How old should a kitten be when they are neutered?

Question

How old should a kitten be when they are neutered?

Answer 1

8 weeks.

But no later than 4 months when they become sexually mature and can create new kittens.

Pediatric spay/neuter has been around for over 60 years and millions and millions of cats have benefitted from it.  

Please don't become another poster here with "my cat had kittens", it is just so sad to read so many posts like that.

Regarding the "most vets won't" and the anesthesia as issues.  Actually, the bulk of vets know that the 5/6 month thing is just a random date selected way back 70 some years ago.  Younger pets do even better than older ones when recovering from anesthesia and bouncing back.  Kittens of 8 weeks will be up in 30 minutes or less and wanting dinner, but older 6 month olds will take much longer and may still be a bit out of it even after they go home.

Anesthesia has changes a LOT in the last decades.  In the very, very old days, even adult cats were at risk because of the quality of anesthetic and the limited information on cats in general.  But modern anesthetics have to be able to provide safe down time to the tiny little pocket dogs that are being bred, and the squishy faced cats and dogs.  

Vets really need to keep up with changes, but pediatric spay/neuter (8 weeks) has been around 60 years (SIXTY) and it would worry me that a vet uses an anesthetic that is at risk to kittens, what else in the practice is out dated?

Answer 2

our vet told us that they need to be about 5-6 months old. that s when we had ours fixed. i think the reason has something to do with tolerance to anesthesia. hope this helps.

Answer 3

A kitten should be about 3 months of age when they r neutered.

Answer 4

Most vets don't like doing it till they are about 5-6 months old. Only if the cat will be outdoors should you do it younger. Just know that sometimes spaying/neutering at to young of an age can sometimes cause problems later in life. As long as you get it done though that's what is important