SERVICING East Doncaster, DONCASTER, TEMPLESTOWE, DONVALE, PARK ORCHIDS, WARRANDYTE, BULLEEN, BLACKBURN, ELTHAM
East Doncaster Veterinary Hospital recommends that dogs, cats and rabbits are desexed from 6 months of age.
Our experienced team of Veterinarians and Veterinary Nurses perform castration and spaying procedures in our sterile surgery suite and provide the best quality care before, during and after the procedure.
The Day of the Surgery:
Castration and Spey surgeries are a day procedure – which means they are not required to stay overnight. Fasting is required for cats and dogs for 12 hours prior to the surgery. This is not applicable to Rabbits as it is important that they are not fasted.
On the day of the surgical procedure you will have an admission consult with our Veterinarian/Veterinary nurse between 8:00am – 9:00am.
They will check over your pet, go through the admission form and discuss the procedure with you, explaining the importance of:
Pain relief is administered for all of our procedures and where required, is provided to administer at home for 3 -5 days following the procedure.
We offer 2 complimentary Post- Operative Check ups after the surgery;
First Check up – 3-5 days post surgery to ensure healing
Second Check up – 10-14 days post surgery to have the sutures removed.
All of our desexing patients will wear an Elizabethan collar post surgery to ensure that they do not prematurely remove the sutures at home.
Why is desexing your Cat important?
As well as preventing unwanted pregnancies, desexing your cat can help to protect them from a range of diseases and behavioural problems.
Other medical benefits to desexing at 6 months of age include reducing the risk of mammary and uterine cancer and infection (Pyometra). Pyometra is a surgical emergency can be fatal if not treated in time.
Why is desexing your Dog important?
Desexing your Dog can help to protect them from a range of diseases and behavioural problems.
Desexing your Male Dog can help to:
Reduces the incidence of prostate, testicular and perianal hernias that can develop over time in entire male dogs
Desexing your Female Dog can help to: