Tubal ligations are even dangerous in human females. They can open up, get
infected, cause blockages, even lead to tubal pregnancies although I don't know
exactly how that would happen. I worked in a medical office for 12 years and
tubals never seemed to work as advertised. Most women complained of pain long
afterwards, cramping, even bleeding. In addition, tubal ligation does nothing
to protect from breast cancer. Cats are very prone to mammary cancer so
spaying would be the best prevention for that terrible menace to cat health.
One of my cats had been diagnosed as borderline diabetic. Since Cookie was
going to be an indoor-only cat, the vet recommended leaving her intact, not
spaying. She was an older cat, went into heat about 3 times in my house and
then gave it up as a bad idea. But she still had her hormone glands intact.
About 5 years after I took her in, I noticed that her belly fur was wet and
clumpy and that her nipples had turned
dark brown. Her appetite was also failing and she actually was allowing me to
touch her, she was so weak. I took her to the vet. He diagnosed multiple
tumors in her mammary glands. Hormones are NOT the fountain of youth for a
cat. They do nothing for the immune system that good care, good food and good
supplements can't do. In addition, tubal ligation would do nothing to relieve
the cat from the distress of going into heat when breeding season comes
around. That's very stressful especially when the cat is not going to be
bred. Same with vasectomy for a male cat. You would have a howling, spraying
cat pacing around the house or running out to bite and fight although he could
not make a female pregnant. Sometimes vasectomies reverse themselves so the
cat might end up being fertile after all. It happens in humans quite often.
In cats, it still exposes them to the dangers of mating, including contracting
FIV and FeLv.
Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors
too!
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From: Kathryn Hargreaves <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Vaccinations
I wonder if you should try to get a tubal ligation instead, as a recent study
indicates that longevity is tied to keeping the ovaries:
http://www.gpmcf.org/respectovaries.html
I'd avoid the vaxes, as the immune system is already wonked.
On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 5:40 AM, Maryam Ulomi <[email protected]> wrote:
Thank for this advice. Kitty, the little feral, I rescued us living in her
bedroom with all her toys and things. She is due for her vaccinations and very
soon to be spayed. I'm holding off on the vaccinations but she will get spayed
soon. Keeping fingers crossed that when I retest her she is negative so she can
play with my other two cats.
>
>Maryam
>
>Sent from my iPhone.
>
>
>On Oct 6, 2012, at 9:12, MaiMaiPG <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I might give them rabies simply because of law enforcement issues but you
>> should be able to get a waiver for that. I don't vaccinate sick/immune
>> compromised animals.
>> On Oct 6, 2012, at 5:52 AM, Lorrie wrote:
>>
>>> What are your opinions on vaccinating FelV positive kittens??
>>> They are 5 months old and should have their first vaccinations,
>>> but I've had immune compromised kittens die from them, so I worry.
>>> They do not go outside but are confined to three large rooms in
>>> my cat sanctuary.
>>>
>>> Lorrie
>>>
>>> On 10-05, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There seem to be a lot of questions about the flea meds. I am having
>>>> enough problems in deciding to vaccinate or not. I have a couple who
>>>> never go outside so are not exposed to critters that might infect them and
>>>> 1 is 14 years old. I am afraid that vaccinating her at that age might do
>>>> more harm than good. The others only go out for an hour or 2 and most of
>>>> the time they are on the deck laying in the sun. Rabies is required here,
>>>> but not the others. I do give the negative cats the FELV vaccine since I
>>>> have 2 positives.
>>>
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If you can't bottle feed, foster an older animal, to save their life, and to
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Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by
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Here's the current growing list of true No Kill communities:
http://www.nokillhouston.org/no-kill-shelters-in-north-america/
Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.org
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