Why is it important to spay or neuter my cat?

Why is it important to spay or neuter my cat?

You should always spay or neuter your cat unless you are one of the small percentage of people who plan to professionally show pedigree cats. The reasons are many: you will cut down a lot of behavior problems, cats who are still intact tend to roam, they tend to get in fights. If you spay or neuter your cat, you also reduce your cat's chances for certain diseases: for boy cats, prostate cancer, for girl cats, actually mammary cancers. There are a lot of benefits for spaying and neutering your cat. And the big reason is that there's less of a chance for your cat to have a litter. As we know, there's 100 million plus cats out there that are in need of homes. So spaying and neutering your cat is just a small way you can do your part to help control the pet over population.