I have also been trying to persuade them of the benefits
of pediatric spay / neuter, but it will take time to change their routines.
Private practitioners should also consider
performing pediatric spay / neuter because of the many medical advantages and to help reduce the euthanasia of unwanted animals.
It isn't as if we who
support pediatric spay / neuter choose to ignore any relevant or even possibly relevant finding.
There are still some people who
say pediatric spay / neuter is dangerous, but that's not true.
While female puppies
undergoing pediatric spaying might be more prone to urinary incontinence in old age than dogs spayed at a traditional age, there is no such issue with pediatric neutering.
She continues to practice cutting edge medicine being one of the first to
introduce pediatric spay / neuters and discontinue yearly vaccines in Quebec.
June 1, 2013 - PFA
adopted pediatric spay and neuter policy so that no kitten leaves the organization's care unsterilized.
There IS a great deal of research
showing pediatric spaying and neutering requires less anesthesia, and results in much faster recovery than traditional desexing procedures.
We do not
do pediatric spay or neuter in our program, and we will not adopt out an unaltered puppy to a home with an unaltered dog without a compelling reason and that will require invasive monitoring on our part.
The traditional spay / neuter age of six months as well as the modern practice
of pediatric spay / neuter appear to predispose dogs to health risks that could otherwise be avoided by waiting until the dog is physically mature, or perhaps in the case of many male dogs, foregoing it altogether unless medically necessary.
Many animal shelters
perform pediatric spay and neuter before they offer cats for adoption, and the movement is gaining momentum in clinics around the U.S.
Alley Cat Allies has long
supported pediatric spay and neuter, which is performed when healthy kittens are about 2 months old and weigh 2 pounds.
Response from Dr Tracy Land This often misquoted study has absolutely nothing to do
with pediatric spay / neuter, as their test group was spayed or neutered at less than one year.
February 2012, Dr. Wilcox participated in continuing education classes (as she does every year) completing core classes in shelter medicine updates, minimally invasive surgery, and
pediatric spay - neuter updated techniques.
The goal of the externship is to provide training in high - volume and
pediatric spay / neuter surgery, with exposure to other types of common surgeries performed in shelters such as amputation, enucleation, wound repair, cystotomy, cherry eye repair, entropion repair, mass removal, etc..
During her visit, Dr. Cho is learning from Maddie's ® Shelter Medicine Program faculty about shelter management, cat population control,
pediatric spay / neuter, and other shelter medicine topics.
There are other adverse effects of surgical neutering, particularly when the surgery is performed on puppies, obliquely referred to as «early - age» spay / neuter,
pediatric spay / neuter, or juvenile spay / neuter, presumably depending on age at which ovariohysterectomy or orchietomy is performed on the puppy.
However, the earlier you spay or neuter your kitten (the standard recommendation is five to six months, but
pediatric spay and neuter can happen at six to eight weeks) the less your cat will display these gender nuances.
A strong advocate of spay / neuter including
pediatric spay neuter, Dr. Bushby speaks extensively nationally and internationally on the importance of spay / neuter, efficient spay / neuter techniques and pediatric spay / neuter.
The AVMA supports the concept of
pediatric spay / neuter in dogs and cats in an effort to reduce the number of unwanted animals of these species.
Very few if any veterinarians were doing
pediatric spay - neuter in the 1970s, and even people who did get their dogs and cats spayed often did not do so until after their pet had had a litter or two.
And we barely spoke to one another for a couple of years as a result of me standing up against mandated
pediatric spay / neuter statewide in California and locally, where I live in Chicago.
Mandating
pediatric spay / neuter for dogs and cats does not and will not work to lessen dog attacks, dog fighting or decrease a burden on animal control.
The American Humane Association is a strong proponent of juvenile or
pediatric spay / neuter since it is both healthy for pets and effectively reduces pet overpopulation.
In fact, benefits of
pediatric spay / neuter surgery include, less bleeding, less stitching, less time required for surgery, fewer drugs required, quicker recoveries, near zero complications, less fasting time, and less healing time.
We may disagree on part of this, but the opinion of most research supports the idea that
pediatric spay / neuter, performed at the proper weight / age / time, while not without it's problems (like any invasive procedure) saves literally millions of lives, with little to no observable aftereffect for the vast majority of shlter animals.
When kittens are at least 8 weeks old and have been fully socialized and sterilized (
pediatric spay / neuters can be completed at 2.2 pounds), they (and momma, if she's friendly) are ready to be adopted out.
Will do feral cat colonies and
pediatric spay / neuter (8 weeks old).
Did you also know that
pediatric spay / neuter procedures can occur for the pets as young as 8 weeks old?
Veterinarians have been doing
pediatric spay / neuters for more than 20 years, safely and effectively.
Proposals should pay special attention to
pediatric spaying and neutering, and spaying and neutering all animals prior to adoption to prevent these often overlooked contributions to pet overpopulation.
A great deal of research has been done in the last 30 years in the area of
pediatric spaying and neutering.
To provide advanced training in spay / neuter techniques, specifically those supporting high - quality / high - volume programs and
pediatric spay / neuter.
We are a strong proponent of juvenile or
pediatric spay / neuter since it is both healthy for pets and effectively reduces pet overpopulation.