Massey has desexed over 2,000 cats

Massey’s desexing clinic in Manawatū has recently celebrated a major milestone in desexing 2,000 cats. The weekend sessions, held at the Massey Veterinary Teaching Hospital, began in 2017 by Veterinary lecturer Carolyn Gates in a partnership between Massey’s Veterinary Science School and Palmerston North’s SPCA.  

Students volunteer their time, with sponsors also donating drugs and equipment to the clinic. Dr Robert Sawicki, Veterinary School lecturer, told Stuff that cats were perfect for student operations, considering the simplicity of the surgery. “It’s giving them experience. It’s putting them out of their comfort zones.” 

A male cat neuter can be done in under two minutes, whilst a female cat spray is generally between 15-20 minutes. Let’s go for a nice middle 17.5 minutes.   

Let’s guess that the desexing clinic has done around 60:40 female to male cat ratio (idk, I just feel like people are more likely to get female cats desexed?? That’s just a wild vibe guess by me). If so, that’s 22,600 minutes. 376.6 hours. 15.69 days. 2.24 weeks. Of just desexing cats. Nothing else. No eating, no sleeping. Just back-to-back cats. Imagine.  

A desexing is $25 for females and $15 for males, offered to Community Service Card holders and Massey students. If you don’t know what to get your mate for Christmas, look no further!