Interval between vaccination and neutering.

Re: Interval between vaccination and neutering.

Ana Santos — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:19:51 GMT

Just found out the cat is going to be done tomorrow by another vet.

Thanks for your input anyway.

Re: Interval between vaccination and neutering.

Amanda Nicholls — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:53:26 GMT

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I've never spayed a cat this young, is there any changes from the fasting point of view considering is just a kitten?

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I routinely spay at 3 1/2 - 4 months and get the owners to give a very small amount of food between 6 and 7 a.m. and then feed them again as soon as they are awake post op.

Re: Interval between vaccination and neutering.

Mark Holmes — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:39:42 GMT

Given she is just finishing her primary course of vaccines and will be coming into a high cat environment it may be prudent to wait the official 2-3 weeks as described by your vaccine company. Not because of any specific GA risk but we ought to be as careful as a cattery about disease control (who would not accept a cat for boarding at this stage) and given its an elective procedure would wait. My other question would relate to your confidence at cat spays, Its a very young cat and I would worry about chilling if it is going to be asleep for an hour so you will need to watch this carefully. Somebody with greater experince could probably spay in in 10 minutes and have it recovering in 15 so whilst chilling is still a concern it is probably less so.