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Why do veterinarians sterilize cats with a gonadectomy rather than a tubal ligation or a vasectomy?

PoC avatarPosted on September 10, 2020 by Michael BroadSeptember 10, 2020

Vets in American nearly always sterilize female and male cats with a procedure called a gonadectomy. This operation is more commonly called spaying (female) and neutering (male). Veterinarians rarely if ever consider an alternative which is for females the tubal … Continue reading →

Posted in spaying | Tagged cat neutering, cat spaying, Neutering cats, spaying and neutering, spaying cats, tubal ligation, USA veterinarians, vasectomy | Leave a reply

What’s up with cat humping, anyway?

PoC avatarPosted on August 15, 2020 by Michael BroadAugust 15, 2020

I have brazenly lifted the title to this post from the Catster.com website. The title interested me. I thought how often do people see domestic cats humping? For the sake of complete clarity humping is slang for sex. I mean … Continue reading →

Posted in mating | Tagged Bad Cat Behavior, cat behavior, cat behavior problems, cat neutering, cats mating, cats sex, Gabriel | Leave a reply

Spaying and neutering is ethical while declawing is not

PoC avatarPosted on August 5, 2020 by Michael BroadAugust 5, 2020

Sometimes I see the argument that cat declawing is no different from de-sexing; the spaying and neutering of cats. They argue that they are both mutilations for the benefit of people. This is a poor argument. There are two sides … Continue reading →

Posted in ethics, Uncategorized | Tagged Cat Declawing, cat neutering, cat spaying, declawing cats, ethics, ethics in medicine, spaying and neutering | Leave a reply

Has coronavirus slowed down the spaying and neutering of feral cats in America?

PoC avatarPosted on July 10, 2020 by Michael BroadJuly 10, 2020

I guess were not going to know the true effect that the coronavirus pandemic has had on feral cat population numbers until well into the future but the story from South Texas hints at a possible problem. We know that … Continue reading →

Posted in cat welfare | Tagged animal rescue, cat neutering, Cat News, cat rescue, cat spaying, cats and pandemics, coronavirus (2019-nCoV), TNR, volunteers | Leave a reply

We need to interview people who fail to sterilise their cats

PoC avatarPosted on June 19, 2020 by Michael BroadJune 19, 2020

Pretty well daily we read stories of people who have gotten in over their heads in caring for cats because of one simple, glaring error: they failed to sterilise (spay or neuter) their cat or cats as soon as medically … Continue reading →

Posted in rescuing cats | Tagged cat neutering, cat spaying, education, spaying and neutering, sterilising cats, unwanted cats | 1 Reply

Do private practice veterinarians desex cats later than shelters and if so why?

PoC avatarPosted on June 9, 2020 by Michael BroadJune 9, 2020

I have just been informed by the authors of a study on the impacts of pet cats on Australian wildlife that animal shelters desex cats when they are younger than four months of age because the focus is on preventing … Continue reading →

Posted in neutering | Tagged australia, behavior of veterinarians, cat neutering, cat spaying, compulsory cat neutering, early spaying, ethical decisions from veterinarians, neutering, Neutering cats, spaying and neutering, veterinarians | 2 Replies

Man tried to do a DIY cat castration

PoC avatarPosted on November 25, 2019 by Michael BroadNovember 25, 2019

Do you become as enraged as I do by stories like this? This is the extraordinary story of an unqualified Michigan man who thought he would save money by neutering a male domestic cat belonging to his girlfriend’s mother. Yes, … Continue reading →

Posted in neutering | Tagged cat neutering, neutering | Leave a reply

This is someone’s tame cat who occasionally shows up at one of my colonies I feed every morning

PoC avatarPosted on April 26, 2019 by Elisa Black-TaylorApril 27, 2019

A Reader’s Forum story by Barbara Posted April 26, 2019 THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MALE CATS ARE NOT NEUTERED!!!!! CAT FIGHTS!!! This is someone’s tame cat who occasionally shows up at one of my colonies I feed every morning. … Continue reading →

Posted in Readers Forum | Tagged caring for feral cats, cat neutering | Leave a reply

Does feral cat ear-tipping need clearer guidelines and higher standards?

PoC avatarPosted on March 28, 2019 by Michael BroadMarch 28, 2019

While browsing the internet I noticed this photograph by Nancy Simmons of an ear-tipped cat. I’ll guess and say that you thought the same as me: too much of the ear was amputated. At least it is the left ear. … Continue reading →

Posted in trap-neuter-release | Tagged cat neutering, cat spaying, ear tipping, feral cats, TNR, volunteers | 1 Reply

Near 100% spaying and neutering of domestic cats would put back cat domestication

PoC avatarPosted on March 27, 2019 by Michael BroadMarch 27, 2019

Introduction: the spaying and neutering of cats is a good thing for obvious reasons. This article is not against spaying and neutering it is simply discussing what might be an unexpected outcome if great success were encountered in this process. … Continue reading →

Posted in sterilising your cat | Tagged cat domestication, cat neutering, cat spaying, neutering, spaying cats, sterilising cats | Leave a reply

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