At Riverbank Animal Hospital in South Grafton we routinely desex kittens and puppies at 5-6 months of age and recommend that this is done for all cats and dogs that are not going to be bred from. There are many advantages to desexing, some physiological and some behavioral:

• Reduces the number of unwanted puppies and kittens
• Proven to reduce the incidence of mammary cancer in females desexed at a young age
• Eliminates the risk of uterine and ovarian cancer in females
• Eliminates the risk of Pyometra in females (a common disease in older entire females that can be fatal).
• Eliminates the risk of testicular cancer in males
• Reduces the risk of prostate disease in males
• Helps to prevent dog to dog aggression
• Helps to prevent dominance related behavioral issues
• Helps to prevent dogs straying from home
• Eliminates the inconvenience of blood spotting in females that are in season.
• Reduces the likely hood of pets urine marking (a common problem in entire male cats).