mY DAD THINK IT'S 'CRUEL' TO GET ANIMALS FIXED?

Question

HE REFUSES TO GET MY FEMALE KITTENS SPAYED!!!!!! IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS. HOW DO I CONVINCE HIM THAT IT'S NOT CRUEL?!? GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!! :(

HE SAYS THAT IF PEOPLE KEEP SPAYING THEIR CATS, THERE WILL BE NO MORE CATS IN 10 YEARS!!! PSHHH.

SPAYING/NEUTERING* SORRY.

Answer 1

that is totally a matter of personal opinion....and ive got a question:Who would pay for it if they did?? if the answer is your dad I think its his decision....

Answer 2

Well, my elderly non-fixed (at the time) male miniature schnauzer was sick, and I took him to the vet. They did an x-ray, and the vet actually thought that his prostate was his bladder, because it was so large. So at an elderly age, he had to be neutered, when it would have been easier on him to have done it at an early age. So it is best if they are not being bred to be fixed. This prevents cancers etc..

Now, lets talk about unwanted pregnancy. What is your Dad's plan when your female kittens end up pregnant? Is he going to pay to feed them and take care of them? I do not know how many kittens you have, and I understand that it is expensive to have them neutered, but that is the responsibility that comes with having a pet. I do not know how old you are, but maybe you find some kind of job to help pay for this. I had to pay for my female puppy to be spayed when I was in school. That was part of the deal when my parents allowed me to have her.

So ask your dad this - What is more cruel? Spaying your kittens now, or taking the chance that future unwanted kittens could end up homeless, abused, or starve to death? Letting your female cats go un-altered is irresponsible.

You might show him the answers that you get from this. I doubt that he is going to get a lot of sympathy.

Answer 3

Tell him they will suffer more if not spayed. They come into heat every 2-3 weeks and if they don;t get to mate they will feel very frustrated and the crying sound they make when in heat will drive you and your neighbours crazy. They become very desperate and will try all kinds of ways to escape to find a mate. They won;t be happy if they can;t get what they want! And do you know that spayed cats actually live happier AND healthier lives?

If they mate they will become pregnant and this will lead to many unwanted kittens. what will happen to these unwanted kittens?? Who;s going to take care of them? Cats breed superfast and you'll have a BIG colony of cats in no time!

Many people abandon their unwanted kittens and leave them in the streets when they can't find people to adopt them. These street cats cause nuisance to the public by their territorial fighting, fighting for females, peeing n shitting all over the place, digging up trashes etc etc.. In most countries, stray cats who get caught by the authority will be killed.

THink about it. Isn;t it more cruel and irresponsible of the owner to let their cats reproduce endlessly UNLESS you are prepared to take care of the kittens litter after litter??

Answer 4

He is being silly. Why is that cruel? It is cruel to NOT get her fixed for these reasons: A, no matter how hard you try she WILL get pregnant, probably multiple times. That will add more unwanted kittens to the population, and also be stressful times on your cat which will lower her lifespan. How would you like to always be having kittens. B, your cat will be more likely to get cancers and other ailments with age if not spayed. And C, she will go through heat often, which is far worse than our version of cramps. Tell your dad to grow up, it is your cat and you want to be responsible.

Answer 5

Tell him that unless he spays her, he can get used to her going into heat a couple of times a year. That should drive him nuts.

If you're old enough, take the cat to a low cost spay and neuter clinic and have it done. You seem to be the responsible one, maybe you can teach your Dad a thing or two?

Answer 6

Hi there, firstly if you have female cats, it is fact, that if your cat keeps coming into season, ie, calling, and she doesn't get pregnant, she will end up losing condition and could get cysts on her ovaries. Now if your females are not going to have any litters of kittens, then it is in their best interest to have them both spayed.
I breed Siamese and Orientals so I know a small bit about breeding.
I hope this has helped in some way

Answer 7

it's extremely cruel NOT to get cats or dogs spayed. i was feeding a feral cat that had a kitten. the next year she had 3 more kittens. when they were old enough i took momma cat in and had her spayed. 2 of her 3 kittens were females. since i couldn't catch the 2 females, one has had a litter of 4. my husband caught them and i ended up feeding them. they will be old enough to be fixed in dec. i will get the females (2) spayed. it is unfair to a female animal to keep have babies and no one wanting them. hope your dad wakes up and realizes it's NOT cruel, but a sign of love for the female to be spayed.

Answer 8

health benefits of spaying and neutering?


Spaying eliminates the “heat” cycle, which causes crying, pacing, and erratic behavior, especially in cats. Dogs in heat also produce a bloody vaginal discharge that can stain furniture and carpets. Cats and dogs in heat can attract persistent and often obnoxiously loud “suitors” from all over the neighborhood, even if they’re kept indoors.

Spayed females are not susceptible to life-threatening uterine infections and reproductive tract cancers that can occur in breeding females, as well as mastitis, ovarian cysts, miscarriages and delivery complications. All these can be expensive to treat, and dangerous to your animal’s health. Almost half of unspayed female dogs will develop breast cancer, while spaying before first heat reduces the incidence to almost zero. Even later spaying greatly reduces the risk. Spaying also decreases the risk of developing breast cancer in cats, for whom it is usually fatal.


Some people think that their female dog or cat “should have at least one litter” before she is spayed, that it “settles” a dog or cat, or that she “needs” this experience to be a good household companion. This is completely untrue and there is no evidence, medical or factual, that supports this belief. Spayed and neutered dogs and cats are calmer, less frustrated, happier family members. Cats and dogs do not have a “sex drive” like humans; rather, they are simply responding to hormonal changes that can cause discomfort and torment.


Therefore, it is cheaper to pay to get them spayed, then to risk paying for treatment of they got sick. Also if she got pregnant, you would have to care for kittens (pretty expensive, special formula, de-worming,weaning) and also you would be contributing to a an excess amount of animals that don't have homes. Maybe not directly...but indirectly.

Answer 9

Take dad to the Humane society and they will tell your dad that spaying and neutering is good and in ten or 20 years they will still be plenty of cats. Your dad most be a moron.

Answer 10

It is not cruel. It helps control the cat population and helps your cat to keep from having diseases and infections related to the reproductive organs. I don't know how many female cats you own, but if you don't get them fixed you will be up to your eyeballs in cats in about a year. Cats, which are not a native predator, are very destructive to neighborhood wildlife. They kill thousands of songbirds and other native species of wildlife every year, which is another reason to get them fixed. The more house cats there are, the more native wildlife is killed. Sow your dad the link below and see if it changes his mind.

Answer 11

It is actually cruel to not do it. He may well change his mind when they are yowling and spraying.

If they are your kittens why don't you take responsibility for the decision? If you want them spayed then go on and take them to the vet and get them spayed.