Discount Cat Spaying /Neutering at the RemeteVet Animal Healthcare Clinic!

Good news for cat owners! We are introducing our first discount cat spaying and neutering project from 13 March 2008 to 30 April 2008.

Non-neutered cats are courting, fighting, protecting and marking their territories with odorous urine during most of the year. These activities can result in combat injuries, which can lead to the spread of infectious diseases.

Non-spayed female cat give birth to loads of unwanted kittens, which cause serious worries for responsible pet owners.

Further advantages of the spring spaying/neutering are that we operate the animals before their mating season, thus preventing the development of the mating habits in the animals, especially in the young specimens.

Who is the discount for? Anyone, who has a cat! What’s more, one owner can bring more animals. The cats have to be five months or older because the genital organs of younger animals are not sufficiently developed to operate yet.

What’s the procedure of the operation? The discount is on from 13 March 2008 to 30 April 2008. You can registerfor the operation by phone on 3977-177 during open hours, or on 06 30 9777 177.

Since we are only able to give a discount to the first 100 male and 100 female cats it is advisable to get an appointment as soon as possible.

The cats can be dropped off on the agreed day from 9-11, (we send an SMS reminder to the owners the day before). The surgeries take place during the day and the operated cats can be picked up in the afternoon consulting hours from 16-18.

The discount means a 20% discount off the original price of the operation, and we give an extra discount if you bring three or more cats. The first 20 patients receive a gift as well!

The ten worst excuses for not spaying/neutering your cat:

1. It’s too expensive

Compared to what? The feeding and raising of two ore more litters a year? Compared to the time that is wasted looking for new owners for the kittens? Compared to the costs of advertising for potential owners?
Everything is relative.
Neutering tomcats and spaying female cats costs about as much as 10-20 cans of good quality cat food. This is all you can save if you don’t have the animals neutered or spayed. But spaying/neutering your cat is only a one–time expense; it solves the problem of feeding, raising, and placing kittens for a lifetime, which makes it a lot more cost-effective.

2. I want my children to witness the miracle of birth

Oh no! And what about the feelings of the thousands of cats and dogs, which are thrown out into the streets after witnessing the miracle of birth. Or the ones that will have a brief live full of sorrow at the end of which they end up in a shelter and are put to sleep due to lack of space? Would you like your children to see this too? About the miracle of birth, let me just say cats will much rather find a hidden burrow to bring their young into the world in. They are not very keen on being in the spotlight at times like these.

3. We always manage to find them good homes

Good for you, because you have many friends and relatives with whom you can place a dozen kittens a year.
On the other hand, the kittens, which are “distributed” from cardboard boxes at markets or on the streets might not be so lucky. And what proof is there that one of your well placed kittens won’t give birth to less fortunate offspring in 6 months time, which will be handed out from such boxes?

4. My cat’s too young to be spayed/neutered

Cats can be spayed after their 5^th-6^th month. Females can be able to breed at this age. This has no visible symptoms. It is best not to wait, but to take their family planning into your own hands problems. You definitely shouldn’t wait for the first litter to be born, for the animal has absolutely no need for this.

5. The cat will get fat and lazy

Spayed/neutered pets will only gain weight if you let them. The cause of a cat gaining weight and getting lazy is the same as with humans: taking in excess calories and not exercising enough. Of course cats burn more calories when they trot miles looking for females or when they’re raising young, than when they just spend most of their time lying on the warm radiator. Reduce the quantity of the cat’s portions, play with him or her from time to time –then it won’t be possible for them to get overweight.

6. We have a lot of space and we love animals

If you have the capacity to keep more cats, please adopt a homeless animal instead of producing more. Don’t forget, the offspring will soon be reproducing too.
If we look at one female’s reproductive abilities for 7 years, taking into consideration that its offspring will reproduce as well, we can end up with up to 420 thousand cats at the finish.  I’m sure you don’t have that much space.

Not to mention that cats don’t really enjoy each other’s company at all. Experience shows that two cats get along fine, but a third is not so welcome and a fourth has even more trouble. Any more cats will barely be able to endure the cat density and fights become common. If you really like cats, you should pay attention to their health and emotional needs as well. If you really love them, spay/neuter them.

7. The animal needs a litter to calm down

There is no medical proof what so ever, which supports that having kittens once or more times would be useful for the animal.
Genital hormones merely motivate the animals to reproduce. The general behavioral patterns specific to the species will not change as a result of spaying/neutering.
The cat will stay a cat. It may, however, calm down due to the operation.

8. I wanted to have it done, but…

Don’t wait, NOW is the time to have it done. Spayed/neutered cats are happy, levelheaded animals. They have a higher life expectancy than their non- spayed/neutered fellows. If they knew what did for them, they would thank you for it.

9. How risky is the operation?

Every intervention which involves sedating animals carries certain risks, nevertheless with today’s modern sedatives and new methods we can reduce the risk to minimal. A few days after the operation your pet will regain its usual attitude and mood.

10. What can we expect following the operation?

The aim of the operation is to remove the ovaries of the female animals, so your pet will never be able to breed again. This way you can eliminate the nuisance it caused. The clinical experience is that spayed animals have a smaller chance of developing breast tumors. The ovary produces the female genital hormones, one of which is ostrogen. The lack of this hormone will result in the growth of apatite, which means your pet may gain weight. For this reason we suggest feeding your cat diet foods after the operation. Their weight should be checked regularly, every month or so. To conclude, my advice is that if it is not your intention to breed your animals, it is wisest to spay/neuter them, because you can spare yourself much unwanted nuisance.

Dr. Béla Pázmány