Cat Neuter Procedures

1. Cat Neuter

Procedures
Presented by:
Renee L Smith

2. Please note: the cat is completely anesthetized and
being monitored closely during the neuter procedure.
Scrotum with testicles

3. The hair is plucked from the scrotum. In
cats; the incision is made through the
scrotum, while in dogs the incision is made
in front of the scrotum.

4. close up view of hair plucking

5. finished with plucking, next the scrotum has to be cleaned
with surgical scrub solution

6. wiping with alcohol

7. Surgeon is making incision over the testicle and through the scrotal
skin. Next, the testicle will be pulled out of the scrotal sac.

8. After the incision is made, the testicle is pulled out of the sack. The long piece
of tissue is the spermatic cord which contains an artery, vein, nerves and the
vas deferens (tube that transports sperm from the testicle).

9. Instead of placing a suture around the
spermatic cord the surgeon is tying the cord
on itself.

10. The testicle has been cut away and the knot
completed. The cord will be released back into the
body. The
procedure is repeated with the other testicle. The scrotal
incisions are not sutured in cats, they heal on their
own in several days.