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Ever wondered why cats adopted from shelters are always spayed?
The answer is very simple, neutering a cat helps to avoid transmission diseases, improves the behavior of the animal, prolongs its life and prevents the appearance of stray cat colonies. Furthermore, we must take into account the incredible and sad amount of stray cats around the world every day.
For all these reasons it is essential to be aware, especially if you have decided to adopt a stray cat, about the benefits of neutering a cat.
What happens if I don't neuter my cat?
There are many people who think that neutering is a cruel practice and who focus only on caring for the cat to improve its quality of life, but what's right about that? Find out how many disadvantages there are when not neutering a cat:
- Cats suffer during heat: Have you ever heard a cat during this season? Their screams and moans are endless, especially at night. This is not only uncomfortable for her, who wants to sleep, it is also for her, who cannot have sex and despairs looking for a way out of her house to find a male.
- Cats suffer during the heat of cats: The cat can hear the cat's heat cries from an incredible distance, as they have a highly developed auditory sense. In this situation, it is normal that you try to escape to answer the call. In addition, they often urinate or defecate to mark their territory.
- an unwanted pregnancy: Some people like to have cats, but the reality is that when a pregnant cat arrives at our house, we can start to ask how we are going to feed 8 kittens.
- Problems arising from pregnancy: The consequences of the cat's pregnancy can be many, including abandoned puppies or the mother's death (if there are difficulties or if there is no economic means to solve any problem, etc).
- behavior problems: The cat's protective instinct will manifest itself repeatedly during its life, this generates stress and discomfort in our pet, which may start to develop behavioral problems. This reverberates in antisocial and even aggressive attitudes.
- cat loss: As we mentioned in the previous point, a cat in heat cannot deny its instinct, for this reason it may happen that the animal runs away and ends up getting lost.
What if you have decided to neuter my cat?
If the inconveniences don't seem like enough to sterilize your cat, pay attention to the advantages of doing this, you may change your mind:
- Improves your cat's life expectancy: Spaying a cat results in a considerable improvement in its quality of life, this directly affects an increase in its average life expectancy.
- We avoided the possibility of suffering from breast cancer by 95%: Whenever the cat is sterilized before the first heat, this possibility is immediately reduced to 85%, a very positive value.
- We prevent the appearance of uterine infection: Each cat has a 40% risk of suffering it, what would it look like if we improve it to 0%?
- You can spay your cat in just 45 minutes.
- You and your pet will no longer suffer because the heat will no longer exist.
- There are some independent projects or organizations that reduce the cost of castrations or even do them for free.
- Your male cat will no longer mark the house with urine or feces.
- You will be able to reduce aggressive behavior and foster stability at home.
Now that you know the benefits of neutering a cat, check out the following articles as well:
- The best age to neuter a male cat
- Ideal age to neuter a cat
- Care of a cat after neutering
This article is for information purposes only, at PeritoAnimal.com.br we are not able to prescribe veterinary treatments or perform any type of diagnosis. We suggest that you take your pet to the veterinarian in case it has any type of condition or discomfort.