Cat Care & Advice – Neutering

Neutering

Cats can get pregnant from just 4 months old. If you’ve got an unneutered cat, the clock’s already ticking, so keep them indoors and away from any unneutered cats of the opposite sex until it’s done.

Neutering is quick, routine, and makes a massive difference. Here’s why it’s worth doing now:

Benefits of neutering

For females

🐾 Most cats are too young and inexperienced to cope well with a litter. Pregnancy and motherhood are a big ask for a young cat.

⚠️ Pregnancy and birth come with real risks — and real costs. C-sections aren’t cheap, and complications happen more often than you’d think.

🐱 Hormones be gone! No more calling, no more being in heat, no more being kept awake by a yowling girl on the prowl.

🌿 Less roaming, fewer diseases. Spaying cuts the urge to escape and find a mate, lowering the risk of catching FIV or FeLV.

🎗️ Ovarian cancer risk: eliminated. The risk of other cancers drops significantly too.

For males

🐱 Smelly tom-cat pee? Gone. Neutering gets rid of the hormones behind it.

🚫 Spraying drops dramatically — often stops altogether.

🥊 Less roaming, fighting and mating means fewer injuries, fewer cats going missing, and less risk of picking up diseases like FIV or FeLV through a fight or mating.

🎗️ Testicular cancer risk: eliminated. The risk of other cancers drops significantly too.

For all of us

❤️ Every neutered cat is one less contributing to the overpopulation crisis. We’re overrun every year with kittens nobody planned for. Getting your cat neutered means you’re not adding to that number — and that makes you a responsible, brilliant cat owner. Thank you.