Desexing

Desexing is recommended for all pets not used for breeding.

As well as the obvious advantage of preventing pregnancy and unwanted puppies or kittens there are other advantages to desexing. If a female dog is desexed before her first heat she has virtually no chance of developing breast cancer. Each heat increases the risk. It is still advantages to desexing older females. The incidence of pyometron (a life-threatening infection of the uterus is quite high in older undesexed bitches and for this reason we recommend desexing even senior bitches.

For the boys castration prevents prostate disease, testicular tumours and helps reduce aggression.

Desexing is also recommended in cats for similar reasons to those above and also reduce fighting, wandering and urine spraying. Rabbits should be desexed as they are often aggressive when they are hormonally active.

All animals are desexed under a general anaesthetic, receive peri-operative pain relief and are under trained supervision until recovered.