Sterilizing your pet can help them live a longer, healthier life! Spaying your pet before her first heat can help prevent uterine infections and breast cancer. It can also help the risk of them trying to escape in search of a mate, as well as reducing urination and yowling, which is common in female cats during their heat. Males also see health benefits with neutering, as it can help prevent testicular cancer and prostate problems. Also, male dogs are less aggressive after being neutered, which decreases the number of dog bites, fights, and injuries each year.
By spaying or neutering your pet, you’ll help control pet homelessness. Unbelievable numbers of dogs and cats are euthanized in the United States daily, which sadly adds up to millions a year! Simply because there aren’t enough homes to go around.
The age for neutering dogs is usually six to nine months, healthy puppies as young as eight weeks old can be neutered. Dogs can be neutered as adults as well, although there’s a slightly higher risk of post-operative complications in older dogs, dogs that are overweight or dogs that have health problems.
With cats it is generally considered safe for kittens as young as eight weeks old or two pounds to be spayed or neutered, and to have the best chance of avoiding the start of urine spraying in males and eliminate the chance for pregnancy in females, it’s advisable to schedule the surgery before your cat reaches five months of age. It’s possible to spay a female cat while she’s in heat.
If you have questions about spaying or neutering your pet, please do not hesitate to contact your veterinarian.
Options for getting your pets spayed or neutered may include:
An appointment with your veterinarian
A visit to a mobile spay neuter clinic
Getting a voucher from a local spay and neuter assistance group
Thank you for not littering!
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