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Saikou · #17 (**permalink**) 11-11-2008, 09:00 PM

I have neuters and entires and none of my neuters get bullied. I would never dream of rehoming an exisiting queen or stud after their were neutered unless it was genuinely the only way of resolving a difficult situation. There is always a settling down period after you change the pecking order of a group, but it doesn't last that long.

This is just my opinion, but I do find it distasteful when breeders do that. I appreciate there are times when you have to do it for the benefit of the cat, but more often than not I have seen it done just to "make room" for the next breeding cat, and people not wanting their homes cluttered up with "useless neuters". I have heard both phrases used on the quiet, but the public reason is it was for the good of the cat. It is amazing how some people will put up with a beligerent queen, that has aggression issues and torments the other cats in the household whilst she is entire, but the minute she is spayed, she is rehomed because she was unhappy!!!

The longer you breed the more cats you do amass, and at some point you do have to call a halt. I would rather stop breeding, as I see the cats as genuine family members, than I would move one on to make room for the next entire so I could continue breeding. It is just a hobby after all.

Thats not getting at anyone who has had to rehome a cat for a valid reason for the genuine benefit of the cat themselves, especially where studs who are used to being outside by themselves are concerned, but where queens are concerned, from what I have seen those situations are in the minority.