It definitely can help make them less vocal. The reason your cat is vocal is because they are in heat or wanting to seek out a mate, and vocalizing helps them find that mate. By removing those organs and those hormones, she will no longer be coming into heat and vocalizing as much.

Neutering can help with spraying as long as the kitten is young enough. We recommend neutering around six months of age. However, if your cat has been spraying the house for the last couple of years, that then becomes a learned behavior and the spraying may not resolve after we neuter him.

There are no medical benefits to allowing your cat to have a litter before she is spayed. As mentioned before, it is usually better to remove those organs before they start causing problems.

Spaying and neutering your cat is very important because these organs can eventually develop cancer as the cats age. It is beneficial to remove these organs at an early age to prevent potential cancer development. Another key benefit is in female cats, they are predisposed to developing a condition called pyometra. Pyometra is a serious infection in their uterus that occurs every time they come into heat or every time their body cycles. This condition can be very life-threatening and sometimes you don't realize it until it's too late.

Of course! It's the best time to get a microchip during anesthesia because your pet won't feel what's going on.

On average, a cat neuter takes less than five minutes. When it comes to spaying a cat, we do have to go inside their tummy to get to their organs, so it does take a little bit longer, but on average it takes less than 15 minutes.

Common complications that are associated with these surgeries are hemorrhage or excessive bleeding at the incision site, infection after the incision has been closed, that's why it's very important to make sure that your animal wears an e-collar after these surgeries, or possibly infection within the abdomen.

Just like any procedure, there is a little bit of pain associated with it. However, by maintaining them under anesthesia and utilizing good pain medication such as Zorbium, which is an opioid, and also Onsior, which is also a pain and anti-inflammatory medication, we thoroughly control their pain after surgery.