Question:
To spay or not to spay, that is the question~

Would you or have you spayed your pet in the past?
I could never do it, personally.

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All of my cats and dogs have always been spayed or neutered -- after working in the animal welfare field for more than 10 years, I would NEVER have a pet that's not sterilized, nor would I breed a cat or dog. I've witnessed too many animal euthanasia's over the year that were due simply to the pet overpopulation problem. There is no intelligent excuse to breed; there is no intelligent excuse to not be a responsible pet owner, IMNSHO. The most disgusting thing I've ever seen is a cat with pyametria with maggots eating the dead, infected tissue -- I would never want that for any living creature.


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there is no intelligent excuse to not be a responsible pet owner
I agree 100%
Why would you not spay or neuter. Not only is it the only responsible decision I can think of, it's also a extreme safety to your animal. Many animals it helps lesson the chances dramatically as well to keep the animal further away from the chance of getting certain cancers.


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Foozball, Why on earth would you never spay or neuter? Id like to see what your opinions are since you asked as well.


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I work at an emergency vet clinic and you know what I see EVERY WEEKEND?

Several hit by cars due to the pet escaping cause she was in heat or the male smelled a female in heat.

Pyometras: 6+ non-spayed females have a VERY high risk of pyometra, doesn't matter if she had a litter or not. It is ALWAYS recomended that, if you want to breed your dog, end her breeding life at a young age and spay her, cause dealing with a pyometra is a very risky surgery. I was talking to one of the vets the other day and he told me that he had lost a couple of pyometras in surgery due to complications.

Not so often, I see cancer in mammary glands, and testicles.

The most shocking thing I've seen there was a rottie who had an infection in the testes, he was being treated with antibiotics for it, and it arrived to the clinic cause the testes were so swollen with pus they had actually exploded. The dog had to be put to sleep cause it had cancer in the lymphatic nodes.

That's besides my voluntary work at the shelter, where I saw hundreds of dogs put to sleep due to over-population. Needless to say that my three babies are spayed/neutered, and very very happy.


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100 per cent - ALWAYS have my animals spayed or neutered. There is no excuse for not doing it.


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Originally Posted by Ninja
Foozball, Why on earth would you never spay or neuter? Id like to see what your opinions are since you asked as well.

Me too. Spaying and neutering is a must. Even my rabbits are spayed and neutered.


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All of my cats are spayed/neutered. I agree with all of the reasons given by everyone as to why cats and dogs should be altered. Besides, to be quite honest, I can't understand how people can keep unaltered males in their homes, spraying everything in sight


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Originally Posted by foozball
To spay or not to spay, that is the question~

Would you or have you spayed your pet in the past?
I could never do it, personally.

www.petsmo.com
um..why would you NOT do it?

have you ever visited a humane society and seen how many puppies and kittens are put to sleep DAILY? one cat, that hasn't been spayed/neutered...can have..how many babies? i'll have to look it up...i'll be back


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Spay USA

here it is 1 cat to 80 million in 10 years....

1st Year: 12
2nd Year: 66
3rd Year: 382
4th Year: 2,201
5th Year: 12,680
6th Year: 73,041
7th Year: 420,715
8th Year: 2,423,316
9th Year: 13,958,290
10th Year: 80,399,780
That is:
* 2 Litters per year
* 2.8 Surviving kittens per litter
* 10 year breeding life