No, it's not recommended. The exception is Gabapentin, but we use a formulation that's specifically made for cats.
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The diagnostic imaging itself is not painful. If you've ever had an x-ray or even an ultrasound, you know that that in itself is not painful....
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When I think about baseline, I think about "normal." So if we have baseline radiographs or x-rays, we know what your cat's "normal" is....
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By mouth is the most consistent way to get pain medication into the cat as far as absorption and things like that go....
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The safety of the pet, and like we said, most of our diagnostic imaging, whether it's x-rays, ultrasound, or echocardiogram, doesn't require any se...
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The way veterinary medicine works, we may seek advice and get an interpretation from a radiologist, but you wouldn't actually have an appointment w...
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Specifically for ultrasounds, if we're looking at the abdomen, we're often looking at the internal organs themselves, and if we're looking for a po...
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At home, there's maybe not a whole lot of things....
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If there's no sedation used, there's really no recovery needed, even with ultrasound. Most of our ultrasounds are done without sedation....
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Sometimes we may not get the diagnosis, but we may rule out that something else might not be going on....
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There really aren't any over-the-counter medications that I would say are safe for kitty cats....
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Most of the time, no, but it is possible depending on if your pet is painful, and they may not want to get in certain positions, and if your pet is...
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It helps us to determine whether there are fractures or bone issues....
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Not that I'm aware of and would feel would be safe to recommend.
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The ones that we do here are ultrasound and x-ray. As a person, you may think about the risk of x-ray as being radiation exposure....
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We may ask that your cat be fasted....
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Diagnostic imaging such as x-rays or ultrasound, which we do here, may be recommended if your pet is sick or hurt, such as limping on a certain leg...
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You can give your kitty NSAIDs as long as a veterinarian prescribes them....
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With x-rays, I tell clients that it's a noninvasive test that we do....
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Even if we don't necessarily find the problem, it can rule out problems....