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Neutering
A Responsible Choice for Your Pet’s Health and Wellbeing
At Aldeburgh Vets, we recommend neutering dogs, cats, and rabbits if they’re not intended for breeding. However, we understand that it’s a personal decision, and we’ll always take the time to discuss your options and what’s best for your individual pet.
Health Benefits of Neutering
Neutering offers a range of health and behavioural benefits, including:
Prevention of uterine infections and unwanted pregnancies
Reduced risk of certain cancers, such as:
Mammary cancer in females
Prostate and testicular cancer in males
Uterine cancer in rabbits
Potential behavioural improvements, such as reduced roaming or aggression
What to Expect
Day Procedure: Your pet will be admitted in the morning, have their procedure around midday, and go home the same evening
Quick Recovery: Most pets feel back to normal within a few days and are fully healed within 2 weeks
Safe and Professional: All neutering is carried out under general anaesthetic in our sterile surgical theatre
Dogs neutering recommendations
We recommend the following ages for neutering in dogs:
- Bitches can be spayed from 6 months old, prior to their first season, or 3 months post season.
- Dogs can be castrated at any point after the age of 6 months. For maximum health benefits it is advised that they are neutered by 5 years old
- For giant breeds of dogs it is recommended that they are not neutered until 12-18 months old, this allows time for their bones and joints to full mature as this takes longer in giant breeds.
Cat neutering recommendations
At Aldeburgh we recommend the following neutering ages in cats:
- We spay Queens (female cats) from 6 months old
- Castration of Toms (male cats) from 6 months old
