I think most of us just assume that spaying/neutering is the best thing we can do for the future health of our furbabies. In particular, we focus on spaying as a way to prevent mammary cancers and/or pyometra in our girls.
But are you aware that spaying/neutering can have negative side effects, including a significantly increased risk of other cancers? My Fox Terrier, who was spayed long before I got her, suffers from one of these cancers, an aggressive one, and has had three surgeries in the past 9 months to remove tumours. The vet tells me we will have to put her down before the year is out. Would she have been spared had she not been spayed?
If you have not yet spayed/neutered your furbaby, you need more information before making the decision; if your furbabies have already been spayed/neutered, you need to know what kinds of risks they now face so that you can be alert to their symptoms.
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What you don’t know could kill… | The Angels Weekly and whatever your decision, may your babies live long and healthy lives.