# Should I circumcise my cat? **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/21 "2011-02-25T20:49:02Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > \*You say penises, I say penii, tomato/tomahto, let’s call the whole thing off. Actually I say _penes_. And occasionally, octopodes when I feel like baiting a challenge at the aquarium. I’m just a prick like that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/22 "2011-02-25T20:53:52Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Isn’t spay the correct term for females or is neuter used for both genders now? I’ve heard “alter” used in a unisex manner. I think they use the term spay because “kitty hysterectomy” doesn’t roll off the tongue quite so easily. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/23 "2011-02-25T22:25:44Z")
I am really confused. Is this a joke thread? Did you mean “spay” your cat? Is there even such a thing as female circumcision for a cat? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/24 "2011-02-25T22:28:27Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > \*You say penises, I say penii, tomato/tomahto, let’s call the whole thing off. I would be fine with this if the singular was penius. Same with “virius” \> virii. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/25 "2011-02-25T23:26:10Z")
> [@awldune](#): > > I am really confused. Is this a joke thread? How Sweet! I’ve been 90% noise here for 7 years and you’re still giving me the benefit of the doubt. 😃 Ya, it’s sort of a joke thread. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/26 "2011-02-25T23:29:23Z")
> [@awldune](#): > > I would be fine with this if the singular was penius. Same with “virius” \> virii. test **is** \> test **es** pen **is** \> pen **es** “A penis to plunder, a penis to push 'cause one in the hand is worth one in the bush” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/27 "2011-02-26T00:49:28Z")
You know, there are some circumcised male cats who, at a later age, decide that they want their foreskin back. There are procedures to accomplish this, or at least to approximate foreskin. I would suggest not circumcising your cat; when he’s older he can make that decision for himself. Oh, your cat is actually female? I’d even more strongly suggest to leave her intact. (But by all means have her spayed). ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/28 "2011-02-26T00:53:33Z")
The most important thing is to remember to leave at least a 22% tip for the vet who performs the circumcision. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/29 "2011-02-26T00:58:11Z")
Actually, my kitties’ vet is Jewish. I must remember to ask her whether she provides this service. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/30 "2011-02-26T02:06:25Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > You know, there are some circumcised male cats who, at a later age, decide that they want their foreskin back. There are procedures to accomplish this, or at least to approximate foreskin. [And you’re not going to believe what it’s called.](http://www.catstretcher.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/31 "2011-02-26T02:17:54Z")
This thread makes me smile. ---
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/32 "2011-02-26T04:42:18Z")
It makes me smile too. But I am confused by all the posters who are confused. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/33 "2011-02-26T04:59:29Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > **Cat** & **smeghead** , we must be careful never to end up in the same pub at the same time. It would be legen…wait for it…dary. “Why is there a bus in the back yard?” “Even better question - why is it full of parrots?” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/34 "2011-02-26T12:27:34Z")
There’s another device to restore foreskins to circumcised dogs. It’s called the Pug-Ahoy. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/35 "2011-02-26T14:47:34Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > You can get him circumcised and declawed on the same day! Which setting is that on the Cuisinart? ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/36 "2011-02-27T21:22:13Z")
I’m just surprised that no-one has made the seemingly obligatory movie reference. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/37 "2011-02-27T23:30:50Z")
Damnit, **Inigo** , don’t you realize some of the clue-deprived are going to catch wind of this thread on Google and next thing we know we’ll have fanatical board-wars betweent pro- and anti- cat circumcision web communities? ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/38 "2011-02-28T00:10:17Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > 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? By yourself? ::d&r:: ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/39 "2011-02-28T00:50:07Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Damnit, **Inigo** , don’t you realize some of the clue-deprived are going to catch wind of this thread on Google and next thing we know we’ll have fanatical board-wars betweent pro- and anti- cat circumcision web communities? _fetches popcorn_ Awesome. I always miss the cool fanatical message board web wars. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611/40 "2011-02-28T01:44:01Z")
Has no one bothered to ask those who would be affected most by this…? “Aaaaaaa-Roooooo!!! Hssssss!!! Sppppptttttt!!!” 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-circumcise-my-cat/572611.md?page=1)