What are 3 advantages of neutering an animal?
Edwin Langworth
2025-06-23 22:00:32
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Neutering can reduce the risk or even prevent some conditions occurring: Males – Testicular cancer and most prostate problems.
Prostate problems can be seen at any age and neutering can help prevent them.
And neutered dogs are also at much lower risk of going “roaming” looking for females, which puts them in increased danger from traffic.
Females – Mammary (breast) cancer and uterine (womb) infections, which can be fatal, pregnancies, and also phantom (false) pregnancies.
Male cats – Neutering can reduce fighting amongst each other (due to lower testosterone levels) and therefore there will be fewer wounds/infections.
Male cats are less likely to spray urine (a form of territory marking) in the house or wander off.
Females will have less hormones so will not experience behavioural changes due to being in season (heat) regularly.
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