Fix Your Pets!

I have always and always will love cats as I have five of my own. All of my cats have been strays, four of the five were kittens when I got them. Their names are Oscar, Smokey, Tom, Jerry, and my only girl, Bandit. Smokey, Tom, Jerry, and one other kitten were born under my back porch and I have three of them since they were weaned from their mother. I gave the one girl of the litter to Kristen, and it worked out great because she wanted a girl kitten and that is what I had to offer. The summer that they were weaned, I was working at Scoot Vet Services and I fixed my three kittens myself.  I took their mother to my uncle's barn because she was already pregnant and about to have another litter of kittens. I had set a live trap for a raccoon that kept eating the barn cats food, and I caught Oscar in it. I took Oscar back to the neighbors barn where he came from and set the trap again; he was in there the next day again. I decided to keep him and get him neutered. My boyfriend trapped a litter of kittens that were under his house and they were not tame at all, however I chose Bandit from the litter and I have now had her four months and she still is not the most friendly cat but she is still very cuddable when she chooses to let me carry her around and pet on her. She was fixed about three weeks ago and she had to wear a cone for ten days afterwards.

Left to Right: Jerry, Tom, and Smokey waking

up from anesthesia after being fixed.

Now that I have told you all about my cats, let me tell you about the actual reason that I wanted to talk about. Overpopulation is a major problem amongst mostly dogs and cats. They have litters two to three times each year and have anywhere from two to twelve babies each time. Then each of the babies are able to reproduce at about six months of age and thus multiplying the number of animals further. The rule of natural selection states that more organisms are produced than the amount of orgasisms that will survive. So many animals are homeless, injured, and uncared for, simply because there are just so many of them, all of my animals are neutered or spayed. Getting them fixed drastically lowers their chances of having cancers related to spikes in their hormones at the time they are in heat. Getting your animals fixed would solve a lot of problems due to the overpopulation of them. (450)

Bandit                                       Jerry