Search Search Search You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Topic (-) Keeping Pets in Homes Spay/Neuter Surgery Shelter Medicine (-) Programs & Services Intake & Preventive Care Active FiltersKeeping Pets in Homes Group 9 Programs & Services Group 9 Clear All New Research Shows Ovarian Pedicle Tie Safe in Feline Spay Surgery Learn more about spaying female cats with the ovarian pedicle tie (OPT) technique, which can be performed 30% faster than traditional sutures with comparable hemorrhaging risks. Welfare of Cats 5 to 29 Months After Perineal Urethrostomy Cats undergoing PU do well in the home after surgery, showing long-term outcomes are good and earlier surgical intervention may be the best approach.