What is sterilization
Sterilization refers to the removal of sexual organs from an individual animal routine surgery. The purpose of surgery is usually to make the individual unable to reproduce. The surgical methods used by most individuals can reduce the production of hormones, thereby reducing or eliminating sexual impulses, aggressive behaviors, and urine marking behaviors caused by the secretion of sex hormones.
During the neutering of a male cat, the doctor makes a small incision in the upper side of the scrotum, squeezes out the testicles and part of the vas deferens and removes them. The procedure is short and quick to recover, and usually the kitten will return to normal activities the next day after surgery. In female cats, a lateral or abdominal incision is usually used to remove the uterus and both ovaries. Due to the laparotomy and layer-by-layer suturing involved, the operation takes a relatively long time, and it usually takes 2-3 days to complete the recovery after the operation.
Why cats need to be neutered
1. Control the number of stray cats.
At present, due to the imperfect laws and related systems in mainland China, an effective and scientific shelter-adoption system has not been effectively established and popularized. Coupled with social awareness, superstition, misconceptions and other factors, pet abandonment is not uncommon. The better adaptability and stronger reproductive ability of stray cats have led to an increasing number of stray cats, resulting in social security, disease transmission and other problems, affecting human health and safety, and seriously disturbing wild animals in the surrounding environment. Especially the survival of small birds or mammals.
Therefore, in order to maintain the balance of coexistence between humans and stray cats by non-violent means, sterilization has become one of the effective methods to control the number of stray cats. In addition, at the macro level, sterilization of stray cats can also reduce the number of stray cats euthanized, reduce the level of conflict between humans and cats, improve the welfare of humans and cats, and save social expenses.
2. Reduce the incidence of reproductive system diseases.
The sterilization operation will remove the reproductive organs of male cats and female cats. Female cats will no longer suffer from ovarian cancer, uterine tumor, uterine suppuration and other reproductive diseases. Reproductive diseases such as testicular cancer in male cats can be avoided. Can be eliminated, the risk of ovarian tumors, prostate tumors can also be greatly controlled. At the same time, sterilization reduces the periodic sexual impulses and sexual behaviors caused by sex hormones, thereby effectively curbing the onset and spread of diseases that may be transmitted between cats through sexual behaviors (such as feline leukemia, feline AIDS, etc.).
3. Reduce behavioral problems such as barking, urine marking, and territorial aggression, and reduce human-cat conflict.
Sex hormones can induce behaviors such as barking, urine marking, and territorial aggression in cats. Therefore, sterilization surgery has a greater advantage in this part of behavior modification. Studies have shown that neutering male cats can reduce their urine marking behavior by almost 90%.
4. Reduce the conflict and aggressive behavior between cats and increase the interactive behavior.
Territorial aggression refers to the aggressive behavior of cats when protecting their own resources, such as: food protection, baby protection, competition for territory, competition for mates, competition for toys, etc. This behavior is also affected by sex hormones Impact. In an earlier study, 53% of male cats experienced a significant and rapid reduction in fighting behavior within two weeks after neutering, and 88% of individuals had a significant reduction in fighting behavior after 6 months.
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