After the cat is sterilized, will his temper really improve? Actually this is not absolute

When sterilizing cats, many owners have an idea that after the sterilization operation, whether it is a male cat or a female cat, the temper will become better. This is also a benefit of many pet hospitals promoting the sterilization of cats. But will all cats become more docile after surgery?

First, I will share with you a case of a netizen performing surgery on a cat:

He raised an orange Chinese rural cat, a small male cat with a very docile temper. After estrus, he would urinate on the sofa. People say that after the cat is operated on, the cat will not urinate. And the temper will become more docile, so I decided to sterilize it.

But after the operation, the cat's habit of urinating has not changed, and its temper has become worse and worse. It is not allowed to be held by others, and it has also learned to bite its owner, and what the Internet says to perform surgery on the cat The effect is completely opposite. What is going on?

Pet doctor answers:

• After most cats have undergone sterilization, their personality will indeed become better and more docile. Because we sterilize cats, their sex hormones will no longer be secreted, so their activity and aggressiveness will be much reduced. , Especially male cats, will not be as strong as before. Perhaps after the male cat is sterilized, the owner will feel this change more. For example, before the operation, the cat will fight, bite, and urinate as soon as the cat is in heat. After the operation, they are no longer so strong due to the reduction of male hormones.
• But the change in this physiological phenomenon is not absolute, because it also involves a surgical stress response, that is, a small number of cats will become more grumpy due to pain or fright after the operation. As mentioned in the article, I also learned to bite the owner. This is because the cat's reflex protection due to pain or shock during the operation caused the cat to reflexively protect. It thinks it is injured and uses its temper to protect itself. Not hurt anymore.
• Many people also liken this behavior of cats as a kind of revenge for the owner's sterilization operation. In fact, there is nothing wrong with this understanding, but the psychology of cats is not so complicated. Make an inappropriate metaphor, such as dogs or If the cat bites the furniture, then the owner will hit it, some dogs and cats will be afraid, and will not bite the furniture in the future, but some cats and dogs are just the opposite, thinking that this can attract the owner’s attention, the owner is If you boast about yourself, then it will continue to bite the furniture and even destroy other things.

Many people will evaluate whether the cat’s personality has improved after the operation is completed. In fact, this is not correct and it is also very one-sided, because after the operation of the cat or dog, the personality The improvement is entirely due to physiological reasons, and has no direct relationship with the technique of the pet doctor, and the deterioration of the character has no direct relationship with the technique of the pet doctor, because this is the cause of the cat's character.

The only thing a veterinarian can control is to ensure that the cat is safe from anesthesia, so that the cat is not painful during the operation. In the inspection before the operation of the cat, try to be gentle and don't let them be afraid.

Therefore, it is normal for cats or dogs to have a better personality after sterilization, and it is not abnormal for their personality to become worse. Our owners can comfort them and ask the dog trainer to help in training. To make their character better.

So how should the owner perform surgery on the cat to make the cat's personality better?

1. First of all, it is best to perform surgery on cats before they are in heat. In addition to improving their personality, it can also prevent many diseases, such as pus, breast tumors and so on.
2. When performing an operation on a cat, you can choose to breathe anesthesia, and do pain management after the operation, so that the cat will not be painful, so their temper will not deteriorate.
3. After the cat has passed the estrus period, sterilization will be performed on them. This will have a better effect, and it will also reduce the cat's habit of continuing to heat and pee after the operation.

Sterilizing cats has both advantages and disadvantages. At present, the advantages of sterilization for cats outweigh the disadvantages. Therefore, when sterilizing cats, the owner should actually consider and understand why they are sterilized, and if they are not sterilized. , Raising cats yourself, can you accept these shortcomings of them?