Spay / Neuter: Scenarios

Many people, when they first get a new puppy or kitten, are concerned that having the pet spayed or neutered will have adverse effects. Some worry that it will cause their dog or cat to become lethargic and disinterested, or that it might somehow adversely affect their pet's overall health and well being.

Quite the contrary. Having your pet spayed or neutered is highly beneficial to the individual animal - and to the overall pet population!

Imagine that one cat has a litter and gives birth to six little kittens. Within just a few months, those six kittens grow up into six female cats. They roam the streets, and meet up with other cats in the neighborhood.

Naturally, they meet a few male cats.

Within another few months, each of those six female cats has six little female kittens of their own, while their mother has another litter. In a very short time, the cat population in this neighborhood has ballooned from one cat to forty-nine cats!

And all 49 of them are still out on the prowl, still meeting up with the male cats...

...and giving birth to more kittens. It doesn't take long before that single cat and her offspring wind up producing immense numbers of offspring. In fact, that one cat and all of her progeny can, in just about two or three years, end up producing over 100,000 cats!