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| I am better off without these? |
As a privileged house cat, with a devoted human servant, I have always understood that there was a trade-off. In return for the peace and comfort of sharing my bed with my human, I had to forgo the hurly burly of sex on the rooftops with a female cat.
Was the trade-off worth it? I lost some of the excitement of life, it is true. I don't have kittens to continue my bloodline. I don't have the sharp short pleasure of the sex act.
What I gained was better health. I am free from the fatal diseases spread by fighting other tom cats -- Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and feline leukaemia virus (FeLV). I also don't have scars, wounds or even abcesses resulting from wound.
If I had my testicles I would be outside roaming around looking for sex. Wanting sex and not getting it, is not in itself a pleasure. And, moreover, tom cat roaming often means leaving home or being thrown out of home because I was smelly and peed in the house. Roaming puts tom cat at risk from traffic or bigger animals
So I am healthier and have all the pleasures of a regular and longer life. Worth it? I think so.
And I contribute a lot to human emotional welfare.
- For my human's view on this go to http://celiahaddoncatexpert.substack.com
