Expert: Brandy - 2/1/2007

Question
you might not beable to answer this, but do you have any idea on how young you can get your male cat or kittens neutered?  

Answer
I know of vets who volunteer at animal shelters who will 'fix as soon as they can find' the little gonads...

I've had kittens from my litters altered as early as 3 months, though some vets will not touch a kitten until at least 6 months.

In my experience, that might be a little too late, as some females can go into heat as early as 5 months (like my first queen (female cat), and the boys can have their hormones switched on that early, too (yup, teenage cat daddies).

Some breeders and vets will say that early neuter (for males) will give you a larger cat, or a smaller one, since there is literature out there that connects bone growth to hormones, and as usual, literature stating the opposite. The female kittens of some of my past litters have not had issues with size, growing to the average size and weight of an adult.  Vets may opt to wait to spay females mainly because unlike the typical male neuter, a spay requires total anesthesia.

Hope this helped a little.