Hi its dr. Alex here and I've had a couple of comments on a few of my videos
that I wanted to talk to you about today so videos that I'm talking about are one
is how when should you spay your cat and the other one is pyometra in dogs
and you might not think that they're relate too much but someone left a
comment on the when should you spay your cat one that oh you should
definitely be after should definitely be after one-year-old because they'll get
deadly cancer the deadly cancer in in capitals I then asked what their
evidence and their reasoning behind that was and they link to a post that was
actually all about dogs and at the bottom said that cats are different to
dogs but either way that you know certainly got me thinking well it's a
thought that I've had and I mention in that in my video actually all about when
you should spay your dog but the other video comment that I got was on my
pyometra video and the risks of that and it was from a lady whose dog sounds like
and was in a terrible way I'm not sure what the outcome was but they certainly
didn't sound very well at all sounds like they've gone blind the kidneys and
the liver were failing I was in a really bad way and it really just highlights my
point that I'm making out when you should spay your dog is it really
depends on your circumstances so if you're able to monitor your dog if
you're aware of the risks of pyometra mammary cancer and you're quite happy
with those risks you know they're quite high for pyometra certainly it's a one in
four dogs by the age of ten will develop pyometra and the risk of death is
relatively low if you get onto it quickly but relatively low doesn't mean
nothing at all and pyometra is definitely a deadly disease I've seen a
dog I think was about five or six years of age coming to the clinic the owners
have been away on holiday and the person looking after the dog hadn't noticed
that it was unwell they had lost a lot of weight and unfortunately within an
hour or two hours of being admitted my colleague was working on that dog and
unfortunately it passed away it was just far too far gone now for that owner and
that dog you know the thought is that clearly the the owners would rather that
they had spayed that dog you know and it may be that it would still be alive
today though that was a number of years ago so
it's really not straightforward if you're happy with the risk of pyometra and
mammary cancer then you're happy with being able to pay the cost of those
surgeries then you know that's absolutely fine we can either spay our
Spay our dogs much later or even not spay them at all
but I think these black and white arguments these bold statements that
people make maybe isn't getting to the nuance of this subject so the risks of
spaying certainly spaying early is you know there are a few one is bone cancer
so in Rottweilers they're kind of one in four if they're spayed before twelve
months or and six months will develop a malignant bone cancer which is a
terrible disease is horrible and then cruciate ligament disease is the other
one so bigger dogs are Labradors and retrievers there's the potential that
spaying before twelve months will again cause them to have cruciate ligament
disease the argument for cruciate ligament disease is that that is a
treatable condition although there will be potentially an element of arthritis
later on and it's not a surgery that's cheap but my point really is that when
you see bold statements of fact really we need to question question them and we
need to think what is right for you so like I say you might say well actually
if my dog develops pyometra that's an emergency surgery that cost is going to
be significant and I'm not going to be able to afford that in which case
spaying your dog is probably going to be the best thing that you can do because
pyometra is really common if money's not a problem if your dogs insured which is
something the pyometra and and cruciate ligament and mammary cancer removal
would cover then you know that cost mine may not come into it but either way my
point is that what's right for you is not necessarily right for someone else
so you know just be a little bit careful with what you read and with what you
take as fact because some people can be very certain of their self like I say
the comment was your cat needs to be spayed after a year because they will
get deadly cancer while in fact they were they were quoting from a video that
was all about dogs and they mentioned nothing about the
nuances of that discussion so yeah anyway I'm on my lunch break it's a
lovely sunny day here as you can see but I just wanted to record this little
video with my thoughts I hope you find it useful if you've got any questions
about this or anything else then obviously just get in touch hit that
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until next time i'm dr. alex from our pets health because they're family
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