Desexing procedures

We practice the highest standard of care for all routine desexing procedures

At Advanced Vet Care Lane Cove, we prioritise your pet’s comfort and safety during their desexing procedure with us.

Desexing is a permanent procedure that prevents your pet from reproducing. For females, it’s called spaying and involves removing the ovaries and sometimes uterus – we tend to remove only the ovaries as it produces the same result but the surgery is less invasive, means we can make a smaller incision and can make the recovery quicker. For males, the procedure is called castration and involves removing both testicles.

We typically recommend desexing between 5-6 months of age, but will offer personalised advice based on your pet’s breed and current research.

Both procedures are day surgeries, meaning your pet will stay with us for the day to ensure they’re monitored, comfortable, and receive the best pain relief before, during, and after the procedure.

If you have any questions or need more information, we’re always here to help!

We welcome all sizes and breeds!

From $720
  • Please call us as price is dependent on your pet’s sex, species and weight
  • Day procedure available Monday-Friday
All desexing surgeries include additional intravenous fluids throughout surgery, pain relief for 3 days at home, an Elizabethan collar and a post-op recheck

Benefits of Desexing

These include a documented decrease in several tumour types for both sexes, and majorly decreased chances of life threatening issues like pyometra or prostate disease.

Patient Comfort

Comfort is key! We provide all of our patients with high levels of ‘peri-operative’ pain relief as research shows that the more comfortable they are, the quicker they recover!

Anaesthetic Safety & Monitoring

We use the latest in anaesthtetic protocols, techniques and monitoring to make your pet’s anaesthetic as safe as possible.

The De-sexing Low Down

We understand that surgery for your pet can be daunting and scary.  Rest assured, we take ananaesthtic monitoring and surgery very seriously. We use the latest in recommended anaesthetic techniques and monitoring and practice strict aseptic surgical techniques.

Prior to the day of your pet’s surgery, one our team members will give you a call to remind you of your pet’s desexing date, admission time and to answer any questions you may have. A text message and email will also be sent as a helpful reminder as well.

The main points to remember are to:

  • Withhold food on the day of surgery
  • Water is ok up until you leave the house to come to the clinic
  • Take your pet for a short toilet break prior to arriving at the clinic
  • Arrive at the clinic at your scheduled appointment time.

When you arrive at the clinic, one of our nurses will explain the procedure for the day and take you through some paperwork, including a consent form for you to sign.

During the pre surgery consultation with out nurses, you will be offered the choice of performing a blood test. The blood test is designed to pick up any internal health concerns that may affect the anaesthetic. The test includes a check of the liver and kidney values, blood glucose level, electrolyte levels, overall protein level, and overall red blood cell count.

We take great pride in our standard of surgical care. The surgery team is lead by Dr Matt Buchanan-Pascall, who has further qualifications in surgery (GPCert in Small Animal Surgery) and constantly updates the team’s surgical techniques as the techniques continue to evolve.

During routine desexings we ensure that a combination of local and general anaesthesia is used to provide the most comfortable experience for your pet. We close all incisions with an ‘intradermal’ technique, which means there are no stitches on the outside of the wound – this decreases the chances of infection and eliminates the chance of our patients chewing at their stitches during recovery.

We take anaesthetic monitoring extremely seriously and are proud to offer the highest level of monitoring care for you pet.

We go above and beyond the accepted standards to include:

  1. Monitoring of oxygen levels via an spO2 probe (called pulse oximetry)
  2. A continuous ECG trace to track the heart’s rhythm throughout surgery
  3. Blood pressure monitoring – this is the key to a successful recovery
  4. Carbon dioxide monitoring to ensure the lungs are able to blow off all harmful gases
  5. Patients are warmed with a ‘bair hugger‘ to prevent deleterious cooling
  6. All patients receive intravenous fluids to ensure hydration remains perfect
  7. We use the most modern anaesthetic machines and drug protocols.

Patient comfort is also key and again we go above and beyond! We ensure all patients are kept as comfortable as possible with a combination of local anaesthetic pain relief, opioid pain relief, and anti-inflammatory pain relief.

Our patients generally recover exceptionally quickly from surgery, so it can be tempting to get back to normal activity straight away. However, remember that whilst the surgery is routine, it is still considered major surgery.

Patient comfort is our priority! All animals undergoing desexing surgery receive both opioid pain relief and strong anti-inflammatory pain relief peri-operatively. All patients go home with further pain relief to be given over the 3 days following surgery.

Please strictly rest your fur child in a warm, calm environoment for the first 7 days post surgery. This may mean you need to separate them from other pets in the meantime to facilitate the chance to recuperate in peace.

We provide a complimentary visit with one of our nurses following all desexing surgery. This appointment occurs 2-4 days after surgery. During the appointment we will further ask you how your pet is recovering and then perform a basic health and surgery site check.