What Are the Advantages?
Spayed or neutered animals no longer feel the need to roam
to look for a mate, they stay home and have less of a chance of being involved
in accidents such as being hit by a car, and lower incidence of contracting
contagious diseases.
Spaying or neutering your pet reduces the risk of certain
types of cancer that can be terminal for your pet, not to mention EXPENSIVE to
treat.
Spaying or neutering your pet can also eliminate undesirable
behaviors like spraying, marking and fighting.
Dogs and cats spayed before their first heat (six months of
age) are virtually assured of not developing mammary cancer, a relatively
common disease in unspayed females.
Spayed pets cannot develop the uterine infection called
”Pyometra,” which occurs commonly among older, unspayed dogs and cats. Pyometra
is a life threatening disease.
Spayed animals do not go through heat cycles or produce
unwanted puppies or kittens. “Heat” refers to the time when female dogs and
cats prepare for mating and pregnancy.
It is cheaper to register your pet with the city if he/she
is neutered or spayed.
Answers to Common Questions
Spaying or neutering will NOT make your dog or cat fat and
lazy unless they are overfed.
It is NOT true that a cat or dog should have one litter
before being spayed. This only leads to more unwanted puppies and kittens.
It is NOT true that a cat or dog should have one heat cycle
before being spayed.
Altering your pet will NOT change your pet’s personality.
Cats’ personalities do not fully develop until about one year of age, and dogs’
between one and two years. If your pet’s personality changes after spaying at
an early age, it would have changed without surgery.
(Source: Found Animals)