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Yes. I breed Old-Style Siamese.
Spay & neuter is wonderful, but putting out statisics that are lies is silly. Case in point. A stray calico has made the rounds of my property for about 3 yrs. I had thought possibly she was a dumped spayed housepet, because she never seemed to have any kittens in 3 yrs. Well, now she has the prettiest little calico kitten, so guess I was wrong, but no way has that calico mother perpertuated some mega hundreds of cats in 3 yrs. She's got one sweet little baby. I'm trying to catch the kitten. It's perfectly marked. Had my fingers on it's fur today, but I wasn't fast enough.Originally posted by claire
i couldnt help noticing the debate going on ............. if it were me reading these awfull statisics, i would surely be heartbroken and get my pet done.
yours truly and sorry if i offend, claire xx u.k
How do you think there came to be Ferals in the first place,It all starts with cats being unspayed/neauteredOriginally Posted by bluekat
Hi,
Dogs are overbred needlessly because of lact of spaying and neutering, but NOT PET OWNED CATS. Check out this site, and survey's.
http://www.fanciers.com/npa/owned-cats.html
I don't know where you came up with your numbers on how many cats are produced, but I believe they are massively overstated, if you believe any of the survey material on the above site. Possibly healthy ferels reproduce at the rate you mention, but the feral population I've seen, has episodes of disease every few years, which whips out most of them, and they have to start over, building up a population.
bluekats
Thanks for the vote of confidence....we have to remember that cat advocacy and welfare has taken a back seat until recently to dog advocacy and welfare. There are many shelters that will take in dogs but have no provisions for cats. TNR has only recently become a practice that is widely accepted as a humane way of dealing with the cat overpopulation..and just look at the success of the Pregnancy forum here on TCS. So many people want to do right by these cats..and we need to give them avenues..whether it be low cost clinics, TNR or simply providing education.Originally Posted by katiemae1277
I just read this thread for the first time and its kinda sad that 4 years later, it really seems like there has been no dent made in the pet overpopulation problems. TNR is becoming more widely accepted, thank goodness, as is pediatric spay/neuter which IMO is a key to reducing pet reproduction, if the pet is altered before it ever leaves the shelter or rescue group than it doesn't get left up to the new owner, which obviously doesn't guarantee anything even with a spay/neuter contract. I know that this problem will not get solved overnight, but I truly hope that in say, 10 years, a marked difference will have been made, as people like Hissy and TNR1 get the message out to spay and neuter and their tireless and often unappreciated work with TNR. One can only hope
Perhaps she was "lucky" enough to not have any intact males around....again, that statistics are regarding 1 intact male and 1 intact female and the "potential" numbers that can result. Number of kittens and survival rate do play a part...but once you have an intact female...you can bet that she will attract intact males...and other than the potential to reproduce, you also have the issues associated with mating....spraying, fighting, howling etc. etc. These can be addressed by spaying/neutering.Originally Posted by bluekat
Spay & neuter is wonderful, but putting out statisics that are lies is silly. Case in point. A stray calico has made the rounds of my property for about 3 yrs. I had thought possibly she was a dumped spayed housepet, because she never seemed to have any kittens in 3 yrs. Well, now she has the prettiest little calico kitten, so guess I was wrong, but no way has that calico mother perpertuated some mega hundreds of cats in 3 yrs. She's got one sweet little baby. I'm trying to catch the kitten. It's perfectly marked. Had my fingers on it's fur today, but I wasn't fast enough.
bluekat