they say cats are playful when young and then aren't, "can't teach old [cat] new tricks", etc. but this isn't true when said about people, you can do a PhD at 80 if capitalism hasn't succeeded in draining all your life. on the other hand, if no one ever taught you anything but…
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Does it work on dogs too?
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I've only looked up research on cats personally, but it made references to dogs, and just from the general principles it would likely work on most mammals that aren't like an elephant you'd want to triple check the dosages, safety and efficiency, of course.
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Well, now I feel quite terrible about chopping up all my pets bits and pieces. I’m going to tell everyone I know about this.
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tbh most of the fault here is not at you but at the vets, to whom this should be obvious and who should inform people of this. you probably didn't formally study physiology, we did, so the whole sterilization thing was immediately very fishy to me.
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cat oral contraceptives are literally just Provera dosage adjusted for body mass, there's no actual difference. so I looked up if anyone tried subdermal implants and guess what, they also work in the same way as on humans. which is exactly what I expected.
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random question: wouldn't sterilization + HRT work more-or-less as well? (or in the case of female cats, hysterectomy w/o oophorectomy, which seems like it'd be perfect here honestly).
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sterilization + HRT: yes, but IME cats hate OCs because they're oily, and 15 years of daily administration or biweekly injections is... less optimal than an implant every 3-5 years hysterectomy (or tubal ligation) doesn't prevent estrus AND it never stops by itself because...
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ovulation can't happen, which is why vets (as far as I can tell) consider this procedure highly undesirable. also in theory progestin contraceptives would reduce total lifetime estrogen load and so risk of mammary (and uterine) cancer, though I am only making this…
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conclusion based on the analogy with human physiology and the fact that sterilization substantially reduces mammary cancer risk in cats.
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I feel like the surgery costs more than that though.
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depends on the country and I think insurance could cover it since it would potentially save them from major losses afterwards
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Yeah fair enough, I never actually had cats and didn't realize that cat insurance was even a thing.
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I have no idea personally, it is apparently a thing in the US. here vets just don't charge a lot so I can't imagine being bothered to get insurance for routine stuff
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Most shelters won't let you adopt a cat that isn't sterilized in the US. I think that we used to have a big problem with accidental breeding followed by kitten neglect and Something Had To Be Done? Something like that.
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It's similar elsewhere. There are also programs to spay and neuter feral cats.
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All I really know about the whole thing is that Bob Barker used to advertise spay and neuter programs on The Price is Right.
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these programs *are* better than the alternative (cat overpopulation isn't exactly good for anyone involved), i'm talking about pet cats here.
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