Stray-cat birth control not considered viable
August 7, 2007
A co-worker just had a stray cat deliver kittens on her back deck, which got us talking about pet contraceptives. Why is it that nobody has come up with some kind of food you could feed to stray cats that would make them unable to conceive? I think I’ve heard of this used to control raccoon populations.
— P.P., Green, Ohio
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A You’re thinking of the rabies-vaccine-laced raccoon bait, said Ken McCort, an animal behavior consultant in Doylestown, Ohio.
“The problem with cats is they come in heat at least once a month from late spring to late fall, and there’s no slow-release chemical that would do that. It’s not like it can’t be developed, but the drug companies will not think it’s viable to do it.”
Ideally, strays should be altered, but if that’s not possible, at least neuter the males, he said. They still would mate with the females, but the females wouldn’t have kittens.
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