Call our clinic or book online for a desexing pre anaesthetic exam on the day you want the procedure to be performed and a nurse will be in touch.
Your pet will fit the ideal criteria for desexing if they are healthy , are fully vaccinated and not on heat or pregnant. Short haired cats and breeds of a similar size can be desexed as early as 4 months of age. With dogs, there are a number of factors involved with deciding on the appropriate age of desexing and the time frame can be influenced by the breed and temperament of your pet.
All animals receive a physical exam at the time of admission to make sure that all their clinical checks are normal. We take their temperature, check their hydration and run a pre-anesthetic blood test if you have opted for this. All our animals have their genital areas checked.
Male cats and dogs are checked to ensure that they do not have an undescended testicle, as this can affect the type of surgery they will have.
Female dogs are checked to ensure that their vulva is properly developed. Sometimes, our vet recommends waiting to desex a female dog until she has had another one or two heats to allow the anatomy of her vulva to improve before desexing. A tucked-in ( involuted) vulva can predispose your dog to recurrent inflammation and infection of the area.
Your pet is sedated and placed under anaesthesia in our preparation room, where its fur is clipped and cleaned with special antiseptics to prepare it for surgery. It is then transferred to our sterile surgery room, where only “clean” procedures are performed—no dirty teeth or abscess drainage! Our surgical table has a special heating panel, and together with our fluid warmers and heat mats, your pet is kept warm and cosy throughout the procedure.
After the procedure, your pet is recovered under close observation, and you will be called for an update when they are fully awake.
Organise a pickup time before you leave your pet for surgery, and make sure you or another family member is contactable during the day in case we need to run anything by you.
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