Plainly stated, as responsible breeders, here at KITNZLUV, we choose to spay or neuter all Pet Quality Kitnz and Retired Katz before they are placed with new owners/parents as a means of birth control, to prevent unwanted and unplanned for kitnz, from being born and then deposited at the side of the road or taken to animal shelters where they most likely will have to be put to sleep.

      Neutering and spaying, of a kitn or kat, is necessary to preserve the health of that species and to eliminate "spraying" or marking their territory with urine.

      Intact male cats are compelled by physiological changes to mate. Forcing them not to mate causes them undue stress and discomfort. The eggs of an intact female cat, that is not permitted to mate, and therefore cannot ovulate, become encysted in her ovaries, which may lead to cancerous tumors.

      When a kitn or kat is altered, the surgery is done by a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, in the sterile environment of the Operating Room of an Animal Hospital. We then allow the kitn or kat adequate time to recover. And when it has completely recovered, the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine will examines the kitn or kat; a Health Certificate will be prepared by the Animal Hospital, and signed by the examining Doctor. This Health Certificate will be included in the KITNZLUV New Kitty Package that goes home with the kitn or kat.

      KITNZLUV arranges to have it done, so that the new parent doesn't have to schedule the surgery, and then have to take the kitn or kat to the Animal Hospital, and finally, worry about it during recovery, not to mention having to pay out after-the-purchase-cash.

     KITNZLUV offers for adoption to caring, loving families and homes, “A Complete Pet Kitn or Kat” that will require a minimal amount of medical care and related expense, for a long, long time.

           Early Age Spay and Neuter Of the Kitten:

     Early age altering usually refers to spays and neuters done between the ages of 8 and 16 weeks instead of the conventional 5-7 months. While it may seem that interest in early age altering is a recent phenomenon, it has not only been talked about, but it has been practiced for many years in North America. It is also a practice employed by farmers and ranchers, to raise a better grade of pork, beef, mutton and in some case, even poultry are surgically caponized (not spayed or neutered) at an early age, all . . . for our dinner table. Animal shelters have, in recent years, focused on early age altering of pets offered for adoption, as have responsible breeders of pet quality animals, before adoption. Early age altering is proposed as a more reliable means of preventing shelter pets from reproducing after adoption. Surgical sterilization (or altering) is recognized as the most common and effective means of preventing the birth of unwanted dogs and katz.

      Studies show that, despite contractual agreements and economic incentives, many katz and dogs adopted from breeders or shelters have one litter before they are sterilized. Owner compliance with sterilization programs is often under 50%, despite screening of adoptive homes, prepayment of or discounted surgery fees, and seller/buyer agreements/contracts requiring altering. In turn, about 1/3 of cats and dogs are relinquished at shelters because they are from an “accidental” or unplanned litter.

      As responsible breeders of kitnz and katz, KITNZLUV cattery does all that is worldly possible to preclude or prevent the “accidental” or unplanned litter, and ultimately, the unwanted kittens. KITNZLUV cattery also eliminates trips to the animal clinic, the angst and anxiety of the recovery after surgery, and the after-the-purchase, out-of-pocket-cash-expense, for the purchaser of a kitn or kat.