Scientific Proof For Not Desexing Until Fully Mature.

[sandgrubber]

One doesn't need a science degree or a study to know that canine's require their hormones to grow and develop correctly. It's not rocket science, it's common sense, take the hormones away and you are going to have issues.

Not all hormones come from the testes or ovaries! No one is talking about taking out the pituitary gland. It's not rocket science . . . but biology. And biology is often extremely complex. If it were as simple as you imply, research results would be unambiguous, and there would be clear guidelines that everyone could agree on.

Note, females develop with very little testosterone and males develop with very little estrogen. The two sexes have somewhat different health problems . . . but neither sex can be seen as healthier than the other. Kittens are commonly neutered at a very young age, yet live long healthy lives without obvious consequences of desexing.

[OSoSwift]

Kittens are not puppies. Apart from a very few breeds,cnats do not have the large growth rates and size chnages that many dogs do. No you do not remove all of the hormones but you remove most of them.

YOu desex a Chi early and you most likely will not or rarely notice any issues, do it to a Great Dane, chances are you will see a lot more issues. It's quite simple.

In young growing/maturing people you wouldn't remove their hormones as they wouldn't go properly. My SIL's brother has recieved hormone injections since being quite young due to a testicular problem. Why? as they said he would not grow and mature properly. Hmmmm interesting...........

[sandgrubber]

Kittens are not puppies. Apart from a very few breeds,cnats do not have the large growth rates and size chnages that many dogs do. No you do not remove all of the hormones but you remove most of them.

YOu desex a Chi early and you most likely will not or rarely notice any issues, do it to a Great Dane, chances are you will see a lot more issues. It's quite simple.

In young growing/maturing people you wouldn't remove their hormones as they wouldn't go properly. My SIL's brother has recieved hormone injections since being quite young due to a testicular problem. Why? as they said he would not grow and mature properly. Hmmmm interesting...........

As stated, it's complicated. Kittens are not puppies, but neither is you SIL's brother. It is likely to vary by breed (and species and parameters studied, and environment, and . . . ). Excess sex hormones can also be problematic . . . .

This link describes a study that claims that human eunichs have longer life expectancies than entire human males.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/castration-life-expectancy-eunuchs-men_n_1910455.html

You can find lots of support for many positions on this one ;)

Edited January 21, 2015 by sandgrubber