Sentences with phrase «pet reaches maturity»

Many caring pet owners struggle to afford spay / neuter services before their pet reaches maturity by 5 months of age.

Many caring pet owners struggle to afford spay or neuter services before their pet reaches maturity at only 6 months of age.

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In the 1970s, its nest sites were pillaged for the pet trade, and it remains highly endangered — not least because individuals don't reach sexual maturity until they are 25 years old.

It's much easier to have a good relationship with your cat when you don't have to worry about all of the unfortunate situations that come up after your pet has reached sexual maturity.

Any pet that is not intended for a responsible breeding program should be spayed or neutered before it reaches sexual maturity.

Owners of labs and retrievers also need to know that the age at which they are spayed and neutered is important, if the pet reaches sexual maturity before being fixed this will help later in life with obesity or weight gain.

Urban Animal offers care ranging from cardiology, dermatology and oncology to internal medicine, pain management and virtually everything in between (as well as separate ventilated isolation facilities for animals with contagious diseases) in efforts to be a full - service hospital that can help pet owners in the Heights and surrounding communities from the early life stages all the way until their beloved friend reaches full maturity.

This aggression may be towards other pets or towards people, and is usually not seen until your pet reaches sexual maturity.

He is probably a stray — what typically happens is that someone had him as a kitten but they didn't get him neutered, as he got older and reached sexual maturity he became less interested in being a homely pet and instead began to roam further afield in search of female cats or to take part in territory battles with other unneutered male cats.

Mass merchandisers can no longer be content to let product trends incubate in the pet specialty channel, only to adopt them once they reach maturity.

It is recommended that pets be altered before they reach sexual maturity, which is between 7 to 9 months of age.

In other words, we as veterinarians stand a better chance of preventing male dog behavioral problems when neutering is performed prior to the pet reaching sexual maturity.

Neutering is traditionally done just before the pet reaches sexual maturity, at about five months of age.