Yet another kitten advice thread...

[TheCarpetCleaner]

So after getting various different opinions off Google, thought I would check here...

Got two kittens, both around 9 weeks old now. Neither have had jabs yet (been told by the vet 13 weeks) and they are both female, so will be being spayed at around 5 months (again vet recommended - please feel free to correct...)

Anyway the question is, how long is it until they are safely allowed to go outside? Obviously in my mind not until after the jabs for definate - some people are saying after that, others are saying not for a year, others reckon not until spayed...

What do you think?

[illmonkey]

We let our male cat out after 4 months, but ensured he was locked in the house in the evenings. That soon flew out the window though, so he can be out 24/7 now.

[becksW]

Kitten vacc can start at 9 weeks (2 injections given 3 weeks apart), I don't know why you have been told 13.
However not a major issue to do vacc later, as most people don't start letting cats out until they've been neutered 5-6 months is a suitable age for neutering.

Have they been ck'd over by a vet to sort flea and worming out, if not 13 weeks is a long time to wait, see if they do free kitten checks (something our place does)

Letting them out sooner leaves them a bit vulnerable.

I would start letting them out after being neutered, easier to keep them indoors for the recovery period after the op if they are not used to going out.

Edited by becksW on Thursday 29th April 09:03

[tribbles]

With mine, I let them out when they had their second jabs; they were too small to climb the fence/walls around my garden, so it wasn't until they were quite a bit older (and after they'd been 'done') that they were able to meet other cats.

[Dan_1981]

Don't let them out til they've been 'done' it's only a couple more months. Be on the safe side.

[Reload]

Our female kitten is getting spayed tomorrow

She's just over 7 months old. The vet advised her to be at least 6 months old before spaying. We would have got her done before now but were on holiday at the end of March and thought that the bank holiday might a good time as we can look after her a bit more with being off work.

We're going to let her out once she's recovered from her operation as there's a couple of toms about which I can do without her getting interested in!

I also think, from our experience, that letting her out before now would have been an accident waiting to happen. She's so curious and exciteable over the slightest thing that I don't think it would be long before she did herself a mischief!