and the mods locked the thread
Couldn't you start a new one just advising the reasons for early neuter/spay ? Something like:-
WHY NEUTER?
Cats protection encourages all cat owners to have their cat’s neutered/spayed. quite simply there are far too many cats and just not enough caring homes. It’s all very well saying oh! I always get good homes for my cats kittens, if that is the case why are rescues always so full and have a huge list of cats waiting to come in and where are all the tens of thousands of cats/kittens that cats protection take in each year coming from? and why are tens of thousands more put to sleep each year? Sadly most of them come from those so-called good homes. If there were not so many kittens available the thousands of kittens/cats that are put to sleep each year may stand a chance of adoption and that good home you managed to find might have adopted one that has now been put to sleep. it is appreciated that some go into care because of the owners ill health or a death in the family but the majority are simply not now wanted. Please don’t be led into thinking that if everyone had their cat neutered/spayed they would die out, that is just not going to happen there are far too many irresponsible people for that. If there were a few less cats/kittens available would it be such a bad thing? Maybe just maybe they would be more valued and as a result of this perhaps we would not keep reading of the abuse and neglect so many suffer. occasionally rescues are told ‘I don’t want my cat ‘done’ I want it to have some fun’, another word for fun is amusing, it is not very amusing when your cat gets a life threatening disease just because you wanted your cat to have some fun, is it?
RISKS
FIV & FelV is rife; it is passed on from cat to cat by contact, usually sexual or fighting.
It is not necessary for a cat to have a litter of kittens before it’s spayed, indeed all vets would agree that it is of no benefit to a cat at all.
It is just as important for indoor cats to be neutered/spayed as it helps to eradicate many forms of cancer, e.g. breast, ovarian, uterine prostrate & testicular also enlargement of the prostrate and related infections.
Females will not acquire pyometra a life threatening infection.
Every time a cat comes into season her chances of mammary tumours (breast cancer) increases. therefore indoor cats are at risk just as much as indoor/outdoor cats, this also affects dogs.
Testicular cancer is common in toms as is FIV & FeLV
Vouchers towards the cost of this simple little procedure can be obtained for Cats Protection.
Please note: FIV & FeLV cannot be transmitted to humans.
Cats lives have been saved many times when a vet noticed something wrong with a cat that would have remained unnoticed until it was too late had the cat not gone for a neuter/spay.
Neutering helps cats live 3 – 5 years longer & have healthier lives.
