Animal Health Center of Madison
1146 Highway 51
Madison, MS 39110


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Animal Health Center of Madison

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Spaying & Neutering

In 6 years one female dog and her offspring can be the source of 67,000 puppies. In just 7 years, one female cat and her young can produce 420,000 kittens. Everyday in the U.S., tens of thousands of puppies and kittens are born. Compare this to the 11,000 human births each day and you can plainly see that there can never be enough homes for all these pets. Each year between 8 & 12 million dogs, puppies, cats, and kittens end up at animal shelters around the country. Sadly, between 4 & 6 million of them must be euthanized because there aren't enough homes for them all.

Spaying and Neutering doesn't just help the population problem, it also was mainly beneficial properties such as longer, healthier lives. These routing procedures can eliminate or reduce the incidence of a number of health problems that can be very difficult or expensive to treat. Spaying eliminates the possibility of uterine or ovarian cancer and greatly reduces the chance of breast cancer, particularly when your pet is spayed before her first heat cycle. Neutering eliminates testicular cancer and decrease the chance of prostate cancer. Spaying and neutering can make pets' better, more affectionate companions. Neutering cats makes them them less likely to spray and mark territory. Unsterilized animals often exhibit more behavior and temperament problems.

We do take appointments for these surgeries and in most cases your pet will be able to go home the same day. When you call to make an appointment for surgery, you will be given specific instructions on what to do the night before surgery. Just as in humans, your pet will not be allowed to eat anything after mignight the night before surgery. However, small amounts of water will be permitted. When you make the appointment, your pet will be asked to be at the hospital no later than 8:00am the morning of the surgery.

Upon arriving at our hospital on the morning of surgery, you will be presented with an authorization for pain medication and pre-anesthetic blood work. We offer the pain medication to your pets to keep them comfortable when they wake up from surgery and after they go home. Humans don't have to go through surgery without anything for pain and neither should our pets because they hurt too. The pre-anesthetic blood work is offered to check liver and kidney function to help insure that they can filter the anesthesia back out of their system. Our doctors will not do the surgery if abnomalitites are shown on your pet's blood work results. In the case of some older pets  or high risk patients, the doctors may require blood work before they will perform the surgery. Those decisions will be based on your pet and their medical history.