If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Castration/neutering requires general anesthetic?
I think that's what my veterinarian assistant just told me. Is that correct, does castration require putting the cat to sleep? Thank you. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Castration/neutering requires general anesthetic?
yes
"John Doe" wrote in message news I think that's what my veterinarian assistant just told me. Is that correct, does castration require putting the cat to sleep? Thank you. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Castration/neutering requires general anesthetic?
On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:47:17 GMT, John Doe
wrote: I think that's what my veterinarian assistant just told me. Is that correct, does castration require putting the cat to sleep? Thank you. You think they're going to hold still for that under any other circumstances? |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Castration/neutering requires general anesthetic?
A friend of a mine is a Vet Tech and she told me that where she works, they
just sedate the male cats (and numb them down there of course) and snip snip. She said that it takes under 5 minutes to do. Each vet may do it differently but I can't imagine they would put a cat under for an "operation" that takes under 5 minutes. That certainly would not happen for humans. dgk wrote: I think that's what my veterinarian assistant just told me. Is that correct, does castration require putting the cat to sleep? Thank you. You think they're going to hold still for that under any other circumstances? -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200707/1 |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Castration/neutering requires general anesthetic?
on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:12:47 GMT, "MoMo via CatKB.com" u27647@uwe
wrote: A friend of a mine is a Vet Tech and she told me that where she works, they just sedate the male cats (and numb them down there of course) and snip snip. She said that it takes under 5 minutes to do. Each vet may do it differently but I can't imagine they would put a cat under for an "operation" that takes under 5 minutes. That certainly would not happen for humans. I've had 4 male cats neutered, all by different vets, and in 3 different parts of the country. They were all 4 put under general anesthesia for the procedure. That said, if it was an option to comfortably do the procedure without GA, I'd be all for it. I knew a farmer in western Virginia who used to castrate the male barn cats himself. Yes, he was a bit insane, but the cats fared well. He drugged them up with something from the vet first, snipped the scrotum, pulled out and cut the testicles, stitched 'em up and they were all done. (His descriptions were horrifying to me at the time.) The cats were up and running around the same day. So this makes me wonder why more vets don't offer the scenario your friend described to you; a middle ground between farmer surgery and general anesthesia? -- Lynne |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Neutering a cat with FHV | Lynne | Cat health & behaviour | 4 | January 18th 07 02:59 AM |
Castration | [email protected] | Cat health & behaviour | 44 | April 27th 06 05:42 AM |
neutering age? | ElvisRocks | Cat health & behaviour | 34 | May 20th 05 04:35 AM |
Anesthetic before euthanasia? Cat-death musings | Brian Link | Cat health & behaviour | 3 | March 7th 05 11:08 PM |
? About Neutering | Sean Hotaling | Cat health & behaviour | 20 | March 4th 04 10:37 AM |