De-Sexing Surgeries

We recommend you de-sex your pet cats for health and behavioral reasons. 

Many entire (not de-sexed) female cats will develop mammary cancers and uterine infections (pyometra) when they are older. De-sexing your female cat will reduce her risk of mammary (breast) cancer by up to 90 %, and earlier (at six months) is better compared to later in life . De-sexing also prevents sleepless nights when your female cats start miaowing and screaming when they are in season. 

Although prostate diseases are not common in male cats, we recommend de-sexing to avoid behavioral problems such as territorial urine spraying on walls and furniture. Adult tom cat urine really smells strongly! These tom cats will also be driven to find a female and are more likely to escape, and jump from windows.

Most importantly, de-sexing reduces the number of unwanted kittens and cats. 

Both male and female cats can be neutered around six months of age. 

We always aim to improve the anaesthetic safety and welfare for all our patients by doing preanaesthetic blood test, using modern anesthetic drugs, pain killers before and after the surgery , and for longer procedures, intravenous fluids. Usually our patients are back to their normal selves within one or two days of surgery. 

Micro-chipping: 

Pet health insurance and exportation are the main reasons for micro-chipping cats and this can be done on request at our clinic. 

Because the microchip needle is thicker than a grain of rice it is quite uncomfortable to implant. If you need a microchip (because you might be exporting your cat, or getting it insured) we would suggest implanting the chip while under anaesthesia for the de-sexing surgery. 

So, just before de-sexing your cat it may be worth considering whether you will be insuring your cat, or possibly travelling with it to another country in the future. If there is the possibility then it is very easy for us, and much more comfortable for your cat, to micro-chip during the de-sexing surgery.