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Cat breeding
I've been lurking in this group for a while, getting nuggets of advice
here and there, and I can't help but notice the dogmatic attitude the majority of the participants have towards the breeding of our masters. It was made explicit in the recent thread about "breading", but it was apparent in other threads too. Dogmatism, however, is never good. For some reason, this dogma assumes that all cats are equal, and if you want a kitten, go to the shelter where they're overflowing. Would that be the same advice you would give to people that want to have children, and would you yourself practice it? After all, the planet has more than enough people, more than can be sustained, in fact, and the orphanages and the third world countries are overflowing with unwanted kids, whose fate you can only improve. So sterilize yourself, (or don't have children), and adopt. If you have done so, and if this is the advice you're giving to wannabe parents, then I submit - you have all the right to advocate the same for cats. If you haven't however, please STFU. The responsible attitude, as I see it, is not to let the kitties breed indiscriminately - far from it - but to treat each on a case by case basis. Don't spay/neuter the kitty until they are let's say 2 years old, before considering if they are really that special kitty that deserves having one litter. After all, they are /not/ created equal, and not each is cute, smart, affectionate, healthy and playful. The same way one would not adopt just any kitty from a shelter, and would skip the ugly, dumb, sick and inferior (and most often would /not/ find one worth adoption), one should give a chance to your pet, if (s)he has the qualities that you like. In that case, if you have secured homes for the eventual kittens with acquaintances that have been charmed by your kitty's qualities and that want to have a similar one, find a suitably fine mate, and let them have a litter. If however, you can't guarantee homes for the litter, or if the kitty is not up to par (and I admit that this is the hardest thing to decide, for they are like our children, and it is very difficult to see and admit their faults), then of course, visit the vet. But after that, love them doubly, if possible, to compensated for the potential offspring that you have destroyed, essentially killing them (in the grand scheme of things). |
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