Neutering your pet has many benefits. The procedure, which prevents male animals from reproducing, can help your dog or cat live a longer, healthier life. Neutering will not change your pet’s personality.
By neutering your pet, you’re reducing or eliminating his risk for prostate and testicular cancer, as well as sexually transmitted diseases. Neutering will also reduce or eliminate undesirable and embarrassing behaviour, including roaming, fighting, humping, and spraying. In addition, neutering your pet will help control the dog and cat overpopulation problem, keeping more animals from spending their lives on the streets.
Neutering, which involves removing the testicles, is a surgical procedure and does need to be performed with the pet under anesthesia. We follow strict protocols and continually monitor your pet’s vital signs to help ensure his safety. Please see the descriptions under Anesthesia and Patient Monitoring for more information on what we do to keep your pet safe. As with all surgeries, we take a full history, conduct a thorough physical examination, run blood work and place IV catheters and fluids prior to anesthesia. We use multi-modal pain medication to prevent any discomfort or pain in all pets, including strays. Monitoring of anesthesia and pain medication is never optional at the Canadian Veterinary Hospital – we insist our pets are always safe and pain free.
To set up an appointment to have your pet neutered or to learn more about this procedure, please call or visit our clinic. If you are struggling with the decision of whether to neuter your pet, please call our veterinary team so we can discuss your concerns.
