Snip and Chip

This morning Zeta got the snip and chip. She is currently recovering nicely.

Snip and chip.

You know! Spayed and microchipped! I left the discount coupon my vet was offering at home this morning and had to schlep back and get it, too. Sexy Beast took Zeta in and will meet me later to get said coupon -- it was not easy to let the Sexy Beast go alone... I love me some Zeta Bear Puppy. But really, how much more like lesbian parents could we look if we both took her in for surgery? Really! And we parent human children!

It's extremely important to spay and neuter your beasts. Maybe you can't afford it, or don't want to pay for some snooty vet to do so? There's a great program or two here in Austin to help.

Snipped (hah!) from the Humane Society of the United States (Italics mine, duh):

Spaying or Neutering Is Good for Your Pet

• Spaying and neutering helps dogs and cats live longer, healthier lives.
• Spaying and neutering can eliminate or reduce the incidence of a number of health problems that can be very difficult or expensive to treat.
• Spaying eliminates the possibility of uterine or ovarian cancer and greatly reduces the incidence of breast cancer, particularly when your pet is spayed before her first estrous cycle. (I didn't even know Zeta HAD breasts! I can't even find them yet they're so small!)
  
• Neutering eliminates testicular cancer and decreases the incidence of prostate disease. (Well, if you don't HAVE testicles you can't get testicular cancer, right?)
  

Spaying or Neutering Is Good for You (so maybe you should get spayed or neutered...)

• Spaying and neutering makes pets better, more affectionate companions.
• Neutering cats makes them less likely to spray and mark territory.
• Spaying a dog or cat eliminates her heat cycle. Estrus lasts an average of six to 12 days, often twice a year, in dogs and an average of six to seven days, three or more times a year, in cats. Females in heat can cry incessantly, show nervous behavior, and attract unwanted male animals.
• Unsterilized animals often exhibit more behavior and temperament problems than do those who have been spayed or neutered.
• Spaying and neutering can make pets less likely to bite.
• Neutering makes pets less likely to roam the neighborhood, run away, or get into fights.

I shall travel at lunch to meet the Sexy Beast who has scored a connection with the manager and owner of Freda's Restaurant so we have nosh for our NxNW event on October 15. She needs Mr. Coupon for when she picks up Zeta. Freda's is a GREAT restaurant. Seems the manager SB spoke with is a theatre techie. I LOVE it when things work out that way.

Anyway, now I will be the only beast left in the house with ovaries.