One of the initial decisions you’re going to need to make as a pet own is whether or not to have your pet spayed or neutered. This decision is an important one because the benefits of having a vet perform surgery of this nature can aid your pet’s long term welfare.
Some of the ways that spaying and neutering can help your pet include:
• Reducing the number of animals who go without homes.
• Reducing the bad behavior for some breeds of animals.
• Can reduce the cost of pet health care.
Pets Are in Need of Homes
It’s sad just how many animals live without homes. Just about everywhere you look you’ll see a stray cat or a homeless dog wandering around. Right now there might be one in your neighborhood or apartment complex. They might have been abandoned or left behind by their former owners or perhaps they’ve just run away and have been considered long lost. Curbing the pet population starts with your decision to spay or neuter your pet. If you’re not looking to breed your animals it’s always a good idea to consider getting them spayed or neutered.
Some Animals Have Bad Habits
Dogs and cats alike are known to mark their territory by urinating everywhere and this includes your carpets and rugs. Cats especially are very well known to spray everything around them. Having your feline spayed or neutered is one sure fire way to almost entirely remove that problem. Cats aren’t the only ones who can benefit from this type of vet surgery; dogs can benefit greatly as well. Some dogs are known to be aggressive breeds. They often bark at everything or tend to have bad social habits when around other dogs or people. This can become embarrassing to an owner and is just another reason to have this type of surgery performed.
It’s Good for Their Health
It can be difficult to believe that surgery is good for their health, but the reproductive organs of many animals can cause serious issues over the course of life. Reproductive cancer is a very real disease and the cost of having it treating can run five to ten times the cost of spaying or neutering. It is also a very real possibility that male dogs will become very aggressive and fight other dogs. This fighting can lead to injuries or long term damage to your favorite pet. Please, contact a vet and consider spaying or neutering your pets.
Looking for a doctor for vet surgery? Contact the VERG (Veterinarian Emergency & Referral Group) at (718)522-9400 or find them online..
