What You Should Know about Spay and Neuter Surgery 

Spay and neuter surgery is an important means of helping to reduce the number of unwanted dogs and cats in their community. If you’re not planning on breeding your pet or you can’t afford to care for litters, it only makes sense to fix your pet. At Tierrasanta Veterinary Hospital in San Diego, CA, we consider spay/neuter surgery an important aspect of puppy care and kitten care.

What It Means to ‘Fix’ Your Pet

Spay and neuter surgery sterilizes your pet so that he or she can't reproduce. Your female pets can’t get pregnant and your male pets can’t impregnate a female. Fixing your pet helps control the overpopulation of unwanted dogs and cats in your local community. It benefits you and your pet as well.

Benefits of Spaying or Neutering Your Pet

The most obvious benefit of fixing your pet is eliminating the risk of unwanted litters as caring for a pregnant pet and its litters can be time consuming and costly.

Spay/neuter surgery can also protect your pet’s health. Through this procedure, your pet has less chance of developing reproductive infections, tumors, and cancers that could lead to his early demise.

Fixing your pet helps eliminate undesirable behaviors associated with the mating process, such as pets spraying indoors, howling at night, fighting with other animals and roaming in search of a mate. Neutering your male pet could reduce aggressive tendencies due to having less testosterone in his system.

When to Spay or Neuter Your Pet

Although pets can be fixed as early in life, it’s best to consult with your veterinarian in San Diego, CA, for the best time to schedule this procedure. We offer safe and effective spay and neuter procedures as part of our puppy care and kitten care program.

Get Puppy Care and Kitten Care from Our Veterinarian in San Diego, CA

To schedule a consultation for spay and neuter surgery, contact us at Tierrasanta Veterinary Hospital, San Diego, CA, at (858) 292-6116.