Most of you out there may have never thought or does not even know what spaying is. Spaying is a small surgery that is done to your pets. This procedure can only be done for a female pet.
This is because spaying is the removal of ovaries and uterus of a female pet. Such as a cat or a dog, but today we will discuss why you should spay your cat. And as for male pets, it is called neutering, or the removal of testicles.
In many veterinaries, you could have this procedure done for your female cats and it would not cost that much. Spaying is more of an investment than wasting money because there are benefits to spaying which we would discuss further in this article.
Moreover, one of the very important goals of spaying is that it prevents overpopulation of strayed animals. As you might know, the majority of pet owners are not responsible and may just throw away their pets when they feel like they do not want a pet.
As a result, these thrown away dogs and cats would breed and increase in population. On the other hand, they do not have a home to go to. At the end of the day, these overpopulated pets have to be caught and euthanized or killed.
And of course, once you have spayed your cat, it would not be able to give birth anymore. Here are the reasons why you should spay your cats!
- Longevity and Health
Spaying and the removal of ovaries help prevent uterine infections as well as prevent breast cancer. So by spaying your cat, you are actually paying a small fee to prevent any future illnesses that would cost you even more money. Besides the threats of cancer or any uterine diseases, you would also eliminate the chances of your kitty getting a cyst on the walls of the uterus.
If you are worried if spaying would affect your cat’s urinary process, the answer is no. The way your cat urinate and poop will be exactly the same, and the recovery time for this is only 5 days.
- Emotion and Stress
When it comes to the behavior of your cat, this can get a little tricky if you do not spay it. Usually, when cats have ovaries and a uterus, they will experience a menstrual cycle just like all mammalians do. And when they enter this cycle, their hormones will be imbalanced causing sudden mood changes and stress.
Often times, when this happens, the cats will start to be hyperactive and get heated with their emotions. Behaviors such as rubbing themselves onto you, rolling on the floor, and even scratching and breaking the furniture.
Sometimes when cats go through the menstrual cycle, the could even be depressed, so watch out for the signs of depression in a cat. This process would last for several weeks and as owners, you probably would not want that.
- Good for the community and population
As a part of population control, it is agreeable that there are too many cats around all neighborhoods and that they are pretty much homeless. It is heartbreaking to see cats dying due to starvation and lack of care, that is why spaying solves this issue too!
When you spay your cats, they no longer have the ability to get pregnant and give birth. Hence, the population of cats would be minimized and that stray cats would not be a problem in your neighborhood.
It may seem simple, but stray cats are actually a big problem in certain communities. These unwanted and unsheltered cats can cause big troubles such as disrupting the ecosystem, cause car accidents, damage local faunas around it, and even frighten children.
- Behavior
You might want to ask yourself if is it safe to leave your cat in cat care if it has bad behavior? Well, the behaviors of your cat might vary on whether or not they have been spayed or neutered.
When cats have been spayed and neutered, they will behave so much better in comparison to when they haven’t been neutered. The reason behind this is that when cats that haven’t been neutered or spayed will spray strong-smelling urine all over the house to mark their territory.
By the way, did you know that you can fix a cat’s night call and fix its behavior?
- Reduced roaming
By spaying your pets at an early stage, you would prevent aggression and also fix your pet’s misbehavior. If you have a cat that can safely stay at home without wrecking things, your cat would have a longer lifespan. And you can achieve this by spaying your cat.
When you spay your cat, it would have a lesser chance of trying to escape your house and find a male to mate with. In exchange, your cats would be less likely to get hit by a car or get lost outside of your house.
- Cleanliness of pet
Last but not least is how your cat’s grooming is affected. With the help of spaying your felines, it would help with their grooming and their fur. One important reason behind spaying is that it actually increases the health of your furs itself.
This is because when facts do not go through a menstrual cycle anymore, they would have a better lifestyle by not going through stress and aggression. As a result, their fur would grow better and that hair loss would be lesser.
Those are the main reasons why you should spay your cat, if you want to learn more about cats, don’t forget to check our article on leaving your cat alone during vacation.