[pink piggy lips]

Res, I agree. I've never had any of my guinea pigs altered. Now, 2 males came to me altered and bonded to females. To do it arbitrarily just to do it, nah, I don't think that is necessary. I think it depends on the context more.

I agree with Daft and Susan, spay and neuter your dogs and cats. Cats, especially, since most people seem to think they never belong inside. I knew a girl who kept finding her cat pregnant. The cat would have the litter, but she wouldn't get her spayed in time and let her go back out to living outside. She had several other cats on top of the litters that she would have. She was constantly broke and missing her car payments, but it had nothing to do with her going to the vet because she seldom did. She claimed she was too 'poor' to get her spayed, even though I told her about the programs to get it done cheap. Funny how she wasn't too poor to have several cats with litter after litter.