Getting a cat as a pet, owners have to remember about inevitable process of reproduction. For those who are not going to be engaged in cultivation of kittens the instinct of an animal will become the real problem and torture. Cats in the period of a techka mark the territory, shout, scratch things, become aggressive, they spoil wool. And it will be after the delivery necessary also to think, where to put posterity. Therefore many owners of cats decide on sterilization.
At sterilization the cat loses ability to reproduction, there is a removal of ovaries. This process is the help to an animal to get rid of tortures as the constant techka which is inevitable without pairing and intake of hormonal medicines lead to inflammatory diseases of genitals of a cat.
The best age for sterilization
The most optimum age for sterilization is the period from 9 months to one year before the first techka begins. The earlier to perform operation, the better for health of an animal, but only when the animal was completely created and got stronger. Thoroughbred cats will be sterilized also after the termination of "breeding career", approximately in 6-7 years. At the same time, to reduce risks and to estimate work of kidneys and other bodies, preliminary analyses of urine and blood are obligatory.
As there takes place sterilization
It is better to perform operation in veterinary clinic where there is all necessary equipment. When a cat healthy and young, it is possible to remove only ovaries and if she already gave birth, then it will be necessary to delete also a uterus, then there will be no cancer or purulent diseases.
Sterilization is not only surgical, but also radiation. At radiation sterilization the ovaries of a cat are exposed to radiation of the certain radiation directed by a dose.
Sterilization requires small band operation. During the procedure the doctor does to a cat a small section on a stomach or on one side, a hook tightens ovaries, a uterus and deletes them. Such operation is not life-threatening an animal. It is carried out under the general anesthesia and there passes half an hour. Before operation it is not necessary to feed a cat of 12 hours.
Postoperative period
Houses after operation for a cat leaving and attention will be necessary. Couple of days is entered by antibiotics that there was no infection. It is better not to close a seam, so it will quicker begin to live, but if the animal begins it to lick actively, then it is necessary to put on a special body cloth. It is not necessary to allow a cat to move, jump much. After an exit from an anesthesia it is possible to give to the pet a little water, and with a forage it is better to wait. The cat of a pad can pound and ears for blood circulation stimulation. For the 10th day the veterinarian removes seams.
The sterilized cat is inclined to obesity therefore it is not necessary to overfeed her. It is also necessary to monitor regular physical activity.
In the future the sterilized cat will be active, cheerful, cheerful again. The inclination to cats will decrease or absolutely will disappear. The cat will cease to lose weight because of a techka, wool will be normal. After sterilization to a cat, the owner and the alumna will feel comfortable in the company of each other, at the same time animal life is prolonged.