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From: booter@lll-crg.ARpA (Elaine Richards)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: Whether or not to neuter a female cat
Message-ID: <1155@lll-crg.ARpA>
Date: Mon, 30-Dec-85 20:38:36 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 30 20:38:36 1985
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References: <2548@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Reply-To: booter@lll-crg.UUCP (Elaine Richards)
Organization: Cadillac Ranch, Oakland
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In article <2548@sdcrdcf.UUCP> steve@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Steven Holtsberg) writes:
>
>What are the advantages and disadvantages to neutering a female
>cat?  In particular, does the cat suffer when it is in heat?
>Is there a danger to the female if it is not neutered and
>kept away from other cats?  


There is a distinct danger to your mental health. The cat is  yowing
and PRRRRUUUTTTT???-ing all night long. You and your lovely hairy
friend get no sleep for three to five days. Kitty also gets bad habits
like escaping.  Mine jumped a 12 foot fence to get laid. (She was
spayed four days later) 

>If the female cat is going to be kept away
from male cats, would >there be a reason to neuter it?

You may THINK you will keep her away, but uh uh! She'll find a way (or
her boyfriend will) They go into heat a lot if they don't get pregnant.
4 or more times annually. You think PMS is bad well, kitty's repro
organs get swollen, she calls all night, noone gets sleep and she pees
all over the house. Also, the neighborhood "gentlemen will mark their
turf all over your turf.


E
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