• Animal shelters throughout Florida are over extremely over-crowded. The need to help abused, neglected, injured and homeless cat's way beyond capacity and growing exponentially. Reducing the amount of kittens born allows shelters to help and home more animals. • Spaying a female cat before her first heat cycle virtually eliminates the risk of mammary (breast) cancer, an extremely aggressive cancer in cats. • Spayed females cannot develop ovarian and uterine cancers or Pyometra a potentially fatal uterine infection. • Neutering male cats significantly reduces behaviors such as roaming, urine spraying and fighting. • Neutered cats fight significantly less than non-neutered. This reduces the chances of them contracting Feline Aids and Leukaemia often contracted through bites.

• The AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association) recommends sterilizations by five months of age. • At Cats Exclusive we agree and wherever possible recommend you sterilize your male or female cat between 4-5 months. • Female cats should be at least 4 pounds and Males at least 3 pounds in weight before surgery. • Before you schedule your cat's sterilization surgery please bring him or her in for a check up and we will asses if he or she is ready.

• There is no age limit for healthy cats. Please schedule an appointment with our vet clinic so we can do a health check before scheduling a surgery. • Older un-spayed females are at risk of breast cancer and a life-threatening uterus infection after their heat cycle. • Older un-neutered males are at risk of prostate disease or tumors on their testicles.