Kittens are adorable! However, cats breed very quickly and generally have a large number of kittens each litter. This can be a troublesome problem for pet owners and rescue groups as it is hard to find new homes for so many kittens.
CQ Pet Rescue does an amazing job at rescuing as many cats and dogs within the Central Highlands Region as possible. However, the number of kittens coming through the system lately has sky rocketed, resulting in a shortage of foster carers and supplies. Sadly, this means that some pets are not able to be taken into care. In a great attempt to reduce the population of cats within the Central Highlands region, CQ Pet Rescue have implemented ‘Operation Kitten-Control’ providing free of ‘surgical charge’ cat desexing appointments at Maraboon Vet Surgery.
Due to financial strain on the not-for-profit rescue group this program can only be run with a limited number of appointments. We highly recommend that all cat owners do their part to decrease the number of stray kittens and kittens in the local pound by having their cat desexed at their local vet once they are 5-6 months old.
This will drastically reduce the number of stray cats and cats in foster care. Desexing your pet also has many other great benefits including reducing their risk for reproductive organ cancers, behaviour improvement, reduces their need to ‘wander’, which takes them out of harm’s way from being attacked by predators or hit by cars, etc.
The desexing procedure itself is generally a day surgery, they will need to be dropped off in the morning and are ready to go home in the afternoon. There is a 10–14-day recovery period and pain relief can be provided to aid them with the healing process (different Vet surgeries may have different procedures).
If you have any questions or would like to book your cat in for desexing please call our amazing team today on 07 4987 6800. If you would like to check out some of the amazing work that CQ Pet Rescue does or are wanting to get in touch to see how you can help visit their website http://www.cqpetrescue.com.au/