What are your views on people not neutering their cats?

Question

There are some people who believe that it is kinder to let a cat have one litter before neutering her.

Some do not believe in neutering at all.

Some people think that all cats should be neutered, as we already have too many abandoned cats and kittens to find homes for.

I personally fall into the last category; but I'm just interested to see what you guys think.

xx Emmie

Bocafan11 - then why are you answering the question? duhh....

Answer 1

Spay and neuter your pets! No questions.

If you allow your pet kitty or dog to have one litter, and their litter has a litter, etc. then think about all the now homeless animals.

Those animals you bred have made it so that many shelter animals will be euthanized. Every animal you breed takes a space in a home a shelter animal might have gotten.

There are many benefits to fixing your pet- she won't go calling or into heat, they won't mark their territory (usually) and many cancers will be prevented.

Spaying and neutering is necessary. It DOESN'T alter your cats personality in any way, your cat won't hate you for it, and thousands of animals will be saved.

And it isn't costly at all. Some places even offer it free.

It's unethical, in my opinion, to allow animals to breed, when so many are dying. Too many people are ignorant, and breed for a little money. It's terrible. And there should be laws agains purposefully breeding your pet!

Note: All three of my cats are shelter adoptions and are all fixed, and none are lazy, fat, or mean. So spay and neuter, everyone! It's worth it!!!

Answer 2

My queens and b i t c h e s are spayed, my toms and dogs neutered and my only pets that may breed are fish. You can't really stop them but as I haven't the right conditions for the young or eggs they rarely survive! It's the same in nature though so I don't feel guilty.
I get all my dogs and most of my cats from shelters and always add the cost of the operation to any purchase price I pay or allow for it in case it needs to be done!
It certainly makes for a healthier happier pet and my boys stay home and the girls are not drawing a crowd of admiring males fighting outside my door. I cannot house a large number of them and the females would soon expect them to leave the nest and so letting them have a litter would mean adding to the already large numbers of unwanted pets.
Those are the reasons you should have any pet 'done' and I can't think of any reason not to aside from owning a show animal (the animal has to be whole) or being a full time breeder.
I think it's laziness and an unwillingness to part with their money (though what's another £50 if you can afford £600 for a puppy anyway) the reasons given are just excuses!

Answer 3

While I personally believe in getting cats fixed (especially male cats because of the spraying problems if you don't) there are some difficulties that I have ran into with spaying cats. The main problem seems to be with urinary infections, I had a female cat that was fixed and that was healthy before but after suffered with very bad reoccurring urinary infections. The vet we went to was so eager to get the cat fixed that he didn't bother to tell us the risks of complications from the surgery. I feel we should have been better informed. As far as it being cruel not to let the cat have at least one litter first I do not believe that its necessary. While many cats seem to have strong mothering instincts I have known quite a few that had to have their kittens hand raised because they had no desire to look after them themselves. I think the main question is, if you were to do this would you just end up giving the kittens away to strangers you don't know? or would you keep them? Or do you have Friends that would want them? If the kittens were truly wanted and would automatically have a good home their is no need to feel guilty about letting the cat have babies. I grew up on a dairy farm where their was always a need for cats that came from good mouse hunting stock to keep the mice down, that were attracted to the grain we would feed the cows.

Answer 4

I believe that nuetering MY cat was best for him as he is a bit of an alpha male. This meant that he was getting a bit aggressive and very moody if he felt that my boyfriend was showing me too much attention. He started to hump our legs when we were in bed (they are about cat width) and his blanket that he has had since he was a kitten. I got him nuetered after he went missing for 24 hours on the scent of a female cat on heat. They were the worse 24 hours of my life not knowing where he was. I made the appointment the second he came back with a smile on his face! He has not been affected at all by the operation was up running around as soon as the anesthetic wore off!!

He has stopped the agression and the humping of legs! But he is still the same cat and I think if I hadnt had him nuetered he would have ended up spraying and becoming ferral.

I dont disagree with people who dont get their cats spayed or neutered as long as they feel that this is best for their cats. Every cat has their own personality and my best friends cat has never been nuetered and is not agressive or spraying and he doesnt hump anybody's legs!!

Answer 5

cats do no benefit at all by having just one litter that is a fallacy.
Unneutered cats are open to lots of diseases ..FELV.. CAT FLU .. AIDS .. FIP. okay so your cat may be injected against the nasties but what if the cat that they mate with isn't.. are you really going to risk your cats health ..
males wonder and fight .. females go out and mate with any tom dick or harry.. Then there's the risk of accidents with wondering cats getting knocked over in the streets..

males and females if left unaltered spray making your house smell lovely . they are noisy and call.. a female let on heat without mating will run the risk of ovarian cancer..

However I do not agree that all cats should be altered .. too many cats and kittens around already .. but what if all cats were altered given time their would be none and cats would become extinct.. so that argument does add up..
Breeding THAT IS controlled.. yes because the animals welfare and health is taken into account.. and you know who the father is and when the kittens are due. You have researched what you need to do to help ..

Breeding pedigree and cross breeding establish new breeding and new traits..also goes along way to helping preserve animals that would otherwise become extinct..

It all depends on what you want to achieve when and if you let your cat breed and how you go about it..

Answer 6

I have learned that there are many reasons why it is best to have your cat spay/neutered. If you allow your cat to go into heat and/or get pregnant it will break down their immune system which they need for a long and healthier life. So that alone is a good reason. But it cuts the chance of them getting cancer, prevents cat fights, prevents them from roaming as much and one of the best reasons is that there just isn't enough GOOD homes for all of them.
But cats/kittens dying at the shelter because you allow your cat to get pregnant is just the icing on the cake...some people just don't care, but I do.

Do you realize that for every 1 person born, there are 7 puppies and kittens
born? At best, 1 will find a forever home.
And don't forget, that every "Free-to-good-home" litter takes homes away
from animals already at the shelter.

STOP letting your pets; or your friends, relatives or co-workers pets
contribute to the problem.
If you love animals, it is NOT ENOUGH to merely say "My pets are fixed".
Vow to educate and enable others to fix their pets too.
Spaying just 1 female dog or cat, will prevent 6 others from ending up in a
shelter the following year.
Please be part of the solution, NOT the problem!
Thank you. ^..^

Answer 7

"There are some people who believe that it is kinder to let a cat have one litter before neutering her."

Some people confuse cats with humans. Cat's drives toward mother-hood are the result of hormones, not emotions. If it's kinder to let hem have a litter becasue the cat wants babies - then it's infinately crueler to give the babies away.

Unless you have a show quality cat that you want to breed you should spay and neuter. Not only will there be less stray animals this helps in other areas. your cat will be less likely to get in fights (if male) and less likely to wander far from home, which reduces the chances of them getting hurt by cars, people or other animals.

Just my opinion. :)

Answer 8

Definitely neuter cats. I do not think that it is kinder to let cats not be neutered, since my male has been neutered he has been getting into allot less fights and has stopped marking his territory. There are way too many animals out there that are not being cared for properly, if everyone had there pets neutered and spayed it would definitely reduce all the problems we have with strays.
-Freckles

Answer 9

In the case of female cats, if they are not neutered by there 3rd occasion of coming on call, then they are at ill-health risk.

Female cats are not like human females. When they are on call if they are not mated then they become to huge ill health problems.

For cats that are domestic pets or are feral, if they are not neutered then obviously there is the issue of unwanted kittens and the shxtbags who think it is ok to drown them, abandon them etc.

For male cats... if they are not neutered they have temperament problems - they become excessively territorial, spray everywhere and mate everything in sight.

Male domestic cats are more likely to spray in the house and not be affectionate to their owners. They will roam excessively. They annoy other cat owners and annoy other property owners.

If cats are not being bred from then they should be neutered.

Answer 10

If you aren't going to breed the animal it is far kinder to neuter it...what it hasn't had it can't miss.

It is more responsible to be a caring owner. There are a lot of health benefits to the cat also. Avoiding cancers etc. I would always advocate neutering before any pregnancy.