Help educate others to have their pets fixed as well. Friends of the Animal Shelter can assist you with costs of spaying and neutering. Whether you adopt a pet from a shelter or acquire one through another means, please have it spayed or neutered. Spaying or neutering your pet will help it live a longer, healthier life by minimizing behavior problems and helping control the population of unwanted pets. Neutering male pets also decreases their chances of developing prostate cancer and eliminates the risk of testicular cancer.
Spaying females eliminates the risk of developing mammary tumors, as well as uterine cancer.
Unaltered pets will roam away from home more often, get into fights, become injured, killed or lost. By spaying or neutering your pet, you can do your part to limit the pet overpopulation problem and avoid dealing with a surprise pregnancy. A pregnant animal can be spayed. The best time to have your pet spayed or neutered is between 4-6 months of age or before the first heat cycle for females. It is highly recommended to consult with your veterinarian about spaying or neutering your pet.