Pet Spay, Neuter Services, Clyde's Animal Clinic

Spay & Neuter

We believe every female pet should be spayed before her first heat and all males should be spayed.  Spaying and neutering is a simple surgical procedure that stops your dog or cat from breeding and has health benefits for your pet, too.  Millions of dogs and cats are euthanized in the United States every year due to pet overpopulation.  One of the kindest things you can do for animals is to make sure that your cat or dog is spayed or neutered.  Spaying and neutering saves lives.

Spaying or neutering will improve the health of your pet. In females, it eliminates the risk of ovarian and uterine infections and cancer. It also reduces the incidence of mammary cancer. In males, it eliminates testicular cancer and decreases the incidence of prostate disease.

It can help with some of your pet’s behavior problems, too.  Some of these problems include:

• House soiling
• Marking, spraying
• Persistent barking or meowing
• Roaming, escaping
• Fighting with other pets
• Biting humans or other pets
• Behavior problems associated with a female in heat

We participate in 2 spay/neuter events every year:

1.  National Spay Day USA, held every year on the last Tuesday in February.  This important event raises awareness of the importance of spay and neutering.    Please click on this link for more information.  http://spaydayportal.humanesociety.org/sd_findEvent_US.aspx

2.  Make a Difference Day, held every year the fourth Saturday in October.  For this day, we do a free cat neuter/spay clinic.  This year is our 15th year of holding the free cat neuter/spay clinic.   Our goal is to spay/neuter 200 cats on this day.   To qualify to have your cat spayed in the free cat neuter/spay clinic:

• You must come into Clyde’s Animal Clinic beginning September 1 of each year.  (If September 1 is a Wednesday, then come to the clinic on Thursday, September 2.) 
• Get a registration package, fill it out and return it to us as soon as possible. 

This is a first come, first served registration, and we our surgery schedule for the free clinic is usually filled up in 1-2 days.  You can purchase a T-shirt in our store (click here to purchase T-shirt).  Also, all donations to cover the cost of this event are appreciated.  You can donate to this cause in our online store; click here to donate.

If you would like financial help to spay or neuter your dog, Coles County Humane Society offers certificates for partial payments for spay/neuters based on need.  You can apply directly to the county for the certificate.  Click here for more information (link to site).