{"id":176,"date":"2011-04-13T00:31:56","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T00:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.animalmedical.net\/blog\/?p=176"},"modified":"2011-04-13T00:31:56","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T00:31:56","slug":"spaying-neutering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animalmedical.net\/blog\/spaying-neutering\/","title":{"rendered":"Spaying &#038; Neutering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So your puppy or kitten is getting older\u2026what is next in providing the best care for them? When your pet is about 5-6 months old, we recommend having them spayed or neutered. This is an important decision for pet owners. There are several reasons for this recommendation:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good for Your Pet<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spaying and neutering helps pets live longer, healthier lives.<\/li>\n<li>It can eliminate or reduce the incidence of a number of health problems that can be very difficult or expensive to treat.<\/li>\n<li>For your female pet, spaying eliminates the possibility of uterine or ovarian cancer and greatly reduces the incidence of breast cancer, particularly when your pet is spayed before her first estrous cycle.<\/li>\n<li>Neutering your male pet eliminates testicular cancer and decreases the incidence of prostate disease.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Good for You<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Makes pets better, more affectionate companions.<\/li>\n<li>Spaying\u00a0your pet\u00a0eliminates her heat cycle.<\/li>\n<li>Unsterilized animals often exhibit more behavior and temperament problems than do those who have been spayed or neutered.<\/li>\n<li>Can make pets less likely to bite.<\/li>\n<li>Neutering makes pets less likely to roam the neighborhood, run away, or get into fights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Good for the Community<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Communities spend millions of dollars to control unwanted animals.<\/li>\n<li>Animal shelters are overburdened with surplus animals.<\/li>\n<li>Stray pets and homeless animals get into trash containers, defecate in public areas or on private lawns, and frighten or anger people who have no understanding of their misery or needs.<\/li>\n<li>Some stray animals also scare away or kill birds and wildlife.<span id=\"_marker\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So your puppy or kitten is getting older\u2026what is next in providing the best care for them? When your pet is about 5-6 months old, we recommend having them spayed or neutered. This is an important decision for pet owners. There are several reasons for this recommendation: Good for Your Pet Spaying and neutering helps [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,32,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pet-health-wellness","category-pet-rehab-therapy","category-surgical-suite"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Spaying &amp; Neutering - Animal Medical Hospital &amp; Urgent Care<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"So your puppy or kitten is getting older\u2026what is next in providing the best care for them? 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