Neutering your pet can be beneficial to both you and your animal.
Spaying involves the removal of the ovaries and uterus. It prevents pregnancy and can have other benefits. These include reduced incidence of breast cancer in dogs that are spayed early and prevention of uterine cancers in rabbits.
Castration involves the removal of both testicles. Some animals have retained testicles meaning that they have not fully descended into the scrotal sac. Retained testicles have a higher chance of becoming cancerous as they are kept at a higher body temperature. We recommend castrating all animals with retained testicles for this reason. *An additional fee is charged on top of the normal neutering fee for these animals due to the extra surgery time to find and remove the retained testicle.
Castrating cats can reduce the chance of them straying from home that increases the chance of them being hit by a car. It also reduces the risk of cat fights (and therefore infections including feline leukaemia and feline aids) and the likelihood that a male cat will start urine spraying.
Cats and dogs are generally neutered from 6 months old. If a dog has comes into season then surgery should be delayed until 3-4 months after the season ends. Rabbits can often be neutered younger.
Dogs
*Dog Castrate: £156.50 - £220.39 (dependent on body weight)
Bitch Spay: £192.27 - £265.40 (dependent on body weight)
Cats
*Cat Castrate: £50.00
Cat Spay (flank): £65.00
Cat Spay (midline): £91.25
Rabbits
Rabbit Castrate: £67.75
Rabbit Spay: £94.51
Prices shown include VAT at 17.5% and were correct at the time of writing (January 2010)
