thing which can be dead mortifying in company, especially when it is one of my neutered boys with his equally neutered brother:eek: , but just part of cat play and behaviour.

You got ghey cats:rotfl:

Charlies father & grandfather are huge, amazingly big.
Wondered if the holding down thing was play or maturity;)

MrsE_2

c6h4m1 wrote: »

Mine have always been done at around 6 months old, except for one who was a sickly kitten who was done at 8 months old. Without exception, every neutered male cat I've had has been as soppy as anything They've all grown to be a fair size, but without having that solid, broad look of an entire tom.

Ted was a year when I had him done & he grew to be massive!!!!

An electrician once said he looked like he should be in a cage at the zoo!!:rotfl:

Even with the snip he still liked to fight & he spayed the garden (never the house:eek: ).