Hello, I'm Dr Lidija, and here are a few things about spaying and neutering. Spay, which is what we call it when we sterilise a female or neuter a male, is a procedure where we remove their reproductive organs. So for females, it's ovaries and uterus, and for males, a castration. This means that they will no longer be able to reproduce. After spay, the risk of developing uh some diseases like uterine or ovarian cancer for females or testicular or prostate cancer for male is almost eliminated as well as a greatly reduced risk of having memorary gland cancer. This ensures they live a much longer life. Many behavioural changes can be avoided. Males are much less aggressive and less likely to go around roaming or fighting with other males. And females don't come into heat cycles, and they don't become moody and sometimes even depressed when they are, uh, on heat. They are much more balanced.