Ark Veterinary Hospital | Complete Pet Care

Desexing is a very significant surgical procedure that requires high levels of skill and should incorporate high quality care. Indeed for many animals that live a healthy and uneventful life desexing will be their most significant surgical procedure. For these reasons we feel there is certain information which pet owners should be aware of when their pet is desexed.

There are many reasons why pet owners should desex their pets. As well as helping to stop pet overpopulation, the following are some of the other benefits associated with desexing cats and dogs.
Health

• Reduced risk of getting cancer or other diseases of the reproductive organs, such as testicular cancer, prostate cancer/disorders in males, and cystic ovaries, ovarian tumors, acute uterine infections and breast cancer in females, and also other diseases like perianal tumours and perineal hemias.

• Females can suffer from physical and nutritional exhaustion if continually breeding.

• Pets generally live longer and healthier lives.