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Spay, Neuter & Microchips terms
Spay and neuter and microchipping for cats: low-cost clinics, mandatory neutering and microchip rules, early neutering, microchip scanning.
CryptorchidA male cat with one or both testicles that have not moved down into the scrotum, staying in the groin or abdomen.Mammary cancerCancer of a female cat's milk glands, usually malignant, and far less likely in cats spayed when young.MicrochipA rice-grain-sized implant under a cat's skin that carries a number a scanner can read, linking the cat to its owner's details in a registry.NeuterThe surgery that removes a male cat's testicles so he cannot father kittens, with fewer urges to roam, fight and spray.PyometraA life-threatening infection of the uterus that affects unspayed female cats, usually within weeks after a heat.SpayThe surgery that removes a female cat's ovaries, and usually the uterus, so she can no longer become pregnant or go into heat.