My adult niece has several dogs and cats. She lives on a road where people dump their unwanted animals and she cannot turn one away if it arrives at her home.

Unfortunately, many of the females have become pregnant before she can have them altered. She has managed to have some of them taken care of, but I believe that there are at least three cats and three dogs that still need surgery.

I would like to help her pay for these surgeries. I want to know if it makes more sense to start with the females or males, as I may be able to help her with only some of the bill. (Either the females or the males. I don’t know if we can afford to help her with both.) It seems that altering the females is most critical as it prevents them from going into heat and attracting the attention of the males. I know that territorial spraying is a problem with unaltered males, but right now I’m just trying to prevent more births!

Topics: cats, dogs, pets, pet care, veterinary medicine, spay, neuter