What is neutering?

Neutering is a general term used to describe the surgery performed by the vet, to prevent the animal from being able to breed.

In males, the surgery is known as castration. This involves the removal of the cat's testicles.

In females, the surgery is known as spaying. This involves the removal of the cat's ovaries and womb.

What is the importance of neutering?

Neutering your cat has health benefits and is important for population control.

The idea of regular dental care for our cats is new to most of us. But once you know your pet can suffer from the same oral health problems as we do -plaque, gum disease, tooth loss, and more - the idea of regular exams starts to make sense.

Dental disease is a very common problem in both young and old cats. It is thought that as many as 85% of cats aged three years and older have some sort of dental disease. If nоt caught аnd trеаtеd it саn саuѕе kidney diѕеаѕе, livеr diѕеаѕе, hеаrt diѕеаѕе, lоw birth rаtе аnd early dеаth.

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For a proper veterinary diagnosis, doing a blood test is very important.Even though your cat may ave been displaying the symptomsof a particular isease,this may not be enough to make an accurate diagnosis.There is also the issue that several diseases sometimes have similar symptoms.It is a blood test that will help us find out which condition is affecting your pet.

It's that time of year again, Aoife Caulfield of Just Cats Veterinary Clinic has our annual Top Pet Names Survey ready and there were a few surprises! Who know cat owners were soccer fans? While there has long been a trend for naming our pets human names, which feline moniker is steadily climbing the baby name stakes?

Although we only treat your feline friends at Just Cats Veterinary Clinic, Aoife Caulfield has managed to survey over 70,000 dogs and cats from veterinary clinics across Dublin, Meath and Kildare.