Why people are so against fixing their animal so they can not create any more is beyond me. It makes me crazy to see so many animals bred irresponsibly, back yard breeders are my pet peeve. The only reason an animal should ever be bred is to better the breed, that means that only purebred bitches should be bred, and not many cats these days are purebred though I admit there are several of them out there, but the majority are a mix of many breeds.
Did you know that if you spay/neuter your cat or dog:
1) you can eliminate certain types of cancers? Remove the uterus, uterine cancer is gone, dogs and cats that have never had a litter, lose a huge chance of getting breast cancer, yes animals get this as well. These are both fatal diseases in many cases. ALL cases could have been prevented. Neuter a male dog and you can cross testicular cancer and unwanted behaviours off your list, of course some behaviours are just that behavioral and they will require training to end, but a good number can be stopped with that snip.
2) have you ever heard a cat in heat? that awful constant calling they do? the cat calls are terrible to listen to, terrible to watch. By looking and listening you might actually thing your cat is dying. What about the Toms that take over your yard b/c they can smell a cat in heat? What about the dogs that go crazy b/c they can smell that female from miles away?
3) neutered dogs are less likely to become roamers, decreasing or eliminating the chance of being hit by a car, stolen etc etc. Spayed females will not break through your fence to get the dog next door, nor will that dog next door dig up his yard to get under the fence. Neuter a male cat young enough and they don't spray, cat spray is terrible, it smells so bad and it's a small that is hard to get rid of.
4) take a walk thru a shelter one day, look and pay attention to how many animals they have, see how over crowded they are? There is no need for this, if people would fix their pets, more pets would have homes and not laying on death row wishing for just 1 more day, 1 more hour, 1 more chance.
5) female dogs bleed while in heat, fix them and your furniture, carpet, bed, car etc etc are saved from unwanted blood stains.
6) fixing your pet can SAVE you money, by cutting down health risks your pet is healthier, the end result is a healthy pet who doesn't get sick, who doesn't need you to spend thousands on a vet bill when a couple of hundred could have saved a lot of grief in the first place.
Lots of reasons for you, your pet, your family, your life. Cats and dogs do not live for tomorrow, they do not plan families, they do not mate to have babies. They mate b/c it's instinct, b/c nature and hormones are telling them to. Animals live for today, this moment. It's us as humans who are in the wrong...buster will not even notice his boy bits are gone, nor will he care. SO fluffy has no more uterus, she doesn't even have a clue what a uterus is or what its for. Humans need to step up and need to be responsible and sensible....if you have a prize winning show dog, and you can better the breed, not think you can but KNOW you can, than by all means, as long as its done right, go ahead. Animals do NOT need to experience birth to know what it's like, nor does it calm them down, nor does it make them better pets.
Breeding an animal isn't as simple as locking them in a room and letting nature take its course...its about seeing the vet first, checking both the dame and sire, queen and tom for genetic disease, making sure they are in good body condition. It's about knowing what disease run with the breed and having each and every one of those babies tested for the disease. It is about an emergency vet visit to extract puppies or kittens that are in trouble, major surgery for the animal, and sometmes with c-sections the mom won't feed her babes, than you need to be willing to hand feed the babies around the clock, every 2 hrs day AND night, you can't ever slack off, if you do it could cost a life or lives. Any life you had is now gone...all b.c you felt your dog, your kid, etc needed to witness the miracle of life...go watch you tube if you wanna see some miracles, there are hundreds of them on there.
Ok, getting off my soapbox. I didn't have much to write tonight so I decided to post this instead with of course the weights of my babies.
Muffy - 13.90z
Arthur - 15.5oz he will be at least 1lb by tomorrow.
Kate - 14.8oz
Arthur will surely surpass 1lb at tomorrows weigh, I am so excited. They say when you get a kitten to 1lb, the chances if their survival goes up to 90%...I am so close for all 3 but that first one hitting that mark is more of a milestone for me instead of them lol. I took them visiting tonight. We went to visit Mary D a few houses down, she was pretty impressed with their sizes, and capabilities given their age of 23 days!!
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