Is your cat fixed?

Rosie and Sophie were both spayed at 6 months old

Sierra was spayed when she was 6 months old. Serenity is still too little, but her day will come as well.

My boys will both be neutered when they get to six months.

I like "fixed" - IMO unaltered cats are broken cos they're susceptible to so many more health and behavior problems, plus in the US more cats are killed in animal shelters due to overpopulation than die of any other disease. So actually the term makes a fair amount of sense.

"Desexed" always makes me giggle, for some reason. Probably because Americans are crazy squeamish about the word "sex" so it's a term that no one would ever use around here. But there's also such a machismo complex that if they said "desexed" you would probably almost never see a man neuter his male cat or dog (we have enough problems with that as it is!). So I guess I'm laughing at my countrymen more than at the word.

Well now they all are desexed (fixed). The boys got done by the vet on base yesterday morning and they are microchipped now too. Only baby girl and Char need to chipped and they are all up to date with everything.

All fixed here!
I neuter all my pets at 8-10 weeks old or 2 lbs. That is unless they were found or adopted later in life. My Himalayan Eliott was neutered at 6 years.

Yep, all are except the four kittens. And they're time is coming up next!

Nope none of ours are spayed/neutered yet. They will be soon though before our girls "come of age". Though I would love to have Stormys kittens, I am opting to rescue if we add another feline friend.

Nya was not spayed when I found her, and every vet I called estimated it would cost somewhere around $400, so I had to wait and save up for it! I found her in early September, and she was spayed just after Christmas. (My parents ended up making it my Christmas present!) She's 5 years old, so I really hope the late spay isn't going to affect her...

Buddy was neutered as soon as he was of age

Around $400.00 for a spay, that is outrageous. No wonder so many people can't afford to spay and neuter their pets.

LAvender, if you can, check her nipples on a monthly basis, and if you notice the slightest change, get her to the vets asap, as they can remove the 'strips', although i would use a different vet if i were you, yours sounds rather expensive. Also, the normal age for mammary cancer is 10.

I use all words, fixed, spayed, neutered, because i have lived in alot of places that use different terms, and don't see the harm in any of it. desexed sounds funny though, we are not actualy changing the sex of our cats are we, heehee. i thnk whatever term anyone uses is fine, we all know what the other means. all my cats but one is fixed, but she is going in this month.

All four of our girls have been spayed.

The only one we ever saw go into heat was Lily - what a stress that put on her poor body. We certainly didn't want any of our kitties to go through that if they were not going to breed.

i voted yes but Jupiter hasnt been done yet. he's going in on the 18th...

petnurse and booktigger, just to let you know, that was the estimate I got from every single vet in town (about 6 of them) as well as my parents vet back home. She had an umbilical hernia to correct as well, which drove up the price, and it costs more to spay an adult female than a kitten (more anesthetic, higher risk, bigger organs, etc). I ended up going for my parents vet at home, since their estimate included the laser surgery for the price others were estimating for scalpel, and she had a weaker system, i didn't want to take any risks

Oh and thank you booktigger for the tip, I'll definatley keep my eyes open!

With the hernia too, that would make a more sense, but for just a spay that would be outrageous. We charge maximum for an adult cat $120.00 for a spay and maybe another $100.00 for the hernia.

Oh right. I am 99% sure my vets dont charge more to spay an adult cat than a kitten.

All of my cats/dogs are fixed. Nothing is worse than a female cat in heat! That in itself is a good enough reason to get them fixed! And female dogs in heat attract males, so there's a good reason there. And Lucky was peeing all over the place, THAT had to stop! And it did, within 2 weeks of his snip! I don't want kittens or puppies, so getting them fixed is a MUST! Not to mention, healthier for them. A few less things to get cancer in.

Amber

kittens are cute, but if i want another one i'll go to the shelter or an adoption clinic. since our kitties aren't purebred by any means and i'm not planning on starting a breeding business, all of my cats, present and future are and will be fixed.

1 is and 1 is going to get spayed