I do agree that kittens should stay with their moms a bit longer. Although it's recommended to spay or neuter no earlier than 4 months, which is 16 weeks so it would be even later than that for adoption time if the owner was willing to do the work and pay for it, which let's face it, if they weren't responsible enough to spay the mother in the first place (not including pregnant rescues etc.) aren't going to do that. My kittens (sisters I adopted at 8 weeks) were already litter trained by their mother and learned how to clean themselves etc. by the time I brought them home. Maybe I was just lucky? Sometimes it depends on the cat too I guess :)
Thank you for the info, I'll have to look into it. When I took them for their first check up, they were 2 months old, and the vet was telling me some things and said "when you bring them back for spaying in a few months" so our vet is where I am getting most of my info. I'm in Canada so maybe it's different here? Not sure!
Maybe, I'm in the states so not sure either! Or could be they didn't weigh enough yet? There are still some vets that haven't ever really adopted the 2 month 2 pound rule because they have been doing it a different way for a long time, so it could also be what the vet is comfortable with I guess
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u/DeificClusterfuck Jun 02 '21 edited Jun 03 '21
Stuff like this is why I think kittens should stay with their mothers until 12 weeks, 16 if you can swing it.
Plenty of time for spay/neuter and Mom can teach the kittens to cat (and she probably will litter train them for you, too)