The benefits of sterilizing cats include reducing the chance of illness, extending lifespan, and reducing the number of estruses. The disadvantages include easy weight gain, difficulty urinating, joint dysplasia, and reduced immunity. However, after sterilization, the cat’s condition needs to be observed at any time. Emotionally, you also need to take the cat to the hospital regularly for detailed examinations to understand the state of physical recovery.
1. Benefits of cat sterilization surgery
1. Reduce the chance of disease
If it is a female cat, sterilization surgery can reduce the risk of pyometra, ovarian cysts, The probability of breast tumors and other diseases; if male cats undergo sterilization surgery, the probability of testicular tumors can be reduced.
2. Extend lifespan
Contraceptive surgery can control cat fertility, prevent bacterial overproduction, and reduce the chance of reproductive system diseases, thereby assisting in extending lifespan.
3. Reduce the number of estruses
After big cats undergo sterilization surgery, they will have a gentler personality, be easier to get along with people, and have hormone levels within the normal range. Generally, There will be no estrus.
2. Disadvantages of cat sterilization surgery
1. The body is easy to gain weight
After cats are sterilized, their energy metabolism will be changed, causing fat to accumulate in the body for a long time, thus Causes weight gain and leads to body obesity.
2. Difficulty urinating
After sterilization, urinary tract stricture may occur, and even incomplete diaper development may occur, which may easily cause urinary tract obstruction, affecting normal urination and causing frequent urination. reduce.
3. Joint dysplasia
After sterilization surgery, it will affect the normal hormone secretion of the reproductive organs, leading to abnormal hormone secretion, and even affect the speed of bone growth, which can easily induce joint diseases.
4. Decreased immunity
If a cat is neutered too early, it will cause the body's immunity to gradually decrease, and it will also increase the chance of being infected with infectious diseases and affect the normal development of the body.
