You can put water down but they will probably not drink it yet. You start offering wet food mixed with KMR at 5 weeks along with a litter pan.
Thats true. But with an experienced vet, you wouldn't have to wait for the testes to drop. My uncle has been a vet for 40+ years and he neutered my cat, Tesla at 6 weeks (he was over 2 lbs). He showed 0 signs of pain after waking up from the anesthesia. He was up playing and jumping around (we tried to keep him from doing so but he was a kitten and that's pretty much impossible).Holy cow. I just did some reading and read that they can be spayed as long as they are over 8 weeks old and at least 2 pounds! They'll probably weigh 2 pounds by the end of August at the rate they're going. I don't know why clinics demand that you wait until 6 months. I'd always been told 6 months, but it seems that there's no medical basis for that. I wonder if I'll have trouble getting the clinic to do it earlier. Aargh. I know that, with the males, you have to wait for the testes to drop. But it seems like, with females, they just need to be large enough. I'm going to call the clinic back tomorrow.
What a good idea using the coir doormat. My Katy and other cats have always loved those coir doormats to as a scratching post. I have one in fact in my living room and another in my hallway. I always feel the need to explain myself to guests as to why I chose to use a "doormat" as part of my living room décor.
@Handsome Kitty Thank you! When Ru goes out, she loves to find fallen logs to scratch on... so I thought it might be good for her scratchy "post" to mimic a log. It's just a coir doormat screwed to a wooden post. I did add a little catnip to get her in the mood.
I know, I hear you!
Hmm. Thanks. I'll admit that that doesn't really make me feel better. LoL. Yeah, I don't think she'd harm them on purpose. I just worry that sometimes she forgets how little they are. I wish she played with them more gently.