For many years, Bolton has had a major problem with stray cats and dogs. Some are left behind when their owners move to a new area and have continuing litters of feral (semi-wild) cats and dogs.

Some owners are misinformed; believing it’s beneficial to allow their female cat or dog to have a litter of kittens/puppies.
Even if you’re lucky enough to find homes for your “babies”, how sure are you that they’ll prove to be “good homes”? Please, don’t add to the problem!


NEUTERING YOUR CAT WILL:

  • Prevent unwanted litters.
  • Reduce territorial urine marking (spraying)
  • Remove the strong “tomcat” smell, which can make keeping a male in the house so unpleasant.
  • Reduce roaming in search of mates (meaning less risk of fights, road accidents, or loss)
  • Prevent life-threatening pyometra (infection of the uterus)
  • Stop females having phantom pregnancies or, more seriously, repeated pregnancies which will take their toll on her vitality.
  • Reduce the risk mammary (breast) cancer in females.
  • Prevent testicular cancer, and reduce the risk of other tumours, in males.
  • Stop female cats coming into heat every few weeks, and bitches twice a year – with the extreme hormone related behaviour that this entails.
  • Generally make a cat more friendly and affectionate.

NEUTERING YOUR DOG WILL:

  • Reduce dominance related problems where two dogs live together.
  • Reduce problem sexual behaviour in dogs (e.g. mounting table-legs, cushions etc.)
  • Stop females having phantom pregnancies or, more seriously, repeated pregnancies which will take their toll on her vitality.
  • Stop females coming into heat twice a year – with the extreme hormone related behaviour that this entails.

NEUTERING WILL NOT:

  • Turn your pet into a characterless “wimp”.
  • Make your pet fat.

Bolton Branch may be able to help those in receipt of Income Support, Job Seekers Allowance or Housing Benefit – to assist with the cost of having their pets neutered. We also have a partnership with Cats Protection where you can apply for a voucher to help with the cost of spaying and neutering your cat.  These procedures can be done at our Clinic on Vernon Street.

Pet owners may pay as little as £35 for a male cat to be castrated or £45 for a female to be spayed.
Under a similar scheme dogs may be neutered for as little as £100 for a male and £200 for a female, this may vary depending on the breed and size of the animal.