The most common procedures involving general anesthesia for cats include a complete oral health assessment and treatment, dental cleaning, and spay...
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Safety is paramount when your cat is under general anesthesia....
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Anesthesia involves taking your cat from consciousness to unconsciousness in a controlled way, often with an endotracheal tube to control the depth...
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The duration of anesthesia depends on what we need to accomplish....
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Yes, we require blood work to be done before administering anesthesia....
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Some of the risks of anesthesia include hypothermia, complications with controlling airways, coughing due to interference with the trachea, risk of...
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The risks of cat surgery can be minimized through various methods. Anesthesia safety and surgical safety are paramount....
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The time your cat can come home depends on the time and type of procedure they had....
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Yes, there can be side effects and complications from cat surgery. Infection is one of the most common complications post-surgery....
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Aftercare instructions will be provided both verbally and in written form when you're here, as it's crucial that you know what to do when you take ...
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One of the things that you should do before your cat's surgery is to prepare them and their environment....
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Yes, depending on the type of procedure, we'll prescribe multiple days of pain medication for your cat to take home....
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Yes, cat surgery is just like human surgery. It involves altering tissues which can lead to inflammation and bleeding....
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Yes, ideally your cat should be fasted for surgery. This means no food after around eight or nine o'clock at night, and none in the morning....
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Yes, if your dog has had any kind of side effects from general anesthesia in the past, we would want to know about it....
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After your cat has had surgery, there will be aftercare instructions that will go home with you....
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Anesthesia would not be necessary if we did not need the dog to become unconscious....