Here at family pet veterinary centers, we have someone dedicated and assigned to monitoring anesthesia throughout the entire time....
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Most of the time a follow-up appointment is required....
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It’s a reasonable question because you and I can open up and say, “Ahhh,” and let the dentist clean our teeth. Cats can’t do that....
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Yes, you can. You can let us know if your cat is apprehensive and scared when it comes into the pet hospital....
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It's been tried and done, but it's cleaning the stuff off the top—like what I can touch, but it's not working in the gingival sulcus....
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Extractions occur if a tooth is unhealthy. There is not much worse than having to extract a cat's tooth....
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Preferably, we deal with it all at the same time....
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Intubation is where we put a little tube down a pet's throat, specifically their airway so that we can protect their lungs....
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An x-ray is a two-dimensional view....
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I look at that as the different levels of consciousness for the pet. And so sedation might be taking the edge off or calming your pet....
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You'd be amazed how well these kitties can tolerate acupuncture. We use very tiny needles. We go very slow and methodical with them....
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Here at the Animal Hospital of Statesville, our philosophy is to support fear-free and cat-friendly guidelines. So what does that mean?...
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Again, treatment varies tremendously, but surgery and chemotherapy are probably the two most common.
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Firstly, you would come into the hospital....
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The general check-in process is when you tell us about your cat so that we can best care for your cat with regards to feeding habits, any medical c...
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The side effects would be a lower heart rate, a lower respiration rate. That's just part of anesthesia....
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The number one problem is inappropriate urination or defecation. We just assume cats are going to use their litter box....
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That depends on the type of anesthesia used, of course. A lot of other factors go into that....
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Good question. Sometimes we do. Cats can be very confusing, and it can be hard to detect heart disease in them....