What You Need to Know About Spay/Neuter

Think your cat will miss having sex? The truth is that sex is a purely instinctual drive in cats and they don't get any pleasure or enjoyment from it. Breeding isn't pleasurable; it's instinctual. And it can be downright painful for them.

It is not necessary or even desirable for a female cat to have a heat cycle before she is spayed. A heat cycle will cause your female cat a lot of physical and emotional upset, may possibly make your cat ill, will drive both of you crazy, and is totally unnecessary from a medical and a behavioral point of view. Females who don't have kittens don't think about having kittens, nor do they miss them. A female cat spayed before her first heat cycle has less than a 1 percent chance of developing breast cancer. A female cat spayed after her first heat cycle has an 8 percent chance of developing breast cancer.

Common Myths About Spay and Neuter

Important Reasons to Neuter Your Male Cat

Important Reasons to Spay Your Female Cat

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