Castration in males

The proprietors of cats and male dogs are frequently worried with the elimination of the reproductive instinct of their mascots and its possibility of mating and I include/understand them? exist many myths on the matter? popular mythology gives arguments as the castration favors changes of temperament, vitality, affection, intelligence, desire to play?.etc? , this feels the bases for our discussion, because the animals do not intelectualizan their sexuality, single respond to its hormonal influences.
In this article they found information with the purpose of dissipating doubts, fear and of deciding without faults on the reproductive life of our dear companions.

Because to castrate them?
Advantages for the health
Surgery
Adverse Effects?

Because to castrate them?
It does not think that its mascot will stop being male if it castrates it, will continue it being, single it will lose his desire to reproduce and other conducts. The sexual behavior of our mascots can produce effects that alter the normal coexistence.
Dogs: A male without castrating coexisting in he himself territory with females ciclando without being able to cover them can take a frustrated life, specially, yes finds scents of these females in fervor.
Also he is of therapeutic election as in prostate problems and the case of being carrying of diseases of venereal transmission (by Ej. brucelosis). To see more information in castration of the female.
Cats: The process of the feline reproduction, for the male is a complicated function that takes to serious and deep anguishes, to protect its territory, the sexuality in these animals takes to a series of behaviors as they are the marcaje of his territory with high regularity, the patrolling of he himself and aggressive fights with other males to maintain its dominancia. The ?natural thing? for a male is to maintain controlled to a series of 4 6 females, therefore, to offer to an animal a company female to him so that it feels well and it can ?make his thing? nor approaches to satisfy his necessities, but that increases its anguish, its levels of testosterone, their aggressiveness and crossed his of the land, and therefore its continuous confrontation with other male cats.
The not castrated male cat, in the city, this prone one to contract serious diseases that are transmitted by the saliva, in the mordeduras caused by fights by the territory and the females, favoring the appearance of the feline leukemia and the syndrome of feline immunodeficiency, both incurables pathologies; the risk runs of being run over by a car, died by dogs, intoxicated, baleado.
As they mark the territory that them pertencece with chorritos of tinkles in form of ?spray?, our house and the one of the neighbors tinkle, caused problems of coexistence in the vicinity.
In addition castrating male and females, on the one hand we improved its quality of life and by another one, we are collaborating so that it exists a smaller density of animals and less puppies left in the public thoroughfare. More information in the fervor and I match up in the cats.

Direct advantages in the health:
* It suppresses behaviors nonwished (aggressiveness, fights, marcaje malolientes of territory, howls, maullidos, flights, etc.). The female lets mark territory in a 90% of the cases, in the male a 80% lets do it immediately, another 10% leave it in gradual form and only 10% rest continue doing it.
* Diminution of the levels of ?stress?: we did not speak of a natural superficial stress but of one frustrated essential necessity that it can bring consequences of altered behaviors, and mainly, of an immunological system very depressed in some cases (more in felines occurs.)
* Diminution of the risk of I infect of diseases by contact with other animals:
Cats: infectious peritonitis, syndrome of feline immunodeficiency, erlichia, rhinotracheitis, panleukopenia, feline leukemia, rages, etc.
Dogs: Brucelosis, leptospirosis, transmissible venereal tumor, etc?
* Elimination of prostate and testicular problems (tumors) in the males.
* Longer life and of better quality.

Surgery
For the male: most recommendable orquiectomía is a denominated operation, with her we will eliminate not only the production of spermatozoa but of sexual hormones by means of the bilateral extirpation of the testicles.
The time of this operation is between s 25 to the 40 minutes depending if it is cat or dog, in general, remain several hours in postsurgical the clinic the immediate one and to monitorear waking up of the anesthesia (the surgery is made under general anesthesia, in all the cases, the anesthesia risk is reduced at the most young is the patient).
The veterinary doctor, after intervention, will give his instructionses with respect to the care that are due to have after this operation once arrived at the house, and like maintaining a hygiene in the area where the mascot by days coexists to avoid an infection in the zone of surgery, like avoiding stress situations to him and to favor a voluntary rest, to provide a calefaccionado atmosphere, etc.
The postsurgical drug use is routine as the analgesic antibiotics and the use of controlling the pain.
With respect to the age in general it is possible even to be made before arriving at the puberty but it is ideal that the veterinarian advises the ideal age for each case in individual.

Other Options
* The vasectomy (tie or cuts of the deferential conduit) is another option for the owners where the fear to the changes of conduct generates resistance to the conventional surgery, the male does not lose the interest by the females but no longer he is going to be fertile, single has the purpose of controlling the sobrepopulation.
* Chemical treatments (ej. flutamida), these drugs are antihormones (they block to the testosterone) will be considered their use by the veterinary doctor like therapeutic alternative treatment or in certain pathologies (ej. hipertrofia prostate benign, etc.).

Adverse Effects?
Changes of conduct:
Many veterinarians and owners of mascots think that the castration does not influence in the conduct but. , he goes if he does. Most of the changes of conduct caused by the castration they are positive:
He eliminates the sexual anxiety: he diminishes the instinct to mount, its attempts of flight and for the case of the felines his maullidos. The male cats can let wander, fight with other cats and return with infected wounds, and to let tinkle to mark their territory (this is called to tinkle in ?spray?, whose scent is very difficult to eliminate), making the more pleasant and such less risky coexistence with for the health of the own animal.
The male dogs sometimes suffer of hypersexuality that takes them behavior to an aggressive, reason why the castration is a great therapeutic aid (if the aggressiveness had another cause, the castration would not modify it).
Obesity:
The obesity is related generally to excessive feeding in relation to the ecesidades of the organism. Effects exist on the metabolism when eliminating the estrogen production or testosterone, these metabolic modifications produces that a castrated animal does not need (then does not consume nor spends) so many calories as one whole number. Its ration is only necessary to consider this when preparing, or changing the balanced food to one of low calories. Its activity also diminishes and its metabolism, but not necessarily he will be obese.
Sedentarismo:
The popular belief that exists the castrated animal transforms itself into an apathetic being, who loses all motivation to live. Nothing else moved away of the reality. Actually daily I have seen and corroborated that the castrated canine felines and maintain he himself level of intelligence with which they were born, are juguetones and until excellent hunters for the case of the felines like the animals that have not been operated.
To stimulate the animal with games and diverse entertainments is fundamental if it wants to see it healthier and thin. The games and the company of their masters are irreemplazables for them. It does not neglect them and will see as they can be very happy, still castrated.

Bibliography

Author: MV Adelaida A. Goldman
www.mascotia.com/oncologia

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