the angry cry of a vet

Adopting a pet is a great joy. Cats are particularly popular because they are suitable companions for the indoor life, independent and affectionate. Taking a cat into your home is not a responsibility to be taken lightly, however. On Twitter, an exasperated veterinarian warns: adopting a cat first and foremost means having it vaccinated and sterilized!

He says that due to the neglect of too many people, the associations that take care of stray cats and rescued kittens are overwhelmed. With the terrible consequence that specialists must regularly euthanize these small animals. Indeed, the structures lack the human and financial resources to take care of the cats found. The kittens are therefore euthanized so that they do not starve. Because a newborn kitten requires a lot of work and energy, specifies this veterinarian: “40-50 bottles per day for more than a month with an 80% chance that they will die in your hands.”

In 4 years, a couple of cats can give birth to more than 20,000 kittens

Sterilizing and vaccinating your cat is to protect it and really take care of animal life. In 4 years, more than 20,000 kittens can be born from a single pair of cats, informs the The Minister of Agriculture. With the key, abandonment of these kittens and / or the cat, which can then die of a lack of care. Another vet adds to this rant:

Sterilizing your animal also has many health benefits, explains the Ministry of Agriculture. For females, the lack of sterilization increases the risk of mammary tumor, which usually results in the death of the animal. It also allows a better relationship between the cat and its family: “an unsterilized cat quickly develops a behavior which generates inconvenience for its owner and the entourage: urine marking, important meowing among others”. An unsterilized cat hunts less, which decreases the risk of accidents or catching parasites. This therefore increases his life expectancy. Bonus: it also protects biodiversity, in particular, small birds decimated by felines. Good to know: the Society for the Protection of Animals immediately sterilizes or takes a deposit check upon adoption, which is returned upon sterilization of the animal.

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What are the prices and the right time to do it? There are several techniques, depending on whether your cat is a male or a female. First, ask your veterinarian for advice. The prices vary: it takes an average of 60 to 80 euros for the castration of a cat and 110 to 140 euros for the sterilization of a cat. Regarding the right time, the sooner (from 5 or 6 months) the better.

The Gironde association The Bordeaux Free Chat School reminds that sterilization can also be done on wild animals, if you have decided to feed them, because an animal that can easily find food will be more apt to reproduce. “If we wait before acting, the risk that a cat will bring a litter of kittens back to the feeding point is very high. Even wild, it is possible to catch a stray cat to have it sterilized. Even pregnant, a cat can be sterilized. It is not necessary to wait to be found invaded to act. Sterilization before births makes it possible to limit as much as possible the number of suffering kittens in the street “, explains the secretariat of the association, contacted by aufeminin. For private cats, the association reminds that each year, more kittens are born than there are families to adopt them: “The kittens who will be born in private homes, as benevolent as they are and attentive to the fate of these kittens once weaned, will take the place of other kittens born in the street that overcrowded associations and shelters cannot be saved for lack of adoptive families. ” To the best of my mind, chat-lut!

Mathilde Wattecamps

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