Yeah, we use medicine all the time for cancers, and we use surgery all the time, too. Again, it just depends on the type of cancer.
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That's right. You don't care the percentages of how low the risk is; you just want to know, is your cat going to be okay?...
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I hope you've done your research ahead of time and maybe even have gone and interviewed and toured that facility beforehand....
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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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Again, it depends on what the problem is. Let's create a scenario: The cat is scratching the furniture....
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An x-ray is a two-dimensional view....
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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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One of the most important things would be that they have a safe facility, that the cats are secure where they are boarded....
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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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In the cage, they aren't technically alone because many people are moving around....
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I think cats, by nature, are loners at a boarding facility specifically, but of course, you would want to make sure that they're well taken care of...
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If there's a medical reason for it, we would want to treat it sooner to increase the likelihood of finding a cure and correcting the problem....
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Good question. Sometimes we do. Cats can be very confusing, and it can be hard to detect heart disease in them....
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They really should be....
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There's a wide array of things they can have, the most common being simple gingivitis....
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Sometimes it's difficult to know if it is a problem....
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Obesity's a big one in our cats. Many of our indoor cats are overweight, and so that's an increased risk for them....
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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...