This section focuses on:
1) Caring for intact cats in a way that prevents them from breeding
2) How to care for a female cat (a.k.a., a molly or queen) during her heat cycles
3) Ways intact cats can enjoy the outdoors without risking one getting pregnant or one inpregnating other intact cats (free-roaming, stray, or feral)
---> Leash
---> Outdoor Enclosure or Catio
---> Cat-Proofed Balcony
---> Cat Proofed Backyard
4) An outdoor enclosure, a catio, or a cat proofed backyard for intact or vasectomized male (or tom) cat that sprays so that they don't spray inside the house
5) A designated room, a medium or large dog crate or cage, or a medium or large cat playpen for female cats in heat if they are door dashers or to separate from an intact male when the female is in heat
---> Spare Bedroom
---> Bathroom
---> Basement
6) A plastic bin with a small hole cut in it and some blankets put inside for female cats to hide from vasectomized male cats when they are tired of mating
7) How to board an intact cat at a kennel, leave an intact cat in your home with a trusted friend or pet sitter, or travel with an intact cat during vacations
8) Caring for hormonally intact* free-roaming and barn cats in a way that prevents them from breeding
* Hormonally Intact: an animal that is not gonadectomized; can still be sterilized in a hormone-sparing manner however
1) Caring for intact cats in a way that prevents them from breeding
2) How to care for a female cat (a.k.a., a molly or queen) during her heat cycles
3) Ways intact cats can enjoy the outdoors without risking one getting pregnant or one inpregnating other intact cats (free-roaming, stray, or feral)
---> Leash
---> Outdoor Enclosure or Catio
---> Cat-Proofed Balcony
---> Cat Proofed Backyard
4) An outdoor enclosure, a catio, or a cat proofed backyard for intact or vasectomized male (or tom) cat that sprays so that they don't spray inside the house
5) A designated room, a medium or large dog crate or cage, or a medium or large cat playpen for female cats in heat if they are door dashers or to separate from an intact male when the female is in heat
---> Spare Bedroom
---> Bathroom
---> Basement
6) A plastic bin with a small hole cut in it and some blankets put inside for female cats to hide from vasectomized male cats when they are tired of mating
7) How to board an intact cat at a kennel, leave an intact cat in your home with a trusted friend or pet sitter, or travel with an intact cat during vacations
8) Caring for hormonally intact* free-roaming and barn cats in a way that prevents them from breeding
* Hormonally Intact: an animal that is not gonadectomized; can still be sterilized in a hormone-sparing manner however