Neutering Cats males and females

Neutering female cats:

The female cat usually has her first menstruation when she is around 6 months old. If not mated, she tends to have menstruation every few weeks. Signs of menstruation are more loud, more vocal and the cat roll about on the floor a lot. If your cat is allowed outside and she is having her menses most likely she will be pregnant.

The advantages of spaying are:

  • No unwanted pregnancies.
  • Reducing the risk of mammary cancer developing later in life.
  • Reducing the risk of infections transmission such as feline leukemia virus.
  • It prevents aggressive behaviour.

The disadvantages of spaying are:

  • Risks associated with anaesthetic and surgery.
  • Anxiety problems may be aggravated by spaying.

The spay operation necessitates removing the ovaries and the uterus under a general anaesthetic, and it is best carried out from 6 months of age. A normal spay operation requires that the cat stay at the vet clinic overnight after the surgery and to remove the stitches 7 to 10 days later.

If you want to reproduce from your cat, this should be delayed until she is fully mature (a year old) and need to be kept indoors to prevent pregnancy. We do not recommend breeding from cats that have an aggressive temperament or any disease that may be hereditary. Your cat should be fit and healthy before you breed from her. She should have her vaccinations.

Neutering male cats:

He usually enters puberty between the age of 6 to10 months. Castration can be carried out from 6 months of age under a general anesthetic. It is a very short procedure and most cats do not need to stay in overnight.

If a not-castrated male cat is kept indoors, it is most likely he will start spraying urine on walls and furniture. If he is allowed to go outside, he most probably will fight with other cats and tend to roam further than a castrated cat, resulting a high incidence of fight wounds, life-threatening infections such as feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), and road accidents.