Desexing Dogs
Unless you intend to breed your puppy, we advise that you sterilise your puppy between 5 and 12 months of age. This will make your dog a better pet, and on average will increase their lifespan, because:
There will be no unwanted puppies
They will suffer from fewer diseases (prostate disease, mammary cancer, uterine infections).
They will be cleaner
Female dogs won’t come on heat
They will be easier to train
They will be less likely to roam, especially if surgery is done early
They will be less aggressive or dominant
There is no need for your puppy needs to have a litter of pups or a season prior to being desexed. Desexing will not change your puppy’s personality or make them fat.
How will your puppy be sterilised?
This is generally a day surgery where your dog is brought to the clinic on the morning of surgery and they go home the same evening. Dogs should be fasted overnight prior to the anaesthetic. Your dog is fully examined for the general anaesthetic and surgery and pre-anaesthetic blood tests can be performed if required. The surgery is performed under general anaesthetic and includes modern pain relief protocols. All patients undergoing a general anaesthetic are placed on heart rate, blood pressure, pulse oximetry and respiratory monitors, which helps ensure the safest possible anaesthetic.
Male and female dog’s surgery is performed in a separate sterile theatre suite to minimise any risk of infection or contamination. The Vets wear sterile theatre gowns, gloves, hats and masks and the nurses all wear sterile masks and hats. We use individual sterile surgery packs, instruments and drapes for each procedure. During the surgery, the nurses keep a detailed monitoring chart and they then carefully monitor them while they recover. There are very rarely any problems associated with sterilising dogs.
We do all this because we know it is the best standard of care and WE CARE.
Desexing Cats
We strongly recommend you to desex your kitten around 5 to 6 months of age. This will make your cat a better pet and will on average increase their lifespan.
Advantages of desexing include:
No unwanted kittens
Generally, your cat will be cleaner – sterilised male cats are much less likely to urine spray
Fewer cat fights (Feline Leukaemia and Feline Aids viruses are spread through cat fights)
Fewer diseases, eg: mammary tumours, uterus infections, prostate disease
Female cats won’t come on heat.
There is no need for a cat to have a litter of kittens before desexing. Desexing also doesn’t make cats overweight– how much they eat and their exercise level is what controls their weight.
How will your cat be sterilised?
This is generally a day surgery where your cat is brought to the clinic on the morning of surgery and they go home the same evening. Cats should be fasted overnight prior to the anaesthetic. Your cat is fully examined for the general anaesthetic and surgery and pre-anaesthetic blood tests can be performed if required. The surgery is performed under general anaesthetic and includes modern pain relief protocols. All patients undergoing a general anaesthetic are placed on heart rate, blood pressure, pulse oximetry and respiratory monitors, which helps ensure the safest possible anaesthetic.
A male kitten’s surgery is quite short and is performed in the treatment room suite. As the female kitten’s surgery is abdominal surgery, it is performed in a separate sterile theatre suite to minimise any risk of infection or contamination. The Vets wear sterile theatre gowns, gloves, hats and masks and the nurses all wear sterile masks and hats. We use individual sterile surgery packs, instruments and drapes for each procedure. During the surgery, the nurses keep a detailed monitoring chart and they then carefully monitor them while they recover. There are very rarely any problems associated with sterilising cats.
We do all this because we know it is the best of care and WE CARE.