Feline Reproductive Facts
• Cats can get pregnant as early as 4 months old
• Average number of kittens in a litter: 4-6+
• Cats can have a litter 3-4 times a year
That is a lot of unwanted kittens!
Removing the testicles (males) and ovaries and uterus (females) has many advantages for individual cats, the general cat population and the human community.
Here are just a few benefits of spaying and neutering (also called speying, castration, sterilisation, getting "fixed")
• Increase the opportunity for a healthier cat by reducing or eliminating the risk of mammary gland tumours, ovarian and/or uterine cancer, prostate disease, and testicular cancer
• Increase the desire for cats to stay at home and not roam
• Reduce aggressive and territorial behaviour
• Reduce the likelihood of cats spreading/catching infectious diseases, suffering injuries
• Increase your bonding time by eliminating the mating behaviour – crying incessantly, spraying, attempting to run out the door
• Reduce the number of unwanted cats and cat welfare
There are many ways to help control the cat population
• Spay or neuter your cat
• Adopt a rescue animal
• Foster cats and kittens
• Donate money
• Sponsor a spey or neuter of a rescue animal
• Encourage others to spey and neuter
Cats Protection offer financial help in the form of vouchers towards the neutering costs for people on low income or in financial difficulties
More information and a list of FAQs available.
• Cats can get pregnant as early as 4 months old
• Average number of kittens in a litter: 4-6+
• Cats can have a litter 3-4 times a year
That is a lot of unwanted kittens!
Removing the testicles (males) and ovaries and uterus (females) has many advantages for individual cats, the general cat population and the human community.
Here are just a few benefits of spaying and neutering (also called speying, castration, sterilisation, getting "fixed")
• Increase the opportunity for a healthier cat by reducing or eliminating the risk of mammary gland tumours, ovarian and/or uterine cancer, prostate disease, and testicular cancer
• Increase the desire for cats to stay at home and not roam
• Reduce aggressive and territorial behaviour
• Reduce the likelihood of cats spreading/catching infectious diseases, suffering injuries
• Increase your bonding time by eliminating the mating behaviour – crying incessantly, spraying, attempting to run out the door
• Reduce the number of unwanted cats and cat welfare
There are many ways to help control the cat population
• Spay or neuter your cat
• Adopt a rescue animal
• Foster cats and kittens
• Donate money
• Sponsor a spey or neuter of a rescue animal
• Encourage others to spey and neuter
Cats Protection offer financial help in the form of vouchers towards the neutering costs for people on low income or in financial difficulties
More information and a list of FAQs available.
It is very important to spey or neuter your cats once they are old enough. It is no longer the case that you have to wait for a cat to be six months old before it is neutered. Cats Protection promotes early neutering ideally at around four months of age in order to help reduce the amount of unwanted litters and so do I.
I have a dedicated section all about Early Neutering.
I have a dedicated section all about Early Neutering.