At The Lake Veterinary Hospitals, we recommend desexing of cats and dogs at 5 to 6 months of age. Desexing of Rabbits and Guinea pigs are recommended at a younger age due to their earlier sexual maturity.
The desexing helps in your pet’s long term health and behaviour training.
All desexed patients are given an analgesic (pain relief) as a pre-operative sedative and a post-operative analgesic injection which gives good pain relief for the following 24 hours. All patients are given intravenous fluids to reduce anaesthetic risk and maintain blood pressure. Patients go home on the same day as the surgery.