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[beach chick]

my friend, of whom I am very fond normally, has really annoyed me tonight.

 

she has finally taken her 2 female cats (each of which has had at least 2 litters, some kittens homed elsewhere - we've had 3 - some she's kept) to be spayed today.

 

she is moaning because they were BOTH pregnant again, so not only is it more expensive to spay them but it is more invasive surgery for the cat, not to mention the unborn kittens... she actually said "why dont owners of boy cats get them done? - that would stop it" When I said it was 6 of one and half a dozen of the other, which is why I ALWAYS get mine done at 6 months, regardless of gender, her excuse was that "oh well, both these girls were pregnant at 5 months" - but she still let them go on to have a couple of litters each....

 

grr it just makes me so CROSS!

[Omletina Kyckling]

I quite agree. My girls were done at 5 months, which is a bit early, before they'd set one paw outside, because we have a tom in the area and I wasn't risking them going out until I knew they were safe. I can't understand owners who don't have their cats done at all. Not kind to the cat or the often unwanted kittens.

[Goosey Lucy]

I agree. My kittens (a brother and sister) are 3 months old today but their appointment to be neutered is already booked with the option to bring it forward if either of them start showing signs of being interested in the other. Neither are going outside until then.

[Bramble]

I agree, neutering is one of the best things you can do for your own pet, not to mention the pet population at large.

I watched a program about The Blue Cross a couple of weeks ago (Undercover Boss, I think) and they were debating whether to refuse to treat animals whose owners refused to have them neutered (that seems a bit unfair on the pet, but I see their point).

[craftyhunnypie]

Those poor cats! I would call her a very irresponsible owner to be honest!

Emma.x

[Lavenders_Blue]

she actually said "why dont owners of boy cats get them done? - that would stop it"

 

OMG what a stupid thing to say! If you don't want your cat to have kittens, then get it spayed. I don't see what the problem is.

Personally, I think it is a good idea for both male and female animals to be neutered (cats, dogs, rabbits, whatever) however I think even more so for the female animals. If you are the owner of a female animal, you are the one who has to deal with the consequences if it becomes pregnant.

I would never keep an un-neutered animal myself (male or female) but especially so if it was female. It's my responsibility to prevent it from having a litter.

[Chickvic]

I can see why you are angry. I have 3 tom cats all of whom were neutered before going outside. The youngest had to wait even longer because only 1 testicle had descended. The vet suggested we wait to see if it appeared, it didn't and he had to have more invasive surgery for it to be removed. He was about 8 months old before he went out. I would never have sent out a 'whole' cat anyway - male or female!

[beach chick]

it's difficult, because I do love her; but she is rubbish with animals - yet insists on having them. I make all the right noises but she just goes ahead... she is not intentionally cruel, but she doesnt really 'get' that if you take on the responsibility for an animal that you MUST do certain things, and not do others...

[Meganymoo]

Those poor kittens! My male kitten was done a soon as he was old enough!

[fluffy chick]

she actually said "why dont owners of boy cats get them done? - that would stop it"

 

OMG what a stupid thing to say! If you don't want your cat to have kittens, then get it spayed. I don't see what the problem is.

Personally, I think it is a good idea for both male and female animals to be neutered (cats, dogs, rabbits, whatever) however I think even more so for the female animals. If you are the owner of a female animal, you are the one who has to deal with the consequences if it becomes pregnant.

I would never keep an un-neutered animal myself (male or female) but especially so if it was female. It's my responsibility to prevent it from having a litter.

 

Plus there are feral cats that could quite easily do the deed! My girl was done even though she is a house cat as the vet said it prevents other problems.

[Old Speckled Hen]

Easily pregnant at five months these days

In the USA cats are spayed with their jabs at 12 weeks. Doesn't seem to do any harm and is a quick and easy job done in five minutes, don't even need to tie blood vessels off.

[The Dogmother]

Don't even get me started on that one - family up the road from me do the same and then call me to go round and sex the kittens for them I always give them the same rant about getting them spayed.

[Seagazer]

I will hold up my hands in that my first cats when I got married had kittens. They were only 4 months (Oscar) and 5 months old (Smudge). We had already got them booked in to be done. We luckily found homes for all the kittens. Since then all my pets, even the rabbit, were spayed at a young age. There are more than enough kittens and puppies out there.

[beach chick]

it's interesting though, there is quite a movement in some dog and cat mags (mostly the professional breeder press tbh) AGAINST early neutering and indeed neutering at all - on the grounds of depriving them of natural behaviours, early onset of some kinds of tumours being related to early/any neutering.

 

for me, there is no argument against neutering a pet animal, and I think anyone who wants to breed dogs or cats should have to have a licence to declare their fitness for purpose and that their breeding stock has been hip/eye/heart whatever tested prior to breeding.

 

so, the bunnies are being booked in next week for their procedures!

[The Dogmother]

Bunnies are one animal for whom neutering is necessary for their well being; Does tend to get uterine cancer if not spayed and bucks can get really aggressive and spray urine.

[Seagazer]

We had to get AJ (YS's rabbit) spayed as he kept trying it on with poor Dave (my lovely cat). He lived in the house at the time. It was such a shock for Dave.