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Desexing your Pet
An
important decision that every pet owner must make is whether to have their
cat desexed or neutered. Unless you have a pedigree animal which you plan
to breed professionally there is little reason to bring more kittens into
the world.
The advantages of
desexing your cat:
Female Cats
Most of the same criteria apply as for dogs, especially as far as
diseases are concerned. Pyometra
which is infection in the uterus is less often in cats but may occur if
your cat is not desexed.
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 Although female cats do not have bloody discharges, they do call
(every three weeks in an unmated cat) and this can be annoying in a small
family household.
Male Cats
Desexed male cats have a much smaller tendency to spray urine to
mark their territory than entire tomcats.
There is little tendency to roam and fight with other cats. Fighting very often will cause
unwanted abscesses or sometimes, serious diseases such as feline leukemia.
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