Spaying refers to the surgical procedure performed on female dogs and cats to render them infertile. There are many benefits to spaying your female companion. First, you will contribute to the prevention of the dog and cat overpopulation. Second, spaying will eliminate the sometimes ‘messy’ heat cycles that attract male dogs to your house from miles away. Third, you will help prevent diseases in your pet such as pyometra (infection in the uterus) and mammary cancer.
paying involves surgical removal of both ovaries and the uterus via an incision in the abdominal wall and therefore requires a general anesthetic. Every pet undergoing general anesthetic is monitored for heart rate, level of oxygenation and blood pressure. Annisa, our registered veterinary technician continually assesses your pet’s vital signs during the procedure. Although the risk of an anesthetic death in a normal healthy pet is very rare, our monitoring devices and procedures allow us to respond to an anesthetic emergency faster. Faster responses can save lives. Please call or visit our facility to learn more about our spaying procedures.
Neutering refers to the surgical procedure performed on male dogs and cats to render them infertile. There are many benefits to neutering your male companion. First, you will contribute to the prevention of the dog and cat overpopulation. Second, neutering will eliminate undesirable and at times, embarrassing behavior in your male companion. Third, you will help prevent diseases in your pet such as prostate disease and testicular cancer.
Neutering involves surgical removal of both testicles. It is performed under a general anesthetic. Every pet undergoing general anesthetic is monitored for heart rate, level of oxygenation and blood pressure. Annisa, our registered veterinary technician continually assesses your pet’s vital signs during the procedure. Although the risk of an anesthetic death in a normal healthy pet is very rare, our monitoring devices and procedures allow us to respond to an anesthetic emergency faster. Faster responses can save lives. Please call or visit our facility to learn more about our neutering procedures.
 Cleo has been sedated for at least 15 minutes and has been put right out with an intravenous anesthetic agent. Here we are inserting an endotracheal tube to maintain anesthesia. |
 Cleo is connected to the gas anesthetic machine, the pulse oximeter which measures oxygenation levels has been hooked up and here we are inserting an IV catheter. |
 Cleo's tummy is being clipped in preparation for the spay procedure. After the hair is clipped, the surgical site will be scrubbed twice with an antiseptic solution. |
 Cleo has been moved to surgery - EKG and pulse oximeter are hooked up. Blood pressure monitoring will also be started before surgery. |
