Spay / Neuter your cat

Our cat is being spayed in a week and a half, shes already been in heat since she was 4 and a half months old but the vet wouldn't do her until she was 6 months, so now she won't benefit from being spayed before beginning heat. I don't know how anyone doesn't spay they're female cat, Bella's only been on heat 3 times and I feel severely sleep deprived can't imagine that for 18+ years.

I have not spayed my cat yet. But I keep him indoors at all times. North las vegas just passed a local law that states if you own a dog or a cat you have to spay or neuter your cat or dog/ if you dont after a grace period you will get a 1,000 fine or 3 months in jail. The only issue i have with that law is the price it costs to get a cat or dog fixed. It is pretty expensive.

I can say that I have never spayed or neutered a cat or any animal I have ever had nor do I plan on it any time soon. I don't feel as though a animal should be unless they have serious health issues and need to be or if you don't want a litter running about, But I just love the little babies. But I can understand others not wanting alot of babies running around or being able to handle that many. I always make sure that the babies after 10 weeks find good loving homes. I know that there are two many probably already and over running with them but who doesn't love them? If necessary thouh I would so until then I won't.

I"ve had 39 cats in/thru the house this last year and everyone that is/was old enough to was/is fixed. The babies are still too young, but they have gone on to new homes & the contract the new owners signed means they get fixed next month. Our little Tony is only 10 weeks, so he's got a few more months before he can be done.

We spayed our girls as soon as they were old enough. It's not only a case of unwanted kittens but having female cats in heat is a nightmare! At a very young age one of ours started this horrific howling noise to do with her calling for a mate. I was grateful to get her fixed to stop it!

I agree with you. Not only does it cut down on the number of unwanted pets that are needlessly murdered every year, it also cuts down on behavior problems, cancers, blood disorders and costly problems down the line. No animal needs to be left in tact. Every animal needs to be spayed or neutered. Dogs who aren't neutered often fight with other dogs to show dominance when it comes to females. Male and female cats both spray urine to mark their territory if left unaltered. Male tom cats often fight and they wind up in terrible shape after a fight. Your innocent outside cat can be a victim of a tom cat attack if your cat gets too closet to a queen or to another tom cat. I've seen many bloody cats go back home to their owner after being beaten up by a tom cat in the neighborhood. All cats belong indoors and spayed/neutered.

I think it is very important. 6 years ago I bought this farm, and with it came 19 barn cats. The problem was, there was one Tom, and all these females. The majority were his daughters and granddaughters. He was breeeding his daughters and granddaughters, and needless to say we had some not too bright cats running around out here. He has always been a very territorial cat, and we haven't had any other tom cats show up here. A few years ago, the vet was out to tend to a sick horse, and I asked him if he could fix the cat. He said sure, and I helped him neuter him right there on the tailgate of his truck. (Keep in mind, I was a vet assistant for a few years) Thomas is now neutered, and natural selection has pretty much eliminated the inbred offspring. We are down to 3 female barn cats and Thomas, the former Tom. I'm not real worried about the females reproducing, as they don't leave the farm and our dogs tolerate them, but they would run any other cat off the place. Recently my son brought home a cat from his dad's house. This cat was already neutered, and he sticks pretty much to himself down in the mare barn. The one house cat we have is neutered as well. It just makes for healthier cats and dogs for that matter. As for the dogs, only one is neutered at the moment, and he is a cross breed. The other 3 males are purebred dogs and we stand them at stud so fixing them isn't an option.