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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
When is the right time to Spay or Neuter
As of late I have run into this discussion, Spaying and Neutering.
The norm used to be after 1st heat, now some Vets are offering it at 2 weeks as long as they weigh 4 lbs. I was shocked!
Now, I am not against altering your pet, but I am against doing it way too soon.
My preference has always been over a year and past at least first heat for female.
A few weeks ago, I was told that altering stops your pets from getting various cancers. I said "What!" This is what the rescue Vet has been telling them. Are you serious!?!
I was so shocked at the conviction, and I know that my face didn't handle the situation well and I will have to remedy that.
First let me tell you that extensive research and money has been put into animal health and this debate has been on going into when is the best time for altering. This debate never had been about eliminating Cancer. Logically, it can't and the science proves it!
Altering too early retards development and vital hormone production for immunity, bone density and numerous other organs.
Almost every College with a Vet Services Dept. has a paper or study with the true facts.
University of Missouri, University of Maryland, and so on.
Then why are some Vets promoting this and creating this culture?
Some say it is to help reduce the unwanted animal population, and a good Vet would recommend that after a certain milestone in development has occurred.
This new trend is that of a money driven variety, more than a service. With altering at 2 weeks or even under 4 months the Vet is likely to have an entire litter come under their knife, times that by the average of 6 pups at a low price of $50, for a 20 minute procedure. It adds up, and is displayed as a service to the new owner when they purchase the pup. These Vets also know that once the pups have gotten new homes then they are less likely to have them as patients, so not their problem. Plus, with normal vet schedules the altering is the most costly procedure to occur until advanced adulthood. So, they have profited on the high end procedure at the beginning stage of life.
With altering too soon, some pups and breeds even of mixed variety are more likely to have insufficient immune system development. Thus, a rise in allergy driven ailments.
As for Cancer, if the various cancer marker is in a line then altering will not eliminate it or retard the development of the condition. If that was the case than how many women suffering from breast cancer would have hysterectomies?? I use that example because that was the one cancer they used as proof point for spaying so young. I was like WHAT!
If cancer was so rampant a problem in the Canine world, wouldn't it affect the strays and feral to almost if not extinction??
Now if you choose to alter at a young age than be prepared for the possibility of further health ailments down the road.
Just like in humans, the reproductive systems are still a mysterious galaxy prompting new discoveries every year, so common sense should always be advised, and that of caution.
The norm used to be after 1st heat, now some Vets are offering it at 2 weeks as long as they weigh 4 lbs. I was shocked!
Now, I am not against altering your pet, but I am against doing it way too soon.
My preference has always been over a year and past at least first heat for female.
A few weeks ago, I was told that altering stops your pets from getting various cancers. I said "What!" This is what the rescue Vet has been telling them. Are you serious!?!
I was so shocked at the conviction, and I know that my face didn't handle the situation well and I will have to remedy that.
First let me tell you that extensive research and money has been put into animal health and this debate has been on going into when is the best time for altering. This debate never had been about eliminating Cancer. Logically, it can't and the science proves it!
Altering too early retards development and vital hormone production for immunity, bone density and numerous other organs.
Almost every College with a Vet Services Dept. has a paper or study with the true facts.
University of Missouri, University of Maryland, and so on.
Then why are some Vets promoting this and creating this culture?
Some say it is to help reduce the unwanted animal population, and a good Vet would recommend that after a certain milestone in development has occurred.
This new trend is that of a money driven variety, more than a service. With altering at 2 weeks or even under 4 months the Vet is likely to have an entire litter come under their knife, times that by the average of 6 pups at a low price of $50, for a 20 minute procedure. It adds up, and is displayed as a service to the new owner when they purchase the pup. These Vets also know that once the pups have gotten new homes then they are less likely to have them as patients, so not their problem. Plus, with normal vet schedules the altering is the most costly procedure to occur until advanced adulthood. So, they have profited on the high end procedure at the beginning stage of life.
With altering too soon, some pups and breeds even of mixed variety are more likely to have insufficient immune system development. Thus, a rise in allergy driven ailments.
As for Cancer, if the various cancer marker is in a line then altering will not eliminate it or retard the development of the condition. If that was the case than how many women suffering from breast cancer would have hysterectomies?? I use that example because that was the one cancer they used as proof point for spaying so young. I was like WHAT!
If cancer was so rampant a problem in the Canine world, wouldn't it affect the strays and feral to almost if not extinction??
Now if you choose to alter at a young age than be prepared for the possibility of further health ailments down the road.
Just like in humans, the reproductive systems are still a mysterious galaxy prompting new discoveries every year, so common sense should always be advised, and that of caution.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Welcome to Abbey Pup
This blog is to have fun, be informative, and preventative.
So, enjoy and feel free to comment.
Thanks,
Ann
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