Oct 24, 2007
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Hello,
I have a cat that is over 1 year old. She has not been sterilised yet. I took her to ..... the age of 6 months to get sterilised and she was very slender but vet insisted she would be fine but instead she almost died.
Vet said that she was not breathing due to anesthesia, they do not know if my cat is allergic or if they gave her overdose. They were very rude and uncaring.
I can not imagine losing this cat - I love her dearly. I am now worried to get her sterilised but I must do so. Do you offer more than one type of anesthesia? Is there any advice you can offer for my situation?
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Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:19:07 +0800 (CST)
From: "Dr Sing KY"
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Subject: Re: REALLY NEED YOUR HELP FOR MY CAT
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I am Dr Sing from www.toapayohvets.com. Adverse anaesthetic reactions do occur in any person or animal and all practising veterinary surgeons will encounter at least one anaesthetic death.
Not all animals are healthy in the first place. It is up to the individual doctor to assess, examine accept or reject risky patients.
My advices are as follows:
1. If the cat is healthy --- e.g. normal weight, heart and lungs and temperature. Active, eating and drinking, normal stools and urine and young --- spaying usually presents no risks in most of the cases for most of the vets.
2. It is best to spay when she is NOT on heat (noisy cries --- caterwauling). But most owners spay when the cat is on heat. The ovaries, uterus and blood vessels are fragile and enlarged when the cat is on heat. Obviously, you ought not to get the cat spayed when she is caterwauling.
3. As regards anaesthetic, I use 3 procedures, depending on the health and age of the cat being spayed.
3.1 an injectable anaesthetic for normal cats based on weight.
3.2 injectable anaesthetic of less than half the normal dose plus anaesthetic gas to effect for cats that are of high anaesthetic risk including cats less than 6 months of age.
3.3 tranquiliser injection plus gas anaesthetic to effect for cats that are high anaesthetic risks.
It will be difficult for you to appreciate the technical details of anaesthesia unless you have medical knowledge and training.
4. You may need to talk to your friends to get referrals of their vets they can recommend for spaying your cat. It is the most common surgery and all practising small animal vets in Singapore are able to perform this surgery.
When your friends give you the referrals, you ask the particular vet to perform the operation for you as the practice may have several vets.
Best wishes.
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