ANIMAL CARE HOSPITAL |
1991 St. John Ave. Dyersburg, TN 38024 |
sPAYING OR NEUTERING YOUR PET
These procedures are performed using our state of the art Laser which for your pet means less pain, bleeding, and swelling. (Click the link “Laser Surgery and Your Pet” for more detailed information on the laser.) We do take appointments for these surgeries and in most cases your pet will be able to go home that same day. However, female cats are required to spend one night in the hospital because of the type of anesthesia used. This is included in the total price of the feline spay. When you call to make an appointment for surgery, you will be given specific instructions on what to do the night before surgery. Just as in humans, your pet will not be allowed to eat anything after midnight the night before surgery. However, small amounts of water will be permitted. When you make the appointment, your pet will be asked to be at the hospital no later than 8:00 a.m. the morning of surgery. (Please call ahead to notify us of any cancellations.) Upon arriving at our hospital on the morning of surgery, you will be presented with an authorization for pain medication and for our canine friends, pre-anesthetic blood work will also be offered. We offer the pain medication to your pets to help keep them comfortable when they wake up from surgery and after they go home. Humans don’t have to go through surgery without anything for pain and neither should our pets because they can hurt too. For cats, the pain package includes an injection of a pain medication given during the surgery so that they are comfortable when they wake up from anesthesia and you will be given an oral medication to take home. For dogs, the pain package also includes an injection of a pain medication given during surgery and oral medication to take home. The pre-anesthetic blood work is offered to our canine companions to check their liver and kidney function to help insure that they can filter the anesthesia back out of their system. Our doctors will not do the surgery if abnormalities are shown on your pet’s blood work results. Both the pain medication and pre-anesthetic blood work are optional to you unless the doctors’ feel one or both should be mandatory. Those decisions will be based on your pet and their medical history. However, any special circumstances such as these that develop will be discussed with you. If you have any additional questions concerning your pet and spaying or neutering or if you would like to request information or set up an appointment, please call the Animal Care Hospital at 731-285-6270.
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