About Cat Neutering Procedures

Video Transcript

"Let's talk about neutering cats and what those procedures revolve around. Cats as they're kittens can develop problems like spraying, urination problems, those types of things and aggressive behaviors, especially if they're outdoor cats and so neutering your cat is of utmost importance by 6 months of age. Humane Societies a lot of times will do them much younger. And how they do this is or if you go into your clinic and you talk to your clinic about neutering your cat is, blood work would be one of the first things they would discuss. It's best to do blood work before neutering to make sure all the systems, kidneys and liver, that sort of thing are fine because the next step is anesthesia. So anesthesia is used in cats while they're being neutered. Typically that may be an injectable and or gas type inhalant anesthetic. And so when these cats are under anesthesia, the neutering procedure is done and what happens is both of the testicles are removed. Generally speaking those tiny incisions are left open and those things heal very, very quickly and neutered cats do very well. Occasionally you'll have a kitten who retains one or both testicles and the veterinarians they have to go in abdominally and remove those by incision in the abdomen. So check with your veterinarian clinic, they can talk to you about that. After the neutering procedure is done, pain meds are typically given during and post-surgically and sent home because this is or can be a painful procedure but these cats heal very, very well in the first week or two and they do great."