Yes, depending on the type of procedure, we'll prescribe multiple days of pain medication for your cat to take home....
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Yes, cat surgery is just like human surgery. It involves altering tissues which can lead to inflammation and bleeding....
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Yes, ideally your cat should be fasted for surgery. This means no food after around eight or nine o'clock at night, and none in the morning....
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The risks of cat surgery can be minimized through various methods. Anesthesia safety and surgical safety are paramount....
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The time your cat can come home depends on the time and type of procedure they had....
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Yes, there can be side effects and complications from cat surgery. Infection is one of the most common complications post-surgery....
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Anesthesia would not be necessary if we did not need the dog to become unconscious....
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The pain level your cat experiences depends on the procedure they had. We use a lot of preemptive pain management....
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Your questions about cat surgery really involve what type of surgery your pet's going to have....
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If your cat is having any type of real surgical procedure, we are going to intubate them....
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Yes, if your dog has had any kind of side effects from general anesthesia in the past, we would want to know about it....
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After your cat has had surgery, there will be aftercare instructions that will go home with you....
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General anesthesia, when we turn our gas anesthesia off, our isoflurane off on our vaporizer, those dogs tend to come up to consciousness usually w...
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We recommend not giving a full dinner immediately after surgery to avoid nausea or vomiting....
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Yes, absolutely. Your dog cannot just come into Blue Oasis Pet Hospital for a procedure without having been seen by a veterinarian....
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After anesthesia, your dog may feel woozy or tired, may not be able to walk in a straight line as easily, and may want to pace around a bit....
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General anesthesia in dogs carries several risks including an uncontrolled airway, abnormal heart rate and rhythm, getting too cold, and the blood ...