Mom says no to spay/neuter
I just got my new bunny today. :D I believe he's a boy. He's 4 months old and I got him from a friend who's bunnies had babies. (My bun's their son) I asked my mom about neutering him, and she got mad and said NO WAY! She's not even letting us spay my kitty. Its not because of vet bills. We take our pets to the vet ALL the time, and they are all in great health. Her reason is that its cruel, un-natural, mean, and wrong to remove a part of an animal's body for whatever reason. She said she could NEVER have something like this done to any of our beloved pets.
I talked to her about the population problem, and she said human children in many parts of the world are also homeless and dying. She said that does not mean humans should start spaying and nuetering their kids does it? :rolleyes: She said if there's a population problem in animals in that many are put down, human kids are homeless and dying too....................thousands and thousands of them. She said that all animals have the instincts to care for themselves, and if some animals remain without a home, they can protect themselves in the wild. She said they can learn to protect themselves like squirrels, birds, and other wild animals do. When I told her it can reduce future health risks, she said that God created them with those parts, and their own natural parts cannot be a health risk because we have them too. SHe said that when cancer happens it happens. That doesn't mean you remove parts of the body before hand. She said that God gave them those parts and that humans have no right to remove them and alter their pets. When I asked her about my kitty going into heat and causing trouble, she said, "We adopted that cat, we love her, we will bear with her with however she behaves. We're not going to remove her body parts just so she doesn't act like a cat's supposed to act." She said that our cat and bunny are single and indoor, so its impossible for them to get kids and add to the population, and she said that if an animal has the desire to have a child, its cruelty to remove their body parts so they can't. She said, "How would we humans feel if our pets decided to remove our organs so we couldn't have kids when we really wanted kids?" My mom thinks spaying/nuetering is the most cruel thing one can do to their pets. She said its equal to declawing. She said its plain wrong and she doesn't care if people do it or if vets encourage it. She said "I love my animals and will NEVER allow such a thing to happen to them." My dad agrees. I'm starting to believe my mom too. She convinced me in a very nice way. I'm not so sure though. But anyway, its been decided that our bunny and cat are not going to be spayed/nuetered. My mom would hear none of it. She almost started crying when I mentioned it! :eek: She said she could never do such a thing. She said they were created with those organs and we have no right to remove them, period. What should I do?
We took my bun to the vet to have him checked after getting him, and he's in perfect health. :)
Please don't blow up on me or start yelling. My parents rule the house, and these are their rules. I have to abide by them as their child. I'm kind of happy though because I won't have to go through the pains of leaving them at the vet, being full of fear and anxiety the whole day. I just can't handle that, especially if I know a part of them is being removed! :eek:
