I think anyone who has ever owned a cat has experienced the horror of a cat in heat? Suddenly it is no longer the lovable cat you are familiar with, and starts to urinate everywhere, just to want to go out. And scratching the screen window, screen door or furniture, crying loudly in the middle of the night, having a bad temper, fighting with other animals, and having a good or bad appetite, etc., make you, the owner, really angry, worried, and distressed. Maybe you as the owner can endure all kinds of behaviors of cats, but what about your family? What about your neighbors? Can they bear it? If others can't bear it, you can bravely bear the censure and pressure of everyone, and be consistent Do you care for your cat? If not, take it for neutering!
1. Avoid or alleviate the troubles caused by estrus: Cats that are in estrus for a long time will have abnormal mood, such as barking, irritability, loss of appetite, etc. After neutering, the female cat will stop barking, and the male cat will reduce urination. .
Second, control the number of stray cats: Although the problem of stray dogs is more serious on the surface, in fact, more and more stray cats appear on the streets The alleys are endless. Therefore, if your cat has the urge to run away at any time or simply wanders out, then you need to consider helping it to be neutered!
Third, avoid lesions and Obesity: Reduce or avoid the occurrence of reproductive system diseases, regardless of whether cats have sexual experience, when they gradually enter old age, the function of the reproductive system will begin to decline or produce lesions.
For female cats, there may be gynecological problems such as pyometra, breast tumors, ovarian cysts and tumors, while male cats may have testicular tumors and prostate hypertrophy. Don't underestimate these problems! Once they happen, if they cannot be treated early, it may cause the cat to finish its life in a short period of time in pain. It is not as good as it was when I was young, and the risk of surgical anesthesia is relatively much higher.
In addition, older cats may also have some internal problems such as diabetes, abnormal thyroid function, abnormal adrenal function, etc. The treatment and control of these diseases will be disturbed by the hormones secreted by the ovaries or testes, which will lead to the instability of the disease and increase the difficulty of treatment and control. In this case, the success of the sterilization operation can only depend on the willpower of the cat, the superb skills of the doctor and the blessing of God!
As for the possible problems caused by the sterilization operation, follow the According to the rumors, there are two kinds of sayings: getting fat and becoming lazy or changing personality, but in all the current research reports in this area, it is not believed that sterilization will cause these two side effects.