1. Sterilization: a benevolent medical act

In addition to helping controle the overpopulation of cats, dogs and rabbits, the sterilization of your pet plays a role in ensuring its health and well-being. And yes! Having your cat, dog or rabbit sterilized provides several advantages both in terms of behaviour and physical health.

Behavioural benefits:

Cat:

• Elimination of excessive meowing, runaway due to heat periods among the female.
• Decrease in aggressive behaviours, territorial conflicts and urinary marking among the male.
• Decrease in the strong smell of urine.

Dog:
• Elimination or reduction of certain behaviours related to sexual hormones such as running away, attempts to mate with objects and others.
• Elimination or reduction of urinary marking depending on the age at which sterilization occurs.

Rabbit:
• Elimination of urinary marking among the male, decrease in aggressive behaviours, particularly among the female.

Physical health benefits:

• Risk reduction of mammary tumours, reproductive organs tumours and uterine infections among females of the three species mentionned above.
• Risk decrease of prostatic problems and complete elimination of the possibilitiees of testicular tumors among dogs.
• Decrease in injuries and accidents related to runaways and giving birth.

2. Sterilization : the solution to counter overpopulation

In addition to all the numerous benefits for your pet, sterilization helps limit feline and canine overpopulation on the Eastern Townships territory. It is a simple gesture that massively reduces the number of unwanted litters, and consequently, decreases the number of stray animals.

You should know that a fertile cat can have between 1 to 8 kittens, and this happends every 2 to 3 months. This amounts to a potential of about thirty kittens per year, which in turn can have as many.

Although less than the cat, a fertile dog can have an average of 4 to 6 puppies per litter, twice a year. Which represents a minimum of 8 puppies per year.

This is why, by choosing to sterilize your pet, you are also making the choice to save the lives of several animals who would have found themselves wandering and living in precarious living conditions.

The impact of each sterilization is IMPORTANT.