Thread: Neutering

I have worked at a vets for 40 years & been involved with the anaesthetics nearly as long & must have been very very lucky as the only time I can say that the "risk" is /was higher with an older cat is when they have serious health problems but the need for an anaesthetic outweighs that risk,I have never known one to be lost through routine castration & only one through spaying,the little girls heart stopped right in the middle of the op although her pre op check had seemed ok & a PM discovered that she had HCM & chances were that was the contributing factor,she was not a MC but a little domestic cat .... All anaesthetics are a risk wether for routine or life saving but with the anaesthetics our vets use for routine ops on cats within the hour they are sitting up wondering why they are with us & are very safe,but you can always get one as that little girl proved.......