This is a really great question. If you have a cat and you've had to medicate your cat, you're going to know there's no straightforward way....
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It's a great question. It depends on what panel we run....
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Pain control in cats is taken seriously as cats are good at hiding their pain. The premeds include ketamine for pain-blocking effects....
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A microchip is implanted in the dog by a hollow needle, and we inject it under the skin between the shoulder blades....
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Diagnostic imaging helps us narrow down the causes of symptoms....
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Common anesthetic procedures for cats include dentals, feline neuters, feline spays, growth removals, and c-sections....
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It depends on the type of cancer. For instance, a small skin tumor has a high likelihood of being 100% curative through surgery....
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The duration of anesthesia varies depending on the procedure. Neuters might not take as long while spays are more lengthy and invasive procedures....
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In my 11 years of being a veterinarian, and another eight years as a veterinary technician, I've only ever seen one case of a side effect....
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This is a good question because so many people, if there's like a little skin tag or something, they might not want to put their pet under anesthes...
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Even if we don't have a definitive answer after all these tests, we would have ruled out a long list of diseases....
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In the chest, we look at heart size, check for any fluid in the lungs, or any masses that could be there....
Do I need to consider flea and tick prevention for my cat’s preventive care? - Four Paws At Fulshear
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Even if your cat is indoor-only, flea and tick prevention is still important....
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Same thing, you can still do those nose games indoors....
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The most common heart disease in dogs is left-sided heart disease. This occurs when a specific valve in the heart becomes slightly leaky....
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Preventative care is exactly like it is for humans....
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The first step in treating an enlarged heart is getting x-rays, ideally followed by an ultrasound from a cardiologist....
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X-rays can be very helpful in identifying what could be going on, because often our blood work and other lab testing may not be able to tell us as ...
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Paying attention to your cat's normal behaviors is a form of preventative care that you can do at home....