Spay and neuter your pets... to prevent cancer!

[neffernin]

For the longest time I thought that you were supposed to get them spayed and neutered because it helped keep the population down; as a result I always thought Bob Barker was a little bit on the weird side. Unfortunately, I had to learn the hard way that female dogs have around a 25% chance of getting breast cancer/tumors if this isn't done. Our poor little dog got a tumor at 9 years old and it could have been easily prevented by getting her spayed at an earlier time.

If you plan on breeding your pets then it makes sense not to, but if not they will likely live a much longer life to provide you with the love and companionship you both deserve.

As for our little Frida, all we can do is cross our fingers and hope that there's nothing left after surgery.

ASPCA: Top 10 reasons to spay or neuter your pet

[femmocrat]

1. K & R

Thank you for posting.

[Daemonaquila]

2. This. A VERY good reminder.

We lost a kitty to breast cancer because she wasn't neutered. She had been a feral living in our neighborhood, and was absolutely untouchable. But she found a way under the house and into our basement to have her babies, and that gave us the opportunity to re-domesticate the whole family. We got her neutered as soon as she was done raising her kittens, but nevertheless she developed mammary tumors all over about 2 years later. Our wonderful vet removed as many as she could, from many the size of a pinhead to one the size of a pea (which was the one we caught, thinking she'd gotten into a fight and had developed a cyst). But it was too late. She only lived another couple months. According to our vet, they were typical for a startlingly large percentage of female cats that aren't neutered.

I'm so sorry you're going through this. All the best to you and little Frida.