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To sterilize is to protect!
OVERCROWDING
Spaying cats helps prevent the scourge of cat overpopulation and unwanted pregnancies. Abandonments leading to unjustified euthanasia and stray animals in poor condition could be easily avoided if more cats were sterilized!
Sterilization contributes to limiting urban fauna: a major challenge!
A cat that enjoys some freedom and reproduces naturally significantly increases the colony of stray cats. Many cats end up in shelters where the vast majority of them are unfortunately euthanized.
The number of descendants that can have an unsterilized pair of cats in 4 years of "coupling": 20,000 cats! In 4 years! We quickly understand why it is important to sterilize our cats.
Sterilization limits unwanted litters: it is difficult to place all the kittens. Many cats are abandoned because they cannot find an owner. In addition, stray cats live in miserable conditions (malnutrition, illnesses, accidents). In addition, in winter, they have to face the cold!
Each year in Quebec, thousands of abandoned cats live in precarious conditions, in addition to increasing the risk of the spread of infectious diseases and the contraction of sexually transmitted diseases.
HEALTH
Sterilization increases your pet's life expectancy! Sterilized males and females have a life expectancy of 20 years while unsterilized cats rarely exceed 10 years.
Spaying your cat helps prevent health problems related to the secretion of sex hormones.
It reduces the risk of cancer of the mammary glands and infection of the uterus in the female. Unsterilized cats are seven times more likely to develop a breast tumor and 85% of these tumors are malignant. The risks of cysts or ovarian tumors are thus eliminated. It will also prevent infections and tumors of the uterus and ovaries that might occur later in life.
Sterilization avoids any risk of prostate cancer in males. It also prevents the propensity of males to indulge in urine marking and battles. We sterilize in order to reduce certain undesirable behaviors. In castrated males, there is a decrease in fights, territoriality, running away and urine marking. Multiple wounds, abscesses or viruses (leukemia and feline immunodeficiency - FIV -, etc.) can result from their nocturnal escapades and make the cat very sick and sometimes even lead to his death.
THE PROCEDURE
It is preferable to have a female sterilized before her first heat, around 5 months. A female sterilized before her first heat has almost no risk of breast cancer.
It is best to have a male spayed between 7 and 8 months old, before he starts scarring and in consideration of his bone health.
CONCLUSION
Sterilization: a benevolent gesture!
Spaying your cat is socially responsible and beneficial for your pet.