CAT SPAYING 



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Fig. 201— External and internal genitals of the cat. 



if an attempt is made at an early age— the operation is extremely tedious. 

 It is best to operate at 6 to 8 months old. 



Season — Winter, spring and fall. 



Preparation — A¥ithhold food for twenty-four hours previous to operating 

 in order that the alimentary traet may be empty. 



Methods — Plank method and belly method. 



Anesthesia — General anesthesia should be employed on account of a 

 natural as well as an aecpiired tendency to bite and scratch ferociously 

 whenever submitted to operation of almost any character. Control without 

 anesthesia is somewhat hazardous. 



Instruments — 1. Miles' hooked knife (Pig. 25). 2. Canine and feline 

 effiaseidator (Figs. 102, 103). 8. Wound retra-toi- (Pig. 180). 4. Sur- 



Fig. 202 — Plank incision for spaying the cat. 



