«You do not want a sexually
intact cat in your home,» Lefebvre says.
Not exact matches
While it's true that the researchers found «no significant differences...
in home - range areas or overlap between sterilized and
intact cats,» [11] this has as much due to their tiny sample size as anything else.
Indeed, five
cats and two sofas can co-exist peacefully
in a single
home and remain
intact (
cats and sofas alike)!
Male
home ranges were significantly larger than those of females, but no significant differences were revealed
in home - range areas or overlap between sterilized and
intact cats.
To explore the effects of sterilization on the persistence of feral
cat populations we examined the
home - range behavior and movements of sterilized and
intact radiocollared feral
cats living
in the interior of Catalina.
Because
home ranges of sterilized
cats did not overlap more than those of
intact cats, sterilization alone would not necessarily lead to an increase
in cat densities.
However, contrary to our predictions, we found no significant differences
in home - range areas of sterilized and reproductively
intact cats of either sex.
Both
intact male and female
cats may try to escape their
homes in order to roam outside.
In addition, we predicted that sterilized cats would be more sedentary and less territorial and would therefore exhibit greater overlap in their home ranges than intact cats (Castillo and Clarke 2003; Lee et al. 2002
In addition, we predicted that sterilized
cats would be more sedentary and less territorial and would therefore exhibit greater overlap
in their home ranges than intact cats (Castillo and Clarke 2003; Lee et al. 2002
in their
home ranges than
intact cats (Castillo and Clarke 2003; Lee et al. 2002).