They sure can. That could be if they're left at home or in the boarding facility....
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In general, we tend to think about the Maine Coon. They are at higher risk for a heart disease called HCM, which is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy....
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Many times, we give pain medication before surgery, during surgery, and after surgery. And that would come in the form of injections....
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Again, treatment varies tremendously, but surgery and chemotherapy are probably the two most common.
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Again, it depends on what the problem is. Let's create a scenario: The cat is scratching the furniture....
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They really should be....
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Heart murmurs are diagnosed by listening to the heart by a stethoscope.
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One of the most important things is to look at recommendations and ratings to make sure they have good reviews, that it's a reputable boarding faci...
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Cats can have broken teeth because they chewed on something they shouldn't have or took some type of trauma blow....
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Sometimes it's difficult to know if it is a problem....
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That's right. You don't care the percentages of how low the risk is; you just want to know, is your cat going to be okay?...
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In the cage, they aren't technically alone because many people are moving around....
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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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If there's a medical reason for it, we would want to treat it sooner to increase the likelihood of finding a cure and correcting the problem....
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Some cats don't tolerate needles very well. It might not be the best choice for them....
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I think the best is the staff interaction with your cat....
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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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That depends on the type of anesthesia used, of course. A lot of other factors go into that....
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To be quite honest, we're looking for anything abnormal....
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Yeah, for sure....