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They can still climb, scratch, defend themselves and generally move around just the same if they're castrated. They cannot do these things if they're declawed.
by mathw 7y ago
They can still climb, scratch, defend themselves and generally move around just the same if they're castrated. They cannot do these things if they're declawed.
Sure you could argue that we don't have a right to castrate them either, but it is not equivalently detrimental to their quality of life.
- gingabriska 7y agowhat about sexual frustration and statisfaction of seeing your kids? Does that not impose the psychological limits with equal sufferings if not compared to those physical limits.
- EForEndeavour 7y agoNeutering usually reduces sexual urges, evidenced by reduction in mating behaviours like wandering, marking, territoriality, etc. It also extends lifespan. Independent of whether cats are even capable of feeling regret about not having children of their own, I'd say that's not as bad as losing the equivalent of the tips of their fingers with built-in grappling-hook-switchblades.