What is the best age to spay/neuter??

I have checked out some breeders and one actually spays before they give you the cat, which is 12 weeks. A friend of mine says this is too soon. Is that true?? I want to spay/neuter before any habits are formed, such as spraying! What is the best age? Thanks!

I think that it is better to do it when they are young because the vet makes smaller incesion so the have less stitches and it takes less time to recover.

Technically you can spay/neuter from 3 months but there are arguments for waiting til they are 6 months old. My vet will not spey/neuter until the kittens are 6 months old because of concerns about recovering from anaesthesia, it is better for him because everything is bigger and because he believes it is better for the kitten.

However, even here in the UK, it is not unusual for breeders of pedigree cats to spay/neuter their kittens before letting them go to their new homes. Most of them do this because they sell the kittens as quality pets and not for breeding from. They also do this to protect the breed.

My two are pedigree but they came from a nice breeder who simply asked me to promise to get the girls spayed. I have heard of people who have promised to spay/neuter the kittens and then don't but I don't fall into that category :-)

They can be spayed/neutered at 2 pounds.
4 of my 6 were fixed that young.
If you get them fixed at or before 5 months you should be good, I'd recommend the earilest you can.