Many owners of pets consider sterilization inhumane in relation to the favourites. But whether so it? Whether all other methods which help to avoid manifestation of sexual desire are so safe for animals?
So, the pet grew, and he had quite adult desires. During this period it is important to owner to answer himself several questions honestly:
- Does it have time for the efforts connected with knitting of his favourite?
- If his pet – a female individual whether he is ready to increase in "livestock"?
- Whether he wishes well to the animal and whether he loves it?
According to veterinary statistics, sterilized cats and cats live for several years longer, and dogs are ill several times less. Not all medicines which reduce sexual desire at animals are safe. Many means do irreparable harm to health – destroy a liver, worsen work of digestive system, have negative effect on a cardiovascular system and even on a mental condition of an animal.
All pros and cons
Limiting freedom of a pet, owners suppress powerful instincts, and it does harm to its mentality. "Quarrels" begin, the animal shows disobedience, and very often there is a question of getting rid of it. Result – the cat or a dog are on street or in nursery. And it is not the worst option of parting. And careless owners and thoughts do not assume that their carelessness and irresponsibility became that the reason.
Restriction in reproduction leads to development of diseases of genitals in an animal including oncological character. At female individuals they are shown by excruciating pains and plentiful bleedings, and at male individuals – inflammation of a prostate with all that it implies.
Only possible complications after operation can become an argument against sterilization, but high qualification of the veterinarian and due leaving after surgical intervention will help to avoid these problems.
Sterilization is contraindicated to weak animals, that who has problems with heart or other internals.
Food – before and after
After sterilization many pets sharply gain weight. Not to allow it are care and a task of owners of an animal. Before deciding on operation, it is necessary to insist on its full medical examination and to ask to choose healthy nutrition for him. It is necessary to change a diet for few weeks before operation that digestive system of an animal managed to reconstruct, and the new menu during the difficult postoperative period did not become for it a surprise.
If there is no possibility of preoperative preparation in a vetklinik, then it is necessary to prepare in house conditions. An animal he needs to proglistogonit, propoit the all-strengthening medicines, to accustom him to Novaya Gazeta to food. New food should not differ significantly from habitual, otherwise the pet will cease to eat normally and will weaken. It is enough to reduce the caloric content of dishes by 10%, and it is necessary to leave the volume of portions former. It is possible to make it independently, and it is possible to buy special forages for the sterilized animals.
At what age it is possible to sterilize an animal
Optimum age for sterilization of dogs – 8 months, cats – 6 months. But if an animal weak, then it is possible and to wait few months. Many clinics recommend early sterilization, nearly in 6-8 weeks. Veterinarians with wide experience of work do not recommend such practice.
Preparation for operation and postoperative leaving
One day before sterilization stop feeding of an animal. And in 3-4 hours it is impossible to give also water or other drink.
It is in advance necessary to buy a special postoperative bandage for an animal.
After operation it is not necessary to muffle up the patient or to rock to sleep him (many owners in a rush of love do quite so). The animal needs absolute rest. He to himself will choose a convenient and comfortable pose.
A little the warm compress will help to lower pain. The hot-water bottle can be put under a laying. It is impossible to use the healing ointments and anesthetics of cream at all! If the animal behaves too uneasily, then it is necessary to see a doctor.
It is necessary to feed and give to drink to an animal after operation strictly according to the recommendation of the veterinarian. Only he will be able to define through what time, with what food and what drink it is possible to please the favourite.