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So my fiance and I believe it or not have a "male" tortie we found at a very young age. He is a one in a million cat for many, many reasons. My fiance owns an auto repair shop and a customer was driving around with him in his car for three whole days!! Drove hundreds of miles!! Any cat is lucky after an ordeal like that!!
My dilemma is whether or not to get him fixed. Many people have said not to for the reasons alone that he is a genetic freak of nature. He probably won't have a very long life I have been told and will probably come with a boat load of medical issues down the road. OR he may not since I really believe is s a special cat. He is non aggressive, looks like a boy believe it or not but is very small and runty. I would obviously not get him fixed for breeding reasons as they are 100$ sterile. So no worries there. I would do it for cancer reasons only. My question is...he most likely has girl parts under the hood also. These cats have an extra chromosome, that makes them male. So if I am fixing him so he does get testicular cancer...what about the potential lady parts? He could get cancer there also, but no vet is going to do exploratory surgery (well they actually might because it is a scientific miracle. I am sure then can do an xray or something. I am just worried it will be a lot for his little body to handle having both surgeries done. I would NEVER consider not doing it but this situation is a little weird, lol. I have asked around and a lot of people said don't touch him since it could actually cause him problems as the hormones might go out of whack and he could start producing more estrogen and get sick. Even rescue groups have told me I'm better off leaving him. I don't know however if that is for selfish reasons of displaying the fact he has boy parts.
opinions??
My dilemma is whether or not to get him fixed. Many people have said not to for the reasons alone that he is a genetic freak of nature. He probably won't have a very long life I have been told and will probably come with a boat load of medical issues down the road. OR he may not since I really believe is s a special cat. He is non aggressive, looks like a boy believe it or not but is very small and runty. I would obviously not get him fixed for breeding reasons as they are 100$ sterile. So no worries there. I would do it for cancer reasons only. My question is...he most likely has girl parts under the hood also. These cats have an extra chromosome, that makes them male. So if I am fixing him so he does get testicular cancer...what about the potential lady parts? He could get cancer there also, but no vet is going to do exploratory surgery (well they actually might because it is a scientific miracle. I am sure then can do an xray or something. I am just worried it will be a lot for his little body to handle having both surgeries done. I would NEVER consider not doing it but this situation is a little weird, lol. I have asked around and a lot of people said don't touch him since it could actually cause him problems as the hormones might go out of whack and he could start producing more estrogen and get sick. Even rescue groups have told me I'm better off leaving him. I don't know however if that is for selfish reasons of displaying the fact he has boy parts.
opinions??