Neuter your Kitty Sooner Rather than Later
I don't want to be neutered |
Should you neuter your cat? There are those who have kittens
who think it’s a dreadful idea, then there are those who don’t have cats and think all cats should be
neutered and so get a reputation for not liking cats.
The
truth of the situation is that unless you want your cat to have, or father,
kittens of its own, you really need to consider neutering your cat as soon
as possible. Many people think that
they have to wait until their cat goes through her first “heat” cycle. This isn’t the case. She’ll be just fine if you get her done as
soon as her system is mature enough to cope.
Usually this is around 5 months old.
If you wait and she has that cycle, be prepared for the loudly
serenading “beaus” who come “calling” at 2am!
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Although
most cat owners can see the advantage of neutering their queen, not many
realize that by neutering a tom, they not only stop him from populating the
local area with off-spring, but they will take that “tom cat” smell away. The urine of a neutered tom cat usually
smells less intrusive that that of a non-neutered one.
Regardless
what some people may think, neutering your kitten isn’t a negative thing. If anything you are liberating your cat to
go out into the world, confident that it’s not going to be helping to populate
it!