I think lots of vets underestimate the impact of the stress to their bodies by them staying at the clinic -- I am not going to try to convince you all -- I just have to do what it has worked for my cats - being home makes them feel a lot faster, again you don't really know that impact of the stress from the surgery until later as any serious underlying disease will not start showing symptoms right away.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jennifer Phaewryn O'Gwynn Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 4:22 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Pippin tested negative on her IFA test --- plusquestionsaboutSpaying My vet has a completely different procedure. When a cat goes in to be spayed or neutered (even dentals, anything they have to knock them out for), they stay for THREE days. Day one, you drop them off in the morning. They do not do anything to the cat except let it settle in and stop freaking out from being there. Morning of day two, they spay/neuter/dental the cat, and then the cat goes to ICU where it's closely monitored the rest of the day. Day three, the cat is fully awake, they recheck the cat, do another post surgery exam, check the incisions, etc, and then you can pick it up in the afternoon. The cost of the surgery includes the 3 days of hospital care, and pain meds. So, it's expensive, but I think they do an excellent job. Every cat I've had done there came out looking like a million bucks and bounced right back instantly. Tang had extremely invasive dental work done, and even he came home looking pretty good (I think he was in more pain before than after). Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost Spay&Neuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners: http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.html Special Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Find us on PETFINDER! http://petfinder.com/shelters/VT44.html -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.0/525 - Release Date: 11/9/2006
