The castration of the cat
Many owners wonder as to the need or not to sterilize their cat.
If castration should be accompanied by the establishment of a diet adapted to avoid any further risk of overweight, It presents, Furthermore, very serious benefits.
WHY THE CAT castrate ?
The benefits of castration are many:
– For cats with access to the outside :
it avoids, Of course, any reproduction and limit the risk of infection by a sexually transmitted disease.
The transaction will reduce fights and aggression among male cats. It will thus limit the wounds inflicted by the cat bites and scratches and abscesses and sometimes serious infections that result.
A neutered cat will, Furthermore, tends to decrease its perimeter walk. The risk of accidents on public roads will then be reduced.
– For cats living indoors :
In the wild, the cat carries urine marking. This marking has various meanings. He took part :
. in all situations of high emotional arousal
. when the cat feels threatened intrusion into its territory
. in communication, including sexual communication
Cat, Standing, tends its hind legs, his tail, the vibrated, and transmits a stream of urine to a vertical support.
apartment, cat reproduces the same behavior. Urine jets are emitted especially near exits (doors, Windows…)
This marking is hardly acceptable for homeowners. Neutering can help, if performed soon after its appearance, to make it disappear. On the other hand, if urine marking is already present for some time, this behavior may persist despite the operation…
If castration has many benefits, it increases, on the other hand, the risk of developing overweight and should therefore be adapted to the type of distributed food to your cat by choosing a feed for neutered animals (consult your veterinarian).
THE INTERVENTION
Neutering cats is to remove his two testicles. The animal is brought to the clinic fasting. It is anesthetized (the operation is performed under general anesthesia). The veterinarian will make two small incisions in the scrotum in order to access the testicles and the extract. These incisions are usually not sutured because they heal very quickly.
However, it is wise to remove particles from the litter box during 48 hours after surgery (substituting, for example, by absorbing paper) to ensure that cats do not enter these particles in the surgical wound during the time of healing.
Postoperative recovery is usually very quick (the cat returns to normal behavior within 24 hours)
CASE CAT cryptorchid
Like dogs, testicles kitten perform a "migration"Abdominal cavity toward scholarships. This migration begins when the kitten is still in the womb of his mother and normally ends around age 6 to 8 weeks. Sometimes a testicular (or both) does not reach the scholarships and remains blocked, either in the abdomen kitten, either in the groin area. These animals are called cats cryptorchides.
As in dogs, a testicle that has not reached the scrotum (ectopic testis) yet risk many pRead important to become tumor a testicle usual position. It is therefore strongly advised to castrate these animals. The veterinarian takes care to remove the ectopic testis (by searching in the abdomen or in the groin area) as well as well positioned testicle thereby preventing any occurrence of higher testicular cancer.
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Neutering the cat has various advantages. It greatly limits the risk of injuries and abscesses resulting from fights entire male cats. It allows, Furthermore, to remove urine marking behavior if performed early. Finally, it is essential in the presence of certain anatomical abnormalities such as cryptorchidism.
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