think there was a thread on here about the benifits of neutering cats but canni find it?
My reasons:- Quite simply there are far too many cats and just not enough caring homes. It's all very well saying Oh! I always get good homes for my cats kittens, if that is the case why are we always so full and have a huge list of cats waiting to come in and where are all the tens of thousands of cats/kittens that Cats Protection take in each year coming from? And why are tens of thousands more put to sleep each year? Sadly most of them come from those so-called good homes. If there were not so many kittens available the thousands of kittens/cats that are put to sleep each year may stand a chance of adoption, and that good home you managed to find may have adopted one that has now been put to sleep. We appreciate that some come into care because of the owners ill health or a death in the family but the majority are simply not now wanted. Of course we are just one rescue, there are possibly as many again if not more being helped by other rescues. Please don't be led into thinking that if everyone had their cat neutered/spayed they would die out, that is just not going to happen there are far too many irresponsible people for that. If there were a few less cats/kittens available would it be such a bad thing? Maybe just maybe they would be more valued and as a result of this perhaps we would not keep reading of the abuse and neglect so many suffer. Occasionally we are told I don't want my cat 'done' I want it to have some fun, another word for fun is amusing, it is not very amusing when your cat gets a life threatening disease just because you wanted your cat to have some fun, is it?
RISKS FIV & FeLV (Feline Aids & Leukaemia) is rife; it is passed on from cat to cat by contact, usually sexual or fighting. Please don't put your cat at risk. It is NOT necessary for a cat to have a litter of kittens before it's spayed, indeed all Vets would agree that it is of no benefit to a cat at all. It is just as important for indoor cats to be neutered/spayed as it helps to eradicate many forms of cancer, e.g. Breast, Ovarian, Uterine Prostrate & Testicular also enlargement of the prostrate and related infections. Cats are also safer from mammary tumours and will not acquire pyometra a life threatening infection. EVERY TIME A FEMALE COMES INTO SEASON IT INCREASES HER CHANCES OF BREAST CANCER.THIS ALSO AFFECTS DOGS.TESTICULAR CANCER IS COMMON IN UNNEUTERED CATS AS IS FELINE AIDS AND LEUKAEMIA. NEUTERING/SPAYING IS THE BEST WAY TO HELP YOUR CATS STAY HEALTHY. Vouchers towards the cost of this simple little procedure are available to anyone on a limited budget. Please ring your local Cats Protection or apply online for vouchers see
www.cats.org.uk PLEASE NOTE: FIV & FeLV CANNOT BE TRANSMITTED TO HUMANS.
WE HAD 38 UNNEUTERED/UNSPAYED CATS TESTED FOR LEUKAEMIA & AIDS 35 WERE POSITIVE. IF ONLY ONE OF THESE HAD COME INTO CONTACT WITH ANY OF YOUR CATS MALE OR FEMALE IT COULD SO EASILY BE PASSED ON.CATS LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED MANY TIMES WHEN A VET NOTICED SOMETHING WRONG WITH A CAT THAT WOULD HAVE REMAINED UNNOTICED UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE HAD THE CAT NOT GONE FOR A NEUTER/SPAY.
