By appointment only
Drop off time 6:30am-8am Pick up time 3pm-5pm
For your pet’s protection, all animals MUST be current on vaccines.
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canine surgery pricing is based upon the weight ofyour pet
feline
rabbits
additional available services-at time of surgery microchip ...$20 ear exam with object removal ...$25 |
At the time your appointment is made for surgery, we will require a $20.00 deposit that will be applied to the total final cost. Our cancellation/re-schedule policy is 24 hours in advance. If you change your appointment within 24 hours, the deposit is non-transferable and another deposit will be required to reschedule the appointment.
Please note, some conditions are not apparent until we begin surgery. The following pricing will apply as needed and required: - pregnant - in heat - cryptorchid - All animals over six years of age, will require a senior well- ness profile before surgery-please ask for details Mandatory take-home pain medication $20 For the health and wellness of your pet, we require that all pets must be current on the following vaccines: Feline --- FVRCP (distemper) and rabies Canine ---DA2PP (distemper), Bordatella and rabies All vaccines must be complete by at least ten days before surgery. |
All Cats and rabbits brought into the Medical Center for surgery
12-07 pricing and services subject to change
Why Spay / Neuter?
The most obvious reason for spaying or neutering your pet dog or cat is to prevent adding to the pet overpopulation problem. However, there are other real benefits particularly relating to your pet's health.
No Pregnancy: No Pregnancy Complications
Spaying, or ovariohysterectomy, is the surgical removal of the animal's ovaries and uterus. By preventing pregnancy, spaying permanently eliminates a source of great physical stress for female animals, including complications such a caesarian section delivery of the puppies or kittens. What's more, spaying female pets eliminates:
- Attendant males in abundance while the female is in "heat"
- Spotting during the heat period False pregnancies (increasingly common with age)
- Mammary tumors (less than 1% incidence in animals spayed before their first heat, versus higher than 50% incidence in intact female dogs over 5 years of age).
- Uterine infections (increasingly common with age; often life-threatening)
- Tumors
of the ovaries or uterus Stress, leading to increased susceptibility to disease
Need for extra food during pregnancy and nursing.
In female dogs, heat periods occur twice a year and last about 3 weeks each time.Female cats may come into heat every 2-3 weeks. During heat both dogs and cats will be more irritable and nervous than usual, and may even become aggressive and damage furniture or attack strangers. Female cats will howl and rub excessively.
Less Testosterone
Less Trouble In terms of behavior, male dogs will benefit even more than females from being neutered Neutering, or castration, is the surgical removal of the animal's testicles. An unneutered male can detect a female in heat even miles away. Neutering decreases roaming by 90%. Responding to the overwhelming urge to reproduce, he will often become nervous and irritable, perhaps picking fights with other dogs, or become lethargic, less responsive to his owner, stop eating, or act ill or depressed. Among the problems reduced or eliminated by neutering male pets are:
- Territoriality
and aggression, including urinating to mark territory, and fighting to defend
it
Wandering, escaping, and automobile injuries "Riding" inappropriate objects - Prostate enlargement (occurs in at least 60% of unneutered male dogs 5 years or older)
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Prostate tumors and infections
Tumors of the testicles, penis, anal area Perineal hernia (rupture of the posterior abdominal wall) - Stress, leading to increased susceptibility to disease
- Need for extra food.
By improving your pet's health, spaying or neutering can also increase her or his life span. Best of all, altering will allow your pet more opportunities to be a member of the family, an unconditional benefit for everyone!