What are the risks of NOT having a female cat fixed and what are the risks of having her fixed?

Answer 1

not fixed you get kittens, fixed you get a fat cat.

Answer 2

Spaying your cat prevents unwanted births and reduces the influence of sex hormones on your pet's behavior. In seven years, an unspayed female can produce up to 781,250 kittens. Homes cannot be found for most of these animals and many either end up in shelters or on the street. Only a lucky few are adopted; the rest are either euthanized or die from trauma, exposure, starvation or disease. By spayingyou do your part to prevent this tragedy.

Behavior problems can also be prevented or minimized by spaying your cat. Sexual behavior in female cats is reduced following surgery. Female cats no longer show "heat" behavior (soliciting mounting from males). Overall, being sexually intact increases the risk of relinquishment to a shelter. There are, however, large individual differences and not all cats undergo a behavior change following spaying.

you should know that a female cat can come into a heat cycle every three weeks and that each cycle can last approximately four to five days. The physical and mental stresses associated with such cycles can be substantial over the lifetime of any cat that remains unsprayed. There are significant reductions in the rates of various illnesses and diseases, such as cancer, that "unfixed" cats experience; reproductive organ cancers, pyometra, and uterine infection

Answer 3

The biggest risk with not having her de-sexed is that she will be having maybe up to three litters a year. Then you have the problem of rehousing the kittens, and they grow up fast. Having litters year after year is not good for a cat. A cat really does need to have a rest between, as it is a great strain for a cat, you try having babies in succession without a break. The only down side I can see in being de-sexed is that in later years she may have a very large, droppy belly. My de-sexed female is like that, it in no way hinders her at all. All the best.

Answer 4

A female cat that is not spayed, can develop ovarian cancer, and she will go into heat every month. A female cat in heat will spray urine, much like a tom cat. She will meow LOUDLY, and will sqaut down in front of anyone who touches her, it's a little disturbing. And kittens. There are too many cats and kittens in shelters that will never find homes and will be "put to sleep", you know, killed.
Being spayed, about the only possible risks would be trouble from the anesthesia, and infection at the incision site. And these happen rarely.
Get her spayed, she will be a happier cat in the long run. She will live longer too.
For more info:
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Answer 5

The risks of NOT having her fixed is that you're gonna have a lot of tomcats around meowing your ears off and driving everybody nuts, and severely limiting the quality and quantity of sleep you'll be getting at night, followed by litters and litters of "little cute kitty-kats" that are going to further drive you and everyone around you totally bonkers, plus an ever growing cat food bill, with the flea collars and vet bills and litter boxes and all the cat litter you'll need to buy, etc.. The risks of having her fixed are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . well, as best I remember, the risks of having your female cat fixed are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . well, as I was saying, the risks of having your female cat fixed are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. , and that's all I have to say on the subject. I hope you can understand my point of view. God Bless you.

Answer 6

I am going to agree with evilestwendy with her answer. It is 100 % correct. I was going to state almost the identical thing. A cat in heat is miserable for her and any living soul around her. It is just a healthier thing to do. By the way I am a lead staff person of an SPCA and the lead animal care person. Go into your local SPCA and see what has happened when people ask questions about spaying/ neutering. Don't ask me how many animals I have had to euthanize due to the over population of domesticated animals it is just too sad. Do the right thing and get your cat fixed. Thank you and good luck!

Answer 7

Risks of not having your cat fixed ~ lots of meowing in the middle of the night when your cats in heat and babies.

Risks of having her fixed ~ With surgery there is always some type of risk....but since there is an over abundance of stray cats its best to get them fixed.

Answer 8

It is much healthier for your cat to have her spayed. There are many misconceptions and myths surrounding this topic. There are very few serious risks associated with spaying. The most common risk is infection at the suture site. Here is a "fact sheet" to dispel some of the myths.

1) Spaying or neutering is foolproof birth control that lasts a lifetime.

2) Spaying or neutering provides relief from such hormone driven urges as:

Aggression
Territorialism
Wanderlust, that is, the desire to escape from the yard and seek sexual adventure inthe outside world.
Dominance
Marking territory with urine/feces.
Unwanted sexual behavior
Frustration which occurs when the behaviors dictated by hormonal urges cause the pet to behave in a way that is undesirable to the owners.
3) Protection (either partial or complete) from such hormone-induced conditions as
FEMALES

Breast cancer
Cystic endometrial hyperplasia and pyometra
False pregnancies
Mastitis (can occur during false pregnancy)
Transmissible venereal sarcoma
Ovarian and uterine tumors
Cystic ovaries and hyperestrogenism
Chronic endometritis
Vaginal hyperplasia and prolapse
Uterine torsion or uterine prolapse


MYTH: My pet will get fat and lazy.

FACT: The truth is that most pets get fat and lazy because their owners feed them too much and don't give them enough exercise.

Answer 9

The risks of a female cat not being fixed are...pregnancy and having to deal with your cat going in heat constantly.

The risks of a female cat being fixed are...your cat cant have babies, and ummm.....thats all i guess!

Good luck and alltogether I would say to get her spayed.

Answer 10

Well one risk is you will end up with to many cats like me. It all started with 2 cats. 1 boy and 1 girl they started multiplying before i know it I have 86 cats. What I would suggest is giving them away for free like I do.
One risk with fixing your cat is that if it dies you wont have a free replacement and one that probably looks just like it.

Answer 11

Risks of NOT fixing:
a shitload of cats running around..
the hideous noise they make when they are in heat...
the mess they make when they are in heat
and I think higher chance of death
and misery

Risks of having it fixed:
They could cut something they shouldn't such as the the toenails. My mom had put a cat in the hospital for fixing and it came out with no claws.. lol
but really.. I think fixed cats live longer, and I think overall they and more meaningful, YOU are happier...!!