Have you ever wondered why cats adopted from kennels or shelters are always sterilized? The answer is very simple, sterilizing a cat prevents transmitted diseases, improves the character of the cat, lengthens its life, avoids unwanted litters and prevents the appearance of colonies of stray cats. In addition, we must take into account the unbelievable and sad number of cats that are abandoned around the world every day.
For all these reasons it is essential to raise awareness, especially if you have decided to adopt a stray cat you should think about the advantages of sterilizing a cat.
What if I don't want to neuter my cat?
There are many people who think that sterilization is a cruel practice and focus only on caring for the cat to improve its quality of life, but what is the truth in all this? Find out how many drawbacks there are to not neutering a cat:
- Cats suffer during heat: Have you ever heard a cat during this time? Their screams and moans are endless, especially at night. That's not only annoying for you, who want to sleep, it's also annoying for her, who can't have sex and is desperately looking for a way out of your home to find a male.
- Cats suffer during cat heat: The cat can hear the cat's heat cries from an incredible distance, because they have a highly developed sense of hearing. In this situation it is normal for him to try to escape to attend the call. They also frequently urinate or defecate to mark their territory.
- An unwanted pregnancy: Some people are fond of owning cats, but the reality is that when a cat arrives pregnant to our home we can start thinking about how we are going to feed 8 kittens.
- Problems arising from pregnancy: The consequences of a cat's pregnancy can be various, including abandoned puppies or the death of the parent (if there are difficulties or we do not have the financial means to solve any importunity etc).
- Behavioral problems: The reproductive instinct of the cat will manifest itself repeatedly during its life, this generates stress and discomfort in our pet who can begin to develop behavior problems. This has repercussions on sullen and even aggressive attitudes.
- Loss of the cat: As we have already mentioned in the previous point, a cat in heat cannot deny its instinct, for that reason it may happen that the animal escapes and ends up getting lost.
What if I decide to neuter my cat?
If the inconveniences do not seem enough to sterilize your cat, pay attention to the advantages of doing it, maybe you will decide to change your mind:
- Improve the longevity of your pet: neutering a cat represents a considerable improvement in its quality of life, which has a direct impact on a increased life expectancy.
- We avoid the possibility of breast cancer by 95%: whenever the cat is sterilized before the first heat, then reduced to 85%, a very good number.
- We prevent the appearance of uterine infection: each cat has a 40% risk of suffering from it, what do you think if the we improve to 0%?
- You can sterilize your cat in just 45 minutes.
- Organizations such as FAADA, the Altarriba Foundation or independent projects in Argentina reduce the price of castrations and even do it for free.
- You and your pet will stop suffering because the heat will no longer exist.
- Your male cat will stop marking the house with urine or feces in 40% of the cases.
- You reduce aggressive behavior and promote stability within the home.
- You will prevent him from escaping in search of females in 40% of the cases.
- There is no risk of your cat having an unwanted litter.
