My kitten was desexed young?
I got my 10 week old kitten yesterday and he was desexed 3 days before that. That seems too young. Wondering what effects this could have on his hormones, personality and development?
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I don't think you need to worry. The ASPCA says:
It is generally considered safe for kittens as young as eight weeks
old to be spayed or neutered. In animal shelters, surgery is often
performed at this time so that kittens can be sterilized prior to
adoption.
All is good! SPCA's spay/neuter the kittens super young, this helps them to be adopted MUCH faster. The surgery is more risky but you won't have any bad side-effects from it.
One of the biggest effects of this is that he will (hopefully) never develop a marking habit. Cats usually start marking around the time that they go through puberty and it's more common in male cats, so it's definitely a good thing that he's fixed already
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