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According to a recent article of the newspaper Le Matin, the shelters of French-speaking Switzerland are full of kittens. The arrivals don’t stop since June. Why don’t people neuter their cat ?
“I have no money for this operation” : we regret being also categorical, but in our opinion, if you cannot meet the basic expenses of a healthy animal (food, neutering, and annual visit at the veterinarian), show yourselves responsible : don’t adopt an animal if you can’t afford to take care of him.
“A cat has to have a litter before being neutered” : it’s a common myth, and totally erroneous. Your cat will feel neither decreased, nor unfortunate of being neutered. The risk of health problems bound to the secretion of sex hormones as ovarian or mammary tumors for example will be reduced. Do you find I look unhappy, me ?
“My tomcat will not be any more a tomcat” : certainly, but as he will less want to run away and fight, the risk of wound will be reduced, and his quality of life will be improved there. The abolition of the marking will be also appreciated inside your house…
“Kittens are too cute” : completely agree ! But kittens grow up : did you leave your children to the orphanage when they were transformed into pimple-faced teenagers ? You maybe wanted to do it certain days, but you did not ! All the members of your family have right for the same respects.
Angel Céleste, August 2008, 4 months old
“Kittens are easy to give” : yes, but an indoor cat lives between 15 and 20 years on average ; adopting is making a commitment to take well care of a kitten during one year, of a grown-up cat during eight years, of an old cat during five years, and of a very old cat during the next years. On second thought, everybody doesn’t want to have a cat, even if as we have already said it, kittens are cute.
To avoid the proliferation of kittens in shelters, to protect the health of your cat, to decrease the risk of wound, and to avoid the abandonments of kittens and grown-up cats, please spay or neuter your cat.
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Thank you for addressing this. There are already too many cats in the world and unfortunately, they tend to be highly dependent on our good will to have a good life. Quality over quantity is definitely something to consider here – we owe them that much.
We couldn’t agree more. Humans need to spay/neuter their cats!!
That was a great post and oh so true too!
Excellent post, everyone should have their cats fixed.
Amen to this. I find this so frustrating. There are now several clinics that will help with low cost or even free spay/neuter in my area and yet people still won’t take advantage. It’s discouraging when there are SOOO many animals who need homes.
Thank you for raising awareness about spay and neuter. These surgeries are so important, not only for reducing health problems for the kitties, but to help control pet overpopulation.
Oh, I’m so new to the blogging world that I didn’t know about the blog the change. I’ll try to remember it in October. Thank you for your post! I’d like to ask those people to visit a shelter – so many cats need a new home! And yes, they were all sweet kittens once.
Great post and we couldn’t agree more!
Purrs xx
Athena and Marie
It’s all so true! Thank you for this post – I will never understand why humans let their cats breed for no reason.
a troo lee grate blog de change post pixie & zorro… { anda awesum fotoz oh ewe pixie if we may say sew } ♥♥♥
That is a very good post. Spaying and neutering is so important.
The most important thing pet parents can do!!!
Excellent post for Be The Change. The kitten explosion each spring and summer is a worldwide problem. If you reach only one person, you are making a difference. Calista Jo thanks Zorro for his kiss and blows one to him. Tell Pixie that she’s looking very cute here! XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
Sigh. People don’t HAVE to get a cat….it’s simple . . . really! Just be sure you spay/ neuter , properly take care of your cat (vet , food, stimuli, beds/mats , love etc.) for the course of their lives OR….don’t get a cat!
the critters in the cottage xo
Thank you so much for addressing this issue, it’s astounding how many homeless cats there are throughout the world. And to think how much that number will continue to rise without spaying or neutering is daunting.
The cost of a cat is so minor. Good vet service is a basic.
Such a critically important topic, especially for cats! The sheer number of homeless cats is heartbreaking; when you add to that all the people who don’t want to help feral colonies it’s just unbearable. Keep spreading the message – it does get heard/read!
Thank you for blogging the change for animals!
Kim Thomas
CindyLu’s Muse
Be the Change for Animals
for bloggers, you are preaching to the choir, but for the general public this is BEYOND important!! I just tweeted, using the proper hashtag of #BtC4A
xoxo
MOL We luvved da pimple faced teen bit. And so agwee. Altho’ mommy takes very good care of us we wish VETs didn’t fink they needed to chawrge so much cuz offen mommy can’t affurd VET visits. But we and she wuld miss out on havin’ da purrfect furmily ifin she let dat stop her fwum havin’ us. We awe so gwateful fur da low cost spay/neuter clinic so dat we kuld be altered and stay wiff mommy.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi