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Waiting to sterilize patients until they are 6 months of age or older runs the risk that they will reach sexual maturity and procreate. Because of this concern, pediatric neutering is on the rise. Shelters also do not wish to adopt out intact patients that then may reproduce, particularly since unwanted litters are often relinquished back to shelters [1, 7, 9].

In an effort to break this cycle, OVH and castration are now routinely performed at 6–16 weeks of age [4, 6, 8, 9]. Safe anesthetic protocols have been established and patients that undergo early‐age gonadectomy experience fewer perioperative complications [9, 16, 17].