Approximately in a year after emergence in the apartment of a kitten his owners face the problems which are very complicating life. At the matured pet there comes the period of sexual hunting, and it begins to mew and mark the territory loudly. To avoid these troubles, it is better to castrate a cat. If the animal reached puberty, operation can be performed at any age. But after all there is optimum time for castration of a cat.
The best age for castration of a cat the period when the animal is from 9 to 10 months old is considered. It is desirable to carry out operation, without allowing the first knitting. Young animals at this age are already rather strengthened and physically developed, but at them the sexual behavior does not manage to be developed yet. Therefore the operation performed during this period will exclude emergence in the future of all symptoms caused by sexual hunting: loud miaow, odorous tags, aggressive behavior and concern of the pet.
In general castration can be carried out to an animal aged from 7 months up to 7 years. However if operation is performed to an adult cat, then some elements of sexual behavior can remain. The cat, for example, and after castration can continue to mark the territory. The smell at the same time becomes not such expressed, but tags remain. Some castrated animals experience nervousness in the spring: they begin to mew and worry loudly.
Castration of little kittensIn some western countries, for example, of the USA and Great Britain, there is a practice of early castration of cats aged from 7 up to 16 weeks. Initially it was caused by features of the American legislation according to which homeless animals from a shelter can be transferred to families only sterilized. Naturally, expectation of the moment until the cat reaches puberty, reduces chances of his successful pristroystvo. Therefore the American veterinarians began to practice early castration.
Pluses of early castration of catsAs practice showed, castration of little kittens has certain advantages. First, blood loss when carrying out operation very small. Secondly, castration demands less time and less seams are imposed. Thirdly, little kittens quicker, than adult animals, are restored both after operation, and after the postponed anesthesia.
Minuses of early castration of cats
Sex hormones influence growth and development of a skeleton. Therefore early the carried-out castration slows down growth stop at a cat of bone plates. As a result growth of long bones increases and the adult animal becomes higher and thin in comparison with the fellows. However not all owners consider such structure of a skeleton a shortcoming of the favourite. Earlier was also considered that early castration is the reason of obesity and urolithic disease. But the conducted scientific research showed that these diseases are caused at all not early by the performed operation, and the whole set of factors among which there is a genetic predisposition, features of a diet and the level of physical activity.