Many veterinarians are now
practicing early spay and neuter to prevent tragedies of this sort.
Many veterinarians now
practice early spay and neuter.
Not exact matches
Although some veterinarians still suggest waiting until six months, advocates of
early spay and neuter are proving the benefits of that
practice.
And, until recent years,
early - age (kitten)
spay / neuter was not
practiced (kittens go into heat between 4 and 6 months and traditional conventional - wisdom was to
spay a cat at 6 month of age.)
In my
practice, we encourage
early spays and neuters since our pediatric patients have much shorter anesthesia and surgical times than adult animals and are up and about almost immediately.
Veterinarians who support
earlier - age
spay and neuter are encouraged to list their
practice on the Fix by Five web page to support this important movement.
Laws banning ear cropping, tail docking, debarking, declawing, or enforcing
early spay and neuter protocols attempt to dictate how you
practice medicine.
An increasing number of shelters and animal rescue groups have adopted the
practice of
early - age neuter /
spay, enabling them to make sure all of their adopted animals are sterilized.
Early - age
spay / neuter and
spay / neuter before adoption
practices are a good investment: implementing these programs means you can stop spending resources on follow - up to sterilization compliance, paperwork, and caring for the «oops» litters from adopted cats.
Build Your
Practice by Offering
Early Age
Spaying & Neutering, W. Marvin Mackie, DVM For a copy of Dr. Mackie's speech «
Early Age Neutering: Perfect for Every
Practice,» presented at the North American Veterinary Conference 2000
Since the 1980s, when the Massachusetts deposit law was considered a novel approach, knowledge about
early spay / neuter has increased and the
practice is now widely accepted.