# Should I circumcise my cat?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [February 25, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611 "2011-02-25T18:55:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/1 "2011-02-25T18:55:43Z")
Or rather, have the procedure done at the vet? I know it’s not a common practice in North America, but it seems the procedure would result in a more healthy and well-adjusted feline. I’ve heard it will also help to alleviate disruptive and unsanitary behaviors when she comes into heat.
Has anyone done this with their cat? What kind of results did you see? Would you have it done to another cat?
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/2 "2011-02-25T18:58:06Z")
Is the cat Jewish?
Are you sure you don’t mean neuter?
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### Author:  [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/3 "2011-02-25T19:15:27Z")
I really hope you mean neuter!
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### Author:  [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/4 "2011-02-25T19:16:50Z")
> [@DCnDC](#):
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> Is the cat Jewish?
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> Are you sure you don’t mean neuter?
What’s really interesting is that apparently it’s a _female_ cat he’s getting circumsised.
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### Author:  [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/5 "2011-02-25T19:18:41Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#):
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> she
Either you mean neuter or I am really, really confused.
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### Author:  [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/6 "2011-02-25T19:19:12Z")
I am eighteen kinds of confused by the OP.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/7 "2011-02-25T19:23:35Z")
Isn’t spay the correct term for females or is neuter used for both genders now?
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### Author:  [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/8 "2011-02-25T19:24:32Z")
Fluffy, the kitty moyel. And yes, you should spay your female cat.
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/9 "2011-02-25T19:26:38Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#):
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> What’s really interesting is that apparently it’s a _female_ cat he’s getting circumsised.
A-ha. I missed the pronoun.
So… the cat is African? Possibly Middle Eastern?😉
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/10 "2011-02-25T19:43:51Z")
If it was anybody but **Inigo** starting the thread, I would just assume they were getting spaying and circumcising mixed up. As it is, I say no way! Don’t circumcise your kitty - isn’t kitty allowed any fun?
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### Author:  [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/11 "2011-02-25T20:04:16Z")
You can get him circumcised and declawed on the same day! Assuming you can haul your fat butt out to the SUV so you can drive the five minutes to the clinic, avoiding all the lawbreaking cyclists along the way.
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/12 "2011-02-25T20:13:11Z")
**Cat** & **smeghead** , we must be careful never to end up in the same pub at the same time.
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### Author:  [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/13 "2011-02-25T20:13:13Z")
> [@Smeghead](#):
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> You can get him circumcised and declawed on the same day! Assuming you can haul your fat butt out to the SUV so you can drive the five minutes to the clinic, avoiding all the lawbreaking cyclists along the way.
Don’t forget about the unleashed dogs, giving birth.
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### Author:  [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/14 "2011-02-25T20:16:23Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#):
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> Either you mean neuter or I am really, really confused.
He’s talking about the cat coming into heat after the procedure, so I’m guessing it’s him that’s confused.
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### Author:  [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/15 "2011-02-25T20:19:25Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#):
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> Don’t forget about the unleashed dogs, giving birth.
How many times?
When?
For how long?
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### Author:  [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/16 "2011-02-25T20:20:46Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#):
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> Don’t forget about the unleashed dogs, giving birth.
I didn’t see them. That breastfeeding mother was in the way.
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### Author:  [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/17 "2011-02-25T20:29:09Z")
And I couldn’t even hear anything over the din of her vibrator!
**Inigo** , sure, you can circumcise your cat. But I’d take your kids to the doctor for their declawing.
(Do cats even have foreskins?)
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### Author:  [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/18 "2011-02-25T20:30:49Z")
Don’t circumcise your cat! Get its nipples pierced instead. Punk kitty!
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### Author:  [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/19 "2011-02-25T20:38:24Z")
> [@WhyNot](#):
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> And I couldn’t even hear anything over the din of her vibrator!
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> **Inigo** , sure, you can circumcise your cat. But I’d take your kids to the doctor for their declawing.
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> (Do cats even have foreskins?)
No, kitty penii\* have little bristles. The penis usually retracts inside when not in use.
Also, neuter is a unisex term, spay is for females and castration is for males. But I agree with some previous posters, because the OP is Inigo, I’m pretty sure he meant what he said.
\*You say penises, I say penii, tomato/tomahto, let’s call the whole thing off.
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### Author:  [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/20 "2011-02-25T20:45:31Z")
Didn’t Cecil already cover this this week? (well, in a repeat of a 1985 column, he did):
> **[What’s the story with female circumcision?](https://www.straightdope.com/21341638/what-s-the-story-with-female-circumcision)**
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