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....
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If you notice any behavior changes in your kitty cat, you notice that your kitty cat's limping, not jumping, cries when you pet it, is hiding from ...
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The safety depends a lot on their comfort, so we try to make the procedure as comfortable as possible....
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Most of the diagnostic imaging, like x-rays and ultrasound or echocardiogram, we do right here in our clinic....
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Not necessarily, but it's possible because we are trying to figure out the whole picture of what's going on....
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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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Welcome to Pleasant Valley Pet ClinicWe are located in the beautiful Sierra foothills, 12 miles outside of Placerville in the Pleasant Val...