Pet Desexing
Desexing your pet
We offer safe desexing procedures for cats, dogs and other small mammals in our fully equipped surgical theatres. All patients receive morphine-based pain relief during their stay and take-home painkillers for comfort.
Desexing Cats
- Ideal age: 4 months and over 1kg.
- Females: Prevents unwanted pregnancies and mammary cancer.
- Males: Reduces roaming, fighting, abscesses, and FIV transmission.
- Monitoring: Heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, and oxygen levels are tracked throughout surgery.
- Pain relief: All patients receive morphine-based pain relief during their stay and take-home painkillers for comfort.
- Aftercare: We provide follow-up checks around 5 days post-surgery to ensure proper healing.
Desexing dogs
Neutering males
- Low-risk, day procedure.
- Reduces aggression, roaming, and risk of testicular and anal cancers.
- Improves focus and reduces hernias.
- Monitoring: Heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, and oxygen levels are tracked throughout surgery.
- Pain relief: All patients receive morphine-based pain relief during their stay and take-home painkillers for comfort.
- Aftercare: We provide follow-up checks around 5 days post-surgery to ensure proper healing.
- Recovery: 4–5 days rest.
Speying females
- More involved surgery, best done before their first heat.
- Prevents uterine infections, breast tumours, and heat cycles.
- Monitoring: Heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, and oxygen levels are tracked throughout surgery.
- Pain relief: All patients receive morphine-based pain relief during their stay and take-home painkillers for comfort.
- Aftercare: We provide follow-up checks around 5 days post-surgery to ensure proper healing.
- Recovery: 2 weeks rest.
- Must wait 6 weeks post-heat to perform surgery.
- Feed a neutered diet post-surgery to prevent weight gain.
Why desex?
Desexing helps control pet overpopulation. One unspeyed animal can lead to thousands of unwanted offspring. With more pets than homes in New Zealand, many animals face euthanasia. Desexing is the most effective way to prevent this.