Spaying and neutering community cats has huge health and safety benefits.
These benefits include:
- Stops heat cycles and unwanted litters
- Preventing diseases and life-threatening infections like pyometra
- Decreases risk of cancer
- Reduces unwanted behaviors like territorial spraying and aggression
- Reduces roaming, which subjects them to danger (toms travel far to mate)
- Prevents early suffering for young queens and their kittens
Cats can get pregnant as early as 4 months old.
This is dangerous for the mother and kittens, as young moms often can’t carry to term or care for newborns.
This is dangerous for the mother and kittens, as young moms often can’t carry to term or care for newborns.
Kittens can be fixed once they’re about 2 months old or weigh at least 2 pounds.
Whichever comes first. The sooner, the better.
Whichever comes first. The sooner, the better.
For community cats, it means fewer injuries, less stress, and longer lives.