Cat CastrationThe castration of a cat does not cause the cat to becomes less playful; It does that the sex passes to be a matter of minor importance for the feline. The benefits that it supposes for us, stands out the fact that the gelded cats are in the habit of devoting more to the human and to the game. Besides that, when the sex loses relevancy for them they are less in danger of having accidents. Other added advantages are that the females have fewer probabilities of enduring tumors in the breasts, and that the urine of the males loses his penetrating and unmistakable smell.Advantages of castrating the male cat - Less territorial fights.
- Less drifting (after the castration, the cats restrict the size of his territory and they remove less the house).
- He will urinate less times out of his container to mark the territory.
- It will eliminate the disagreeable smell of the urine of the male.
- He will turn out to be easier to train.
- He will not generate unwanted litters.
Disadvantages of castrating a male cat - Disability to generate litters in the future.
- Trend to increase of weight. (Ten per cent of the gelded cats increase of weight. The overweight is easily controllable readjusting the diet of the animal).
Advantages of sterilize female cat - Nothing of unwanted pregnancies.
- Neither times of zeal nor stentorian mews
- No changes of humor induced by hormonal cycles.
- Minor risk of mammary tumors (the risk diminishes to zero if the female is gelded before her first zeal) .
- Any risk of a deadly infection in the uterus (piometra) in the advanced age. (This one is a very current emergency in the old females. There is necessary a prompt surgical intervention to extract the pus that fills the uterus).
Disadvantages of sterilizing to the female cat. - Disability to have babies.
- Trend to increase of weight (10 per cent of the gelded cats increase of weight. The overweight is easily controllable readjusting the diet of the animal).
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