Neutering Cats

Increasingly, we encounter individuals who live permanently in the apartment or house (indoor cats), to properly pay their owners, providing them with good nutrition, preventive and curative health care. Thanks to all are living longer lives. In the context of the changing lifestyles of owners of cats also increases the proportion of castrated individuals.

According to surveys of veterinarians from England, France and Germany are castrated cats 95% of patients who visit a veterinarian. Castration is the preferred method for the prevention of unwanted reproduction. Cats are castrated for social reasons and for reasons of health control their population.
The benefits include increased Friendly castration of the animal, the longer life, lower rates of aggression, preserving the features of youth and prevention of specific diseases. An example of mammary cancer, pyometra, ovarian cyst, sexually transmitted diseases and others. For male cats reduces the incidence of unwanted sexual and territorial behavior is limited by the spread of disease,such as leukemia (FeLV) and immunodeficiency syndrome (FIV) in the cat population.
Although castrated cats look and behave just like before, or castration, the owners often do not realize that their animal rights have changed. After castration cat needs something more than just the traditional health care such as vaccinations, deworming and odbleseni. It is necessary to ensure a change in diet and castrated cats. Its main objective is to reduce the influence of risk factors that may affect the health of castrated individuals.
In cats after castration increases the risk of FLUTD and unwanted weight gain.
Obesity is a serious handicap and the animal must be seen as a disease. Could give rise to a number of other health complicationsthat may mean for your pet, or worse quality of life may even shorten the life of the animal until a few years.
Signs of FLUTD (Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease - disease of the lower urinary tract in cats) are making bladder stones or bladder inflammation with no apparent cause (FIC). The formation of urinary stones are involved in reduced movement of cats are overweight, decreased water intake and associated lower urinary frequency. Of concentrated urine and thereby facilitate the formation of crystals and stones. Another factor affecting the formation of urinary stones is inappropriate urine pH and abundance of minerals (phosphorus, magnesium, calcium), which are building blocks of urinary stones. It is therefore very important castrated cats to feed with controlled mineral content,which maintains a physiological pH of urine (6.2 to 6.4). This can prevent the emergence and development of FLUTD.

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