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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How often do you brush your teeth? We’d love that to be the number of times you brush your cat's teeth....
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A dental procedure can vary quite a bit. It usually takes 30 to 45 minutes to get anesthesia, imaging, and cleaning done....
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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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General anesthesia is very scary for us, but we do it very routinely. We know that monitoring is part of the safety of general anesthesia....
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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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The simple answer is yes....
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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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This is an interesting question about the most important question, and I think we've answered some of those fundamental questions about how the cat...
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An x-ray is a two-dimensional view....
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Whenever you're concerned, ask a veterinarian because it might be normal, or it might not be normal, and you may not know the difference....
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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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The side effects would be a lower heart rate, a lower respiration rate. That's just part of anesthesia....
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Again, treatment varies tremendously, but surgery and chemotherapy are probably the two most common.
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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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We have that listed on our website, but we also require the basic vaccines, the core vaccines for cats, which are rabies, and the kitty distemper, ...
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That's a tricky question to answer. I wish I could ask them....
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They sure can. That could be if they're left at home or in the boarding facility....