| I've never heard of nuetering a cat too 'late' in life. Ususally, you have
to worry if you neuter cats too early. Especially in the case of male cats,
if you neuter them before they have finished maturing, the urinary track never
will complete maturation and they are likely to have bladder infections and
problems throughout life.
denise
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| re .0, .1: Normally, you can neuter throughout a cat's life without much
harm, though it's good to recall that neutering a queen is a major operation;
for a tom, it's relatively trivial.
The bladder problem may be aggravated by neutering, but the reason there's
a problem among cats is that their distant Egyptian ancestors were desert
critters, so kitticats are *very* sensitive to an excess of magnesium in
their diets. There is one *perscription* item, Hill's C/D Feline, avail-
able in both dry and canned/moist form, that is sufficiently Mmagnesium-free
so that cats can stuff themselves on it without ill-bladder effects. There
are two commercial canned foors -- Friskies Beef & Liver and Friskies Turkey
& Giblets, that also fall below the threshold limits. *All other commersially
available cat foods check out too high.*
Steve
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| My vet says females are spayed,
Males are neutered.
I have only had mail cats, dogs, etc., in my experience. I've never
yet found a female animal that I liked enough to take home, etc.
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