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Encouraging Low-Cost Spay/Neuter for Syracuse & Onondaga County
The Benefits of Spay/Neuter
Learn How Spay/Neuter Helps Your Pet, You & the Community
What happens during a spay or neuter procedure that makes it so good for cats & dogs?
We have a QUESTION...
I have the ANSWER...
During a spay or neuter, the vet removes our reproductive organs that produce the hormones that make us act in ways our owners don't like. We behave better when those organs are gone! PLUS, we can't get deadly diseases in parts we no longer have...so we live longer & healthier lives!
FIXING YOUR PET
The answer makes sense! Its called "fixing" because many behaviors, like aggression in males and howling in females, STOP ("are fixed") after spay/neuter surgery. Plus, diseases like uterine or testicular cancer can never happen in "parts" that your pet no longer has - so that problem is fixed too!
​Why is spay/neuter surgery often called "fixing" your pet?
**A male cat or dog sterilization procedure is called "neuter" surgery (the male gets "neutered"). During his neuter surgery, his male reproductive organs are removed - this means he will never get a female pregnant. And without those reproductive organs, his body will no longer make the hormones that can cause many unwanted behaviors in male cats and dogs.
** A female cat or dog sterilization procedure is called "spay" surgery (the female gets "spayed"). During her spay surgery, her female reproductive organs are removed - this means she will never get pregnant. And once the reproductive organs are removed, her body will no longer make the hormones that can cause many unwanted behaviors in female cats and dogs.
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