Spay and Neuter
It is important to get your pets fixed as soon as they’re ready, which in most cases for kittens, is once they hit two pounds. By spaying or neutering just one cat, you’re preventing up to 180 kittens being born and most likely ending up in shelters and being euthanized. The less cats that are fixed, the more babies there are dying in shelters.
Think about it this way. Two cats who aren’t fixed have a litter of three kittens. Those three kittens grow up and each have three more. There are now already 12 kittens that have come from two cats not being fixed. This cycle continues and thousands of kittens are born every year.
Just by spaying or neutering your pet, you’re preventing so many more babies from being euthanized in shelters.
Think about it this way. Two cats who aren’t fixed have a litter of three kittens. Those three kittens grow up and each have three more. There are now already 12 kittens that have come from two cats not being fixed. This cycle continues and thousands of kittens are born every year.
Just by spaying or neutering your pet, you’re preventing so many more babies from being euthanized in shelters.
The Procedure
A neuter procedure performed on a male cat involves the removal of the cat’s reproductive organs, which in this case, would be his testicles. A spay procedure performed on a female cat involves the removal of her reproductive organs, or her uterus and ovaries. Cat uteri are usually between 3 to 4 millimeters wide. Since the uterus of a cat is so large, a cat can have up to 180 kittens in a lifetime.