Costs

Economically , the surgery in cubs is much less onerosa than in adults, therefore consum smaller quantities of anesthetics and stuff in general , without still speak in the time therefore the surgery is much more quick than in the adult animal.

Another one advantage in be castrated cubs is going to do with that, after adoption, exist not the risk of these animal itself will reproduce and will aggravate the question of the superpopulação , therefore, the majority of the holders is not conscious of the problem and leaves his animals itself will reproduce without criteria. When it is a matter of the female, the chart is still more worse, therefore , many times what do we see saints the owners will kill the cubs like this that are born or jogá-the in the street for that die or are adopted , and when they survive finish becoming cats vadios, without owner , going hungry in the streets and transmitting illnesses for others animal and even for the persons. What do? Be conivente with the little cat and the sacrifice in batter, or adopt a conscious politics of neuter / spay?

Myths and Prejudices

Although with the knowledge of the advantages that to early neuter / spay can provide, still exists an I fear on the part of the veterinarians and of the own population in castrate young animals. The main problems cited in the oldest literature, and that fell in the belief popular, healthy cited and discussed it follow.

1. I retard in the Growth

The maturity of the skeleton is a lot related to the puberty and suffers straight action of the sexual hormones, beyond others. Although not essential, the sexual hormones influence in all the metabolism of the skeleton. Of that form, was established that to castração early delays the locking of the epífises bone, what want to say that the animal remains in phase of growth by longer, and with that has slightly bigger stature than would have did not go castrated; beyond that do not occur in all of the animals castrated before of the puberty, this effect does not bring no problem, since we are not In animals that participate of competitions , therefore the animals for exposition should reproduce.

More as regards the most greatest risk of fractures, nothing was verified to respect and, in the experience of the authors where of 13 cubs were castrated, between dogs and cats, no presented any significant alteration.

2. Obesity

Scientifically it was tried that approximately 30% of the females they castrated grow fat due to the increase of the appetite, and looks that the even occurs in cats. However, if to ingestão of sustenances will go controlled after surgery that problem tende it diminish.

Studies carried out in mice and you will be humans show that, if to neuter / spay will go deed before of the puberty, not I to have increased in the tendency to the obesity, and the even was verified in our study with dogs and cats, where no of the castrated kittens grew fat in excess after surgery.

3. Problems of skin

Several problems of skin have been attributed to the spay / neuter, as dermatites and fall of hairs, but, no work verified that you have problems went inherent to the spay / neuter, since animals done not castrate also present these problems.

4. Changes of behavior

It is of the belief popular that animal castrated they stayed gentler and lazy. Several works has been deeds comparing in competitions The behavior and performance of the animals that were castrated after puberty, but when received to same food and take care that the entire animals, showed no difference.

On the other hand , regarding the "vagrancy ", or be, the fact of the animals, mainly male (dogs and cats ), will live outside of home, finding females in the cio or quarrels with others male, these habits diminish in 90% of the cases after spay / neuter, beyond reduce considerably the aggression between males and the marking of territory with the urine.

Concluding , no difference of behavior in the jokes, hunts, triviality and dominance, occurs in animals castrated, be early or late.

5. Urinary Problems

Relatively very little itself knows regarding the effects of the sexual homones about the urinary system in dogs and cats.

However , it knows himself that the problems formerly attributed to the spay, as increase of the predisposition to the obstruction uretral in cats, or to urinary incontinence in females cats, still deserve bigger explanations.

To incidência of obstruction uretral in cats is to same in castrated cats or not, although the mechanisms of that pathology still have not been cleared.

6. Cirurgic Anesthetic risks

When cubs with less of 12 weeks are anesthesieds, special attention should be fact for the small size of the patient and the differences in the distribution, metabolism and excretion of the anesthetics. But, of general way, the surgery is deed in less of 15 minutes in the females and in 5 minutes in the male, becoming enough dependable.

7. infect-contagious illnesses

One of the biggest worries of those that adopt to early spay / neuter is know like the stress of the anesthesia and surgery is going to affect the sensitivity the infect-contagious illnesses, as to Parvovirose or to Cinomose.

When the surgery is deed to the 30 days of age, the cubs recuperate immediately after the term of the anesthesia and already begin it suckle and joke some with the others, showing that the stress is minimum, what does not occur in adults , the which feel a lot pain and sometimes pass an or two very apathetic days and without be fed, after surgery.

Of general way, we see that to early spay alone brings advantages, and that is necessary the help of everybody those that like animals, for that we be able to put an end that horrendous chart that our people streets.

Patrícia Arrais Rodrigues of the Hisses - medical veterinary (CFMV DF 0773)
Clinical and Veterinary Center of the Range http://www.apis.com.br/cvg