Castration Of Animals - Mockery Or Panacea?

2024 Author: Sebastian Paterson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:47

Often, after learning who I work, people begin to sneer, or even openly accuse all veterinarians that we only dream of castrating the whole world.

Love has faded at the appointed hour, And now I am humbly glad

That I have remained immaculate

Gastronomic debauchery.

(Igor Guberman, "Gariki").

"I want to enter the veterinary academy. Since childhood: beasts, beasts, beasts, and my parents have one thing on their minds - that this profession leads to endless castration of cats and the euthanasia of dogs …" - we go and look out for where to catch the next victim. Once they even promised me that after death all this would be reckoned to me and that I would burn in hell for going against God. Men are especially raging. How many times it was necessary to castrate cats not at 8-9 months, but at 2-3 years old, because the male half until the last was sorry to deprive the cat of the MOST IMPORTANT. As a rule, all the same, the cup of patience was overflowing (once such the last straw was that in the morning the cat managed to write into the coffee maker, and the head of the family, running away to work, always drank a cup of coffee …). Gentlemen! Anthropomorphism will destroy us!

First, only man and some species of monkeys have sex for pleasure. All other animals do THIS only at the behest of hormones solely for the purpose of reproduction. For an animal, sex is not an end in itself. Don't measure by yourself.

Secondly, unlike humans, animals do not perceive the absence of this or that organ as a tragedy. I saw both blind and deaf animals, I had a cat with an amputated hind leg, in the courtyard of the house where my son was studying in a circle, I often saw a dog with an amputated front leg. None of them behaved the way most people would behave: no one was hysterical, did not fall into depression, did not try to commit suicide, and did not ruffle the nerves of those around them with stories about their inferiority and wretchedness. They just lived, making the most of everything that nature gave them. And I must say, they lived a normal, full-blooded life. The same is with castrates: none of them goes into psychosis due to the fact that they cannot have sex or have offspring (which is hysterical if you don't want to anyway). Moreover,In my practice, there were several cats and cats who, before castration, felt rather deplorable (exhaustion, constant stress, dull, fragile coat, clogged character), and the operation simply transformed them. There was neurosis, but against the background of something completely different … Although once a couple of newlyweds (Russian and German) asked to castrate a cat the way they do in Germany … What is it that is done in Germany? How can you improve the simplest minute procedure? It turns out that in some German clinic, enterprising doctors inserted silicone prostheses for cats (which significantly increased the cost of the service) so that the cats … would not suffer from neurosis against the background of a sense of their own inferiority. This is how anthropomorphism and prejudice of some bring considerable profit to others!fragile coat, clogged character), and the operation simply transformed them. There was neurosis, but against the background of something completely different … Although once a couple of newlyweds (Russian and German) asked to castrate a cat the way they do in Germany … What is it that is done in Germany? How can you improve the simplest minute procedure? It turns out that in some German clinic, enterprising doctors inserted silicone prostheses for cats (which significantly increased the cost of the service) so that the cats … would not suffer from neurosis against the background of a sense of their own inferiority. This is how anthropomorphism and prejudice of some bring considerable profit to others!fragile coat, clogged character), and the operation simply transformed them. There was neurosis, but against the background of something completely different … Although once a couple of newlyweds (Russian and German) asked to castrate a cat the way they do in Germany … What is it that is done in Germany? How can you improve the simplest minute procedure? It turns out that in some German clinic, enterprising doctors inserted silicone prostheses for cats (which significantly increased the cost of the service) so that the cats … would not suffer from neurosis against the background of a sense of their own inferiority. This is how anthropomorphism and prejudice of some bring considerable profit to others!how is it done in Germany … What is it doing in Germany? How can you improve the simplest minute procedure? It turns out that in some German clinic, enterprising doctors inserted silicone prostheses for cats (which significantly increased the cost of the service) so that the cats … would not suffer from neurosis against the background of a sense of their own inferiority. This is how anthropomorphism and prejudice of some bring considerable profit to others!how is it done in Germany … What is it doing in Germany? How can you improve the simplest minute procedure? It turns out that in some German clinic, enterprising doctors inserted silicone prostheses for cats (which significantly increased the cost of the service) so that the cats … would not suffer from neurosis against the background of a sense of their own inferiority. This is how anthropomorphism and prejudice of some bring considerable profit to others!

Recently, via the Internet, a young man named Vlad asked me a question: "A cat of over 8 years old, if he is now castrated, how will this affect his health? I wonder what will happen to him - could there be any threat of hormonal pertruction? Maybe. Will he get fat or something? I also have a cat at home - his age, the last birth was difficult, now she is pregnant again, but I'm afraid to operate on it. " As a result, we got the following dialogue:

- There will be nothing wrong with your cat, moreover, he will regularly walk around your kitty according to old memory (therefore, the threat of developing ovarian cysts and other gynecological problems decreases). Regarding weight gain - there is a threat, but it largely depends on you - well, you will cut his ration slightly.

- Well, everything - Kuzi's fate is decided. As far as I understand, they will only tie up the seminiferous tubules for him?

- I must grieve you. Actually, castration is the removal of the sex glands … But the adrenal glands also produce testosterone.

- Hmmm … cut off that is? Well, nothing - Kuza has no one to shine with them here - I think that he will not suffer from this fact. A little later, Vlad wrote in his online diary: “A couple of months ago, if someone told me that I was neutering my cat, I would have spat in his face - what an unheard-of slaughter, I would have thought then. But this weekend When the next offspring were born (as many as five kittens!), I radically changed my point of view. After small consultations, it was decided to chop off Kuza's "oyka". Moreover, as the doctor who performed the operation in the clinic said, no negative from the point of view of health, no consequences for the cat are expected, but he has already produced more than offspring and has fulfilled his function as a sire in this world. Six months have passed, and Kuzya and his girlfriend are safe and sound, which is what you want."

Here's another conversation from the internet correspondence:

- We take the dog. A mongrel family. She will obviously have to be sterilized. For we have such dog weddings here in the suburbs … And I cannot drown the puppies. Please tell us at what age this procedure is performed and what is the risk? And will the dog want a male after her?

- Actually, this is called castration - removal of the sex glands (in this case, the ovaries). Sterilization, in relation to animals, is not entirely correct term, because sterilization is either, in principle, deprivation of the opportunity to reproduce (the most effective is murder, for example, any housewife, rolling cucumbers, boiling jars and lids, kills microbes, depriving them of the opportunity to reproduce, - sterilizes), or, by analogy with a medical operation, - bandaging the spermatic cords or oviducts (but we don't need it - because in this case, of course, there will be no offspring, but all other delights - estrus, "weddings", aggression, disobedience, etc. remain). If you have a bitch, then you need to operate at the age of about a year. The day before the operation, do not feed, after the operation 10 days in a blanket - that's all. The ovaries are removedso there is no problem with males.

- Yes, bitch. So she won't be in heat at all? And how does this affect the general condition? By weight? Carrying out security functions? Does the animal become apathetic? We have not yet decided whether to operate or wait out the "red days".

- There will not be a leak, because the ovaries will be removed, sex hormones will not be produced. The general condition and behavior depends solely on the hosts and genetics. If the dog is from calm parents, the owners train normally - there will be a calm, balanced dog, if you want to go through security and other courses, then there will be a guard, etc. If a dog is genetically aggressive, excitable, then training can correct the behavior, but it is difficult (fortunately, this happens rarely), castration does not correct it. Castrates are prone to weight gain, but again - it only depends on you how much the dog will eat - if you limit food and give physical activity - there will be a slender healthy dog. In this case, I am for castration - no techek, no "weddings", no escapes, no aggression due to neurosis on the basis of an unrealized sexual instinct (in bitches,true, it almost never happens, but in males - often).

- That is, neutered dogs do not look like neutered cats … Good. It's just that at the word "castration" I immediately think of such a lazy fat creature as completely worthless. Cats are often like that, but I haven’t come across neutered dogs somehow …

- Neutered cats become such only because of the stupidity of the owners. They are fed to a barrel-shaped state, and uncastrated ones too. Haven't I ever seen (especially at the grandmothers) a dachshund-sausage, a spherical pug or some other kolobok?

- I am now thinking about what will be better for my dog - the operation or the experience of a frantic two weeks. I proceed only from what I saw myself, the experience is small. And what I saw is cats, fat from "slightly" to "stunned like". And they have such indifferent eyes, not cat's eyes at all. The neutering of dogs is a new thing for us, I personally have never seen a neutered dog with my own eyes, that's why I'm asking you. We take a dog, in addition to love, of course, as a watchman (I understand that a dog will not do anything against a person with a gun, but still I want her to work as a watchman, and not just eat). If she has the makings for this, and most likely she will have them, since mom is a chain man, and dad is a forester's working dog. Therefore, I am worried whether the operation will affect my health and,as a consequence, on the working qualities of the dog. I don't even care so much whether this will make her fat (here I am a strict lady!), But whether she will become apathetic.

- So I'm telling you - all these obesity and apathy are solely due to the stupidity and ignorance of the owners. Animals become apathetic from obesity, and fatten from overfeeding (castrates should be fed less, they really tend to be overweight, nothing more). It is not reflected on the character and working qualities.

So there is nothing terrible and sadistic in this operation. With proper care and feeding, castrated animals live longer and get less sick than non-castrated animals. Castration does not affect the character of the animal in any way. A fighter remains a fighter, a coward remains a coward, a rat-catcher continues to catch rats, an evil animal will not become tame (the cause of anger is in character or upbringing), and an affectionate one will not become embittered. Among my patients was an elderly neutered cat, who was also almost blind. At the dacha, he caught mice, rats, frogs, birds, beat the muzzles of the neighbors' cats, and once drove the Great Dane off the site!

After the death of my friend, the cat Gerundy came to my family, fed by the former mistress to such an extent that, despite the fact that he was quite full-fledged, he did not even think about cats at the dacha and was always beaten. Having lost weight on a strict diet, he "built" my cat and always had a "showdown" with a dog.

On the other hand, it is believed that castration is an excellent educational procedure. This applies in particular to dogs. Castrated an aggressive male - and it's in the bag. In the January issue, we have already discussed the "brilliant" idea of total castration of all dogs of "aggressive" breeds. Castration calms the animal a little and reduces aggressiveness, but at the expense of what? Often, non-castrated animals become aggressive against the background of unrealized sexual arousal (hmm … and people too … even the term is popular for this phenomenon …). If, say, the dog was initially badly brought up, he allowed himself not to listen to the owner (and the owner let it down on the brakes), and then the bitch has passed … Shouts "Come to me!" and "Stop!" will not help, punishment can cause aggression, and castration, as it were, will remove it,BUT … This will not solve the problem of improper upbringing, and the neutered dog will ignore the bitch next time, but will rush after the cat or in search of something tasty in the trash. And he will also snap when they try to catch him and take him home. It is noted that castration reduces the dog's aggressiveness, BUT only towards other dogs … Castrates do not see other dogs as sexual rivals, do not strive at all costs to prove their superiority to a dog of the opposite sex, do not mark territory, but if the dog is aggressive by nature or poorly brought up, she will continue to eat furniture, write on the rug in the room, bite when a toy is taken away, tear up cats in the yard and rush at cyclists (these are the first examples that come to mind). A dog that is really aggressive by nature, I would advise unambiguously to castrate - not for the purpose of "education", but in order not to get (even by accident, as a result of escape and unforeseen mating) aggressive, inadequate offspring.

If you have a thoroughbred, cool animal, but a "dangerous" breed (and not dangerous too), especially if in the future of an exhibition, mating, offspring - take care in advance about the conditions for the normal upbringing of the dog (all-permissive, lisping grandmothers - on a strict collar!), find good breed literature, talk to the breed leader, find good courses, a good trainer. And no one would think of advising you to castrate your dog.