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Originally Posted by Siamese Kelly
When a queen or stud has done all he/she can do for your cattery ,you cannot just leave them uneutered /spayed and not mate them-this would be cruel on many levels,and to have them neutered/spayed and keep them with your entire queens/studs would be cruel as they would get picked on and be miserable...
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I must admit, not being a breeder, I've always been under the impression that it's quite selfish to get all these beautiful kittens from a beloved pet, only to send them on their way once they've done. However, what you have just said has really opened my eyes; I hadn't thought about how their ranks amongst the other entire cats in the household would change once they were neutered.
Poor kitties. Thanks for explaining that, as I now understand that much better.
It still must be pretty lonely at first for a retired breeding queen to move away from a multi-cat household to being someone's regular pet, though...how well do they usually cope with that?