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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

107.0. "neutering a cat" by VLNVAX::AHAYNES () Mon Jun 24 1985 19:19

	Is it really bad to neuter a (female) cat after she is older than
seven (people) years?  I have a cat (Fats, her name) and she has the same
as "Why is he changing cat"  She is moody sometimes and mean most of the time
but sometimes she is very lovable.  She does not go in heat 4 times a year
or whatever is normal.  

	I have another cat which Fats fights constantly now....  I am
wondering if I should neuter Fats...The other cat has been neutered already.

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107.1ALGOL::WELDONTue Jun 25 1985 20:397
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
107.2PEN::KALLISWed Jun 26 1985 14:1415
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
107.3SNICKR::BLIUDNIKASMon Aug 05 1985 13:286
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.