Glaucoma is a term used to describe several types of eye conditions that affect the optic nerve. In most cases, damage to the optic nerve is caused by increased pressure in the eye, also known as intraocular pressure (IOP).Glaucoma can cause partial vision loss, with blindness as a possible eventual outcome.laucoma is a term used to describe several types of eye conditions that affect the optic nerve. In most cases, damage to the optic nerve is caused by increased pressure in the eye, also known as intraocular pressure (IOP).
Kittens should be spayed or neutered when they reach sexual maturity, which is usually between four and six months of age. However a cat can be safely spayed or neutered at any age, so even older adopted cats should have this procedure.
Shelters canât wait until kittens are six months old before neutering and spaying. They donât have the room, and it would deprive potential adopters of experiencing the joys of their kittenâs kittenhood. Studies have shown that kittens can be spayed and neutered as early as 8 weeks of age, with no deleterious effect.Your cat, at 16 weeks of age, can be spayed with no worries at all.Regards, Arnold Plotnick, DVM.his is because if a kitten is adopted out to a home at the age of 8 or 9 weeks, a significant percentage of the adopters fail to spay or neuter their cat, even if the adoption fee includes a free spay and neuter.