6 and a half month old is 11lbs!!

Tamaraz · **Joined:** Sat Jul 23, 2016 2:34 am **Posts:** 9

My 6.5mth old male Bengal is 11lbs!! He does not seem fat.
Is this normal?? Will he just be a big cat? Lol. He has not been neutered
Yet. Trying to hold off until 9 months.

brianj12 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 25, 2016 12:29 am

Tamaraz · **Joined:** Sat Jul 23, 2016 2:34 am **Posts:** 9

Yeah the spraying scares me. I'm afraid he will not grow much more after neutering. Is this true?

Tabitha · **Joined:** Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:11 pm **Posts:** 1196

If that was true, mine would be tiny lol. Both were neutered before they came to us at 14 weeks and are now somewhere between 13-14 pounds each. Get your boy booked in ASAP. You really don't want the spraying etc!

Clare&magic · **Joined:** Sat Oct 31, 2015 9:44 pm **Posts:** 707

I didn't get my boy neutered until he was 8 months old, he is 4 years old and weighs 17 pounds, he's a big boy.

Sherry · **Joined:** Thu May 23, 2013 2:21 pm **Posts:** 9217

He is a beautiful cat and looks perfectly formed to me -- no weight issues there. It is a myth about neutering. Mine was neutered at 12 weeks and weighs about 13 pounds. You are far better off getting him fixed at this stage instead of waiting. The sooner the better -- for him and for you. He's already a big boy -- and will probably get even bigger.

Just know that early neutering has not stopped mine from spraying. He limits it mainly to the outdoors when we go on our walks, but he has sprayed in the house a few times. You really don't want that -- but it's normal behavior for a cats, so if it happens, it happens.

CMYKjill · **Joined:** Tue Sep 23, 2014 6:38 pm **Posts:** 1838

He's a great looking cat. Personally I would get him neutered now. Once spraying becomes a habit, neutering may not stop it. I think size can be attributed to genetics and a good diet. I have never heard neutering stunts their growth. I have a female that is the size of a male cat, and I could tell when she was a kitten that she was going to be very large. She was spayed before 4 months.

Tamaraz · **Joined:** Sat Jul 23, 2016 2:34 am **Posts:** 9

For all that got theirs neutered, did they continue to spray as well?

Tabitha · **Joined:** Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:11 pm **Posts:** 1196

Mine were neutered very young as I said and have never sprayed indoors to date. It is only in the last few months I've seen them spray outside and they have just turned three.

CMYKjill · **Joined:** Tue Sep 23, 2014 6:38 pm **Posts:** 1838

Tamaraz · **Joined:** Sat Jul 23, 2016 2:34 am **Posts:** 9

Thank you all for your opinions and helpful advice. I have officially made the decision not to wait any longer for neutering. Tyson is booked for September 9th. Wish me luck...or more so, wish him luck, my little guy :cry:

brianj12 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 25, 2016 8:38 pm

Donna741 · **Joined:** Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:03 pm **Posts:** 1048

If he's anything like Diesel you won't even know he's had it done. Diesel didn't slow down one bit :lol:

Clare&magic · **Joined:** Sat Oct 31, 2015 9:44 pm **Posts:** 707

Personally I never had a problem with Magic spraying even though I left it a bit later.

He will be fine after he has had it done, Magic didn't even seem to notice that something was missing.

ttl · **Joined:** Sat Jan 09, 2016 10:24 pm **Posts:** 148

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