Colorado Springs, CO Animal Ordinances: Mandatory Spay/Neuter (2026)
Key Facts
- Spay/neuter deadline
- 4 months old (§6.7.110.D.5)
- Registration fee
- $75 with animal control
- Weight cap
- 100 lbs
- Household limit
- 2 pigs; 4 total dogs/cats/pigs
- Microchip/tattoo required
- by 4 months
- General hog/pig ban
- §6.7.110.C
Summary
Colorado Springs is the only place in this code that mandates spay or neuter surgery for a specific pet: City Code § 6.7.110.D.5 requires every potbellied pig kept in the city to be spayed or neutered by four months old, and bans keeping or breeding any unaltered pig within city limits.
5. Female potbellied pigs shall be spayed and male potbellied pigs shall be neutered by the age of four (4) months. No unaltered male or female pigs shall be kept or permitted to breed within the City limits.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-21: Code current through: Ord. 26-23, passed June 9, 2026).
Full Breakdown
5 is the mandatory-alteration piece of that list: every female potbellied pig must be spayed and every male neutered by the time it turns four months old, and the City will not allow an unaltered pig of either sex to be kept or to breed inside city limits. 7). Because the spay/neuter deadline lines up with the same four-month age used for microchipping, a potbellied pig owner effectively has one veterinary visit window to satisfy both requirements. D, including keeping an unaltered pig past four months, makes the pig's presence in the City unlawful under the section's closing sentence, independent of the general prohibition on hogs and pigs in subsection C.
Violations & Fines
Keeping an unaltered potbellied pig past four months of age, or otherwise violating any condition of § 6.7.110.D, is unlawful and exposes the owner to the Code's general penalty under § 1.1.201, up to a $2,500 fine, 189 days in jail, probation, or a combination, and owners and keepers of potbellied pigs may separately be cited under §§ 9.6.101, 9.6.102, 9.6.104, 9.9.301 and 9.9.303.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Colorado Springs require pets to be spayed or neutered?
Can I keep an unaltered potbellied pig temporarily?
Are regular pigs and hogs allowed at all?
What else does the City require of potbellied pig owners?
Sources & Official References
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