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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

2385.0. "Home looking for a Kitten" by XCUSME::DLUGOSZ (Ron Dlugosz, DTN 264-0306) Wed Apr 19 1989 01:02

    Hi,
    
    My 5 year old daughter is desperatly wanting a kitten. If anyone
    has or knows of any kittens that are looking for a home (and a 
    lot of attention) in the Nashua area please send mail to
    
    	VENOM::DLUGOSZ
    
    Excuse the node name please.
    
    Ron

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2385.1	Kittenssss Found	XCUSME::DLUGOSZ	The past is but the beginning of a beginning	`Fri Apr 21 1989 23:45`	10
	Thanks for the help to all of you who sent me mail. We found two kittens tonight. We decided on two since we both work - they can keep each other company during the day. They're both from the same litter - one is charcol with white nose and paws, and the other is cremora?. They're 7 wks old, one male and one female (Frisky and Patches as my daughter named them). Thanks again, Ron
2385.2	< too many kittens >	ESOCTS::FARLEY		`Mon May 08 1989 18:54`	8
	Just make sure you spay the female and alter the male or you'll have more kittens than you can handle!! Usually vets require the female to go through one heat period before they are spayed - sometimes not though - this usually happens around 6 mo. The earliest you can get your male altered is at 7-8 months (I believe - some vets will go earlier). But it's something to look into! Good Luck!
2385.3	Please DON'T wait for first heat	CRUISE::NDC		`Wed May 17 1989 11:37`	27
	I keep hearing folks say "usually the vet requires the female to go through one heat period". To my knowledge this is not true. No vet I've ever gone to has said that. None of the MSPCA etc literature says that. It is my understanding that females can be spayed at 6 months of age. Sometimes this is done earlier if there is an intact male in the house - say at 5 months - or if the kitten goes into heat early or is an outdoor cat. I know the opinions on when to neuter the male differ. Some vets will do it at 5 ot 6 months, others, like my current vet prefer to wait until 9 months unless the cat is engaging in undesireable behavior (spraying, fighting, mounting) or is an outdoor cat. The reason for waiting until 9 months in the male is to be sure that his "equipment" has reached adult size and that the urethra (the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside) has gotten as large as its going to. This helps prevent blockages later in life. If that information is wrong please tell me - and let me know your source. Otherwise, I'm very concerned that this kind of advice - wait until the first heat - is going to end up producing more unwanted kittens. BTW - two of my three females were neutered right at 6 months of age (the other was spayed when I got her) and NONE of them are obese. Nancy DC
2385.4	sooner...	STAR::BARTH		`Fri May 26 1989 16:33`	11
	I believe the "wait till the first heat" info has, at this point, become an "old wives tale". Old books say it, new books do not. My 3 vets, as well as some dog breeders say it's all hooey (no offense intended). As for the males, I've recently heard that they're not even certain any more that it's necessary for the male "equipment" to mature fully before neutering. I don't know if anyone's proved it yet, but maybe that's old news too... I agree with Nancy, that it's safer to NOT wait for spaying! Karen, Tristan, Tenzing and Max.