Sterilization of domestic animals
Antoine de Saint-Exupery in his novel"Little Prince" wrote: "We are responsible for those who have tamed" ... When we bring home a kitten, puppy or other domestic animal, then we become responsible for his fate. People - the owners of dogs and cats - determine living conditions of their pets, educate, accustom to a certain type of behavior in the conditions of life in an apartment or a private home. And they decide the question - whether or not to be the offspring of their pets.
And here it is important to think about and make the right choice. Today with good care, cats live 15-20 years. A healthy female can bring from 9 to 24 kittensper year, and half of them are girls who are also capable of giving offspring. If you count how many kittens a cat will give birth in its entire life, and add some offspring from its own daughters, then the figure turns out to be appalling. And, this is only if you take one single kitty.
Daily due to the irresponsibility of the hosts to the lightthere are hundreds of kittens and puppies. Add to this number the offspring of homeless animals, and the result will be frightening. What do we have now? A huge number of homeless animals on the street, and hundreds of people who want to "put the cats and dogs in good hands." Only where do you get these good hands? After all, they simply do not exist, but they are not enough for all born kittens and puppies. Unfortunately, the conclusion is one - animals that need a master are much larger than the owners, who want to take the animal into the house.
The most effective method of regulating the number of pets is sterilization. What is it? Sterilization - elimination of the ability to create offspring through surgery (ovariotomy - removal of the ovaries, ovariohysterotomy - removal of the ovaries with the uterus). If you do not do such an operation and just do not allow your pet to mate, it can cause serious health problems - oncology (the sex hormone progesterone, which is produced, but remains unclaimed, the first cause of cancer in cats), pyometers, adenomas and others. disease.
Sterilization is an excellent prevention of diseases. In addition, sterile animals are less likely torunaways and vagrancy. Often, the owners refuse to sterilize their pets because of any unconfirmed rumors and wandering myths. For example, some people believe that a sterilized animal quickly accumulates excess weight and becomes lazy. In fact, in most cases, the animal recovers due to improper or abundant feeding, as well as insufficient physical exertion.
Or here such: after sterilization the dog loses protective qualities. This is not true. Sterilization does not affect the natural instincts of the animal to self-preservation and protection of the house and family. The character of the animal is formed at the genetic level and does not depend on the action of the sex hormones. The same applies to his habitual behavior, speaking in human language - sanguine people remain sanguine, and melancholic melancholy. Only the behavior of the animal changes with respect to the opposite sex: it becomes less aggressive, does not participate in the struggle for the partner, does not mark the apartment, does not bother the owners with night shouts.
Many consider the operation extremely dangerous for the health of the animal, because it undergoes anesthesia. The duration of the operation, on average: a cat 30 minutes, a cat 45 minutes. The animal "departs" from the operation as early as the nextday. In this case, the cat no longer requires additional care, and the cat needs to clean the stitches once a day for 10 days, which are removed after 10-14 days. So in reality everything is quite simple. Though, certainly, excitement for the animal is always present. But this is normal for a loving, caring owner.
