Timeline for Questions about desexing
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| Oct 15, 2013 at 16:36 | comment | added | Wooble | A data point: Wikipedia doesn't even have a redirect for "Desexing", and "Desex" redirects to "Castration", which is definitely males-only (although it seems likely it's just a mistaken redirect). The Neutering article itself does mention that it's usually applied to males, although it's clear that it can be applied generically (unlike spaying, which is female-specific). | |
| Oct 12, 2013 at 9:35 | history | edited | Madara's Ghost | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 12, 2013 at 9:32 | comment | added | psubsee2003 | Well, then you got me there. I always thought it referred to males only. | |
| Oct 12, 2013 at 9:30 | comment | added | Madara's Ghost | @psubsee2003: not really neutering refers to the action of neutralizing an animal's gender. It applies to both genders. | |
| Oct 12, 2013 at 9:27 | comment | added | psubsee2003 | neutering only refers to males. Spaying only refers to females, so neither is a good catch-all term. | |
| Oct 12, 2013 at 9:21 | comment | added | Madara's Ghost | @psubsee2003: In that case, I think neutering is the acceptable term. Synonyms should be desexing, spaying, castration, and probably some more I can't remember. | |
| Oct 12, 2013 at 9:09 | comment | added | psubsee2003 | I agree, but I'm concerned desexing is only used by experts in Austrailia or New Zealand, and someone else (expert or not) won't be able to find the appropriate tag. | |
| Oct 12, 2013 at 8:59 | history | answered | Madara's Ghost | CC BY-SA 3.0 |