Originally Posted by LadyMischief

Well I hope that if Chico develops more issues because he's not fixed you will do the same thing, and hopefully rethink your position on sterilization for future pets. Remember, there IS NO SUCH THING as abstainance in nature. It's bordering on cruel to have an animal that has perfectly normal instinctual urges that are not allowed to be consummated or satisfied. Not only can it cause possibly physical damage, it can cause behavioral issues as well. In nature, if an animal CAN breed, it WILL breed, they don't choose NOT to breed, and disallowing them to breed while they have full capacity is definitely not fair, or natural.