Neutering Your Pets
Neutering Cats
Unless you are planning on breeding your pet, neutering is the most responsible way of avoiding unwanted pregnancies. It will also help to prevent your male cat from wandering or fighting as much and will stop them spraying urine on your furniture.
It costs around £60 to spay a female cat and £40 to castrate a male cat.
Neutering of both male and female cats can be performed when your pet is over six months of age. The operations for both male and female cats involves putting them to sleep under general anaesthetic. Your pets can usually return home on the same day of the operation. Castration will not require stitches, but spayed cats will need to return to the veterinary surgery to have stitches removed approximately ten days after surgery and may have to wear a collar to prevent them from getting at their stitches.
Neutering Dogs
Neutering your pet dog will help prevent unwanted puppies and will also provide health benefits for your pet, including reducing the risk of cancers such as breast and prostate cancer. It can be performed on a dog of any age with best results under the age of one year. Castrating your dog will make it less likely for your pet to be involved in fights with other male dogs and prevent it from wandering. Spaying can prevent problems such as false pregnancies. Neutering operations are performed under general anaesthetic from which your pets will recover very quickly and can return home on the same day.
The cost of neutering your pet dog depends on its size. The minimal cost of spaying is approximately £80 while castrating costs around £40.
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Date Added: Sunday 3rd January 2010
"got to book my 2 kittens in to be spayed and neutered does anyone no the cost in woking"
TA
Date Added: Monday 19th October 2009
"I have just booked my dog in and its only cost about £66 with all treatment and aftercare"
S, Barlow
Date Added: Thursday 7th May 2009
"Your suggested price guides are incorrect with regad to the Thames Valley. The cheapest quote for castration has been approx £145 rising to £190, as of May 09"
R Rye
Date Added: Thursday 23rd April 2009
"I think your prices are way out of date !"
Sue
Date Added: Thursday 15th January 2009
"I have just had to pay £167 for a Shih-tzu to be castrated and a small hernia to be fixed! Does This sound right?"
Kirsty