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Here at FurryPurrs Cattery we believe in early spay and neutering. Below is our reasoning for this belief.
Early spay/neuter information:
With early age spaying and neutering, puppies and kittens can be adopted at a young enough age to optimize socialization and training without risk of unwanted breeding later on. Many people believe that early age sterilization surgery has more inherent risk than a traditional age one. This is not true. Pediatric spay-neuter surgeries are quick with minimal bleeding, anesthetic recovery is rapid, and minimal significant short-term or long-term effects have been reported.
A study of the long-term outcome of early age spaying and neutering of cats shows the benefits are overwhelming. Male cats that underwent early neutering were compared to male cats that were neutered at an older age. Among male cats that underwent early age neutering, the occurrence of abscesses, aggression toward veterinarians, sexual behaviors, and urine spraying were decreased, whereas only hiding was increased. Among male and female cats that underwent early age sterilization, asthma, gingivitis, and hyperactivity were decreased.
Early age sterilization is one part of a comprehensive approach to reducing the enormous problem of pet overpopulation.
Spaying and neutering your pets prevent unwanted sexual behaviors, like urine spraying or marking, messy canine heat cycles, and noisy feline heat cycles. Sterilization can prevent testicular cancer in male pets, ovarian and uterine cancers, and uterine infections in female pets – all of which are life-threatening illnesses. Spaying and neutering also lower the chances of other diseases like mammary or prostate cancer and prostate infection. Sterilized pets are less likely to escape from home and become injured. In the larger picture, spaying and neutering help to control pet overpopulation, keep our communities free of stray animals, and decrease the numbers of animals who suffer or are euthanized because they are unwanted. Please be responsible. Make sure your pet is spayed or neutered
In females, spaying will help prevent most breast cancers, the second most common cancer found in female cats. Spaying will also help prevent most ovarian and uterine tumors, heat cycles, aggressive behaviors and the desire to stray and roam away from home. In males, neutering helps prevent spraying, prostate enlargement and cancers, anal and rectal tumors, aggressive behaviors and the desire to roam and fight which can easily result in deadly, infectious viral diseases such as Feline Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline Leukemia, and Feline Infectious Peritonitis; all of which are fatal disease for which there are no cures. There is no vaccine for FIV, and the vaccines for FIP and FeLV are not 100% effective.
More than 30 years of clinical research and experience has demonstrated that the ideal age for both procedures is between 8 and 16 weeks. Because of the small amount of abdominal fat and muscle present in young animals, there is substantially less cutting and tissue trauma (the typical incision in a female is only 1 cm) with virtually painless recovery and healing. Visualization of the ovarian pedicle is also excellent. This, coupled with the small vessel size, allows for precise hemostasis and virtually no bleeding which significantly shortens operative time. Most animals are up and about within minutes and eating within an hour after surgery.
