Neuter your cats!

I have been working this weekend and saw 2 entire male cats, both over 2 years old, come in with injuries which could be blamed almost entirely on the fact they hadn´t been neutered.

The first was a beautiful light ginger and white male cat who had been in a nasty car accident. He had broken both his jaw and his pelvis. He was brought in by the RSPCA but after advertising in the local press his owners came forward. We had to wire his jaw as he was very painful and couldn´t eat. Unfortunately after a few days it became clear he couldn´t urinate on his own, as a consequence of the pelvis fracture and he had to be put down. The owner was left with a large bill, some of which the RSPCA paid, and a dead cat, all because he wasn´t neutered.

The second had been in a fight, something entire male cats do a lot! One of his front paws was infected with a large abscess and very painful. We had to sedate him to treat him and his owners let us castrate him at the same time, so hopefully he won´t do it again!

The bottom line is the average age for entire male cats is 8 years old, whereas if they are neutered it shoots up to 16 years!

I know I am probably preaching to the converted on Petstreet but get the word out, neutering saves lives!

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