We recommend spaying or neutering your pet when it is 6-8 months of age. Surgery is performed painlessly while your pet is under general anesthesia and postsurgical pain is minimal. Most pets go home the same day surgery is performed.
The benefits of this procedure include:
Spaying (females)
- Prevents signs of estrus (heat).
- Prevents blood stains on the carpet from the "heat" cycle.
- Decreases surplus of puppies and kittens.
- Decreases the chance of developing breast tumors later in life.
- Decreases the chance of cystic ovaries and uterine infections later in life.
- Anesthesia is a much lower risk at the younger age.
- Prevents breast development if done before breeding age.
Neutering (males)
- Decreases the desire to roam the neighborhood.
- Decreases aggression; become more loving pets (more affectionate).
- Decreases incidence of prostate cancer later in life.
- Prevents odor of male cat urine.
- Prevents male cat spraying and marking furniture and walls.
Some common misconceptions about the procedure:
- Spaying does not cause a pet to get fat or lazy. This comes from overfeeding and poor exercise.
- Personalities are not altered by spaying. Personalities do not fully develop until two years of age.
- Aggressiveness and viciousness are not the result of surgery.
Contact us to schedule spaying or neutering procedure for your cat or dog.